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Afnan Masarwah Srour; Michael Sternberg; Samar Aldinah; Talee Ziv; Mahmud Dawud; Shifra Sagy – Early Child Development and Care, 2024
Our article explores the challenges that faced Jewish and Arab kindergarten teachers, and their different ways of coping with those challenges, during the implementation of the programme 'My Diverse Kindergarten' in three mixed cities in Israel. The programme aimed at reducing prejudices and improving the relationship between Jews and Arabs in…
Descriptors: Jews, Arabs, Kindergarten, Preschool Teachers
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Raaya Alon; Deborah Bergman Deitcher – Early Child Development and Care, 2024
This study used mixed methods to explore how Israeli special education preschool teachers' professional identity and social support predict their job satisfaction. Participants in the quantitative portion included 192 Jewish special education preschool teachers (Mage = 34.37, SD = 8.75) with an average of 10.66 (SD = 8.40) years teaching. A…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Special Education Teachers, Job Satisfaction
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Edith Blit-Cohen; Maya Galperin – Early Child Development and Care, 2024
The current study examines the challenges and coping of Arab women employed as child caretakers in kibbutz kindergartens in Israel. Fifteen semi-structured interviews were conducted with Arab caretakers. Three themes were identified: (1) Self-perception as secular Israelis versus a combined Muslim-Arab one Israeli-civic identity; (2) The families'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Arabs, Females, Child Caregivers
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Moshel, Smadar; Berkovich, Izhak – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2020
Mid-level roles in education have been widely explored, primarily in schools, but little research has been conducted during the systemic reform that involves creating a mid-level role between end units and the system. The present study explores the sense-making of early childhood leaders (ECLs) at the initial stage of their new role as mid-level…
Descriptors: Ambiguity (Context), Role Perception, Professional Identity, Middle Management
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Firstater, Esther; Sigad, Laura I.; Frankel, Tanya – SAGE Open, 2015
This study offers an in-depth examination of the experiences of early childhood educators, focusing on their work with Ethiopian immigrant children and their families. We aim to describe and analyze the teachers' insider views vis-à-vis the challenges faced by these children and their parents in the Israeli preschool system. Using narrative…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Preschool Education, Coping, Immigrants