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Globalisation and the Politics of International Tests: The Case of Israel
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Feniger, Yariv; Livneh, Idit; Yogev, Abraham – Comparative Education, 2012
Comparative international tests of students' achievements have become increasingly popular over the past decade. An outcome of this widespread practice is the tendency of various countries to evaluate their national status according to their pupils' international ranking in such achievement tests, partly due to the common belief that high ranking…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
Stereotyping in a Traditional Society and Its Implications for School Psychologist Referral Patterns: The Case of the Negev Bedouin
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Thein, Ram – School Psychology International, 2007
The present report describes the psycho-educational services referral pattern in the school system serving both a permanent Bedouin town A and its vicinity in Israel's Negev desert. The subjects of the study were students in the school system in A between the years 1997 to 2002 (with additional data from 2004). The total number of referrals to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Tribes, Social Differences, Referral
"Obviously They Were There, But...": Men's Presence in Women's Studies--An Israeli Perspective
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Halevi, Sharon; Blumen, Orna – Feminist Teacher: A Journal of the Practices, Theories, and Scholarship of Feminist Teaching, 2005
This article focuses on women students' perceptions of and responses to the presence of men in a Women's Studies (WS) classroom. Like other feminist scholars (Bignell; Sethna), the authors feel strongly that it is necessary to incorporate students' perspectives into the theory and practice of feminist pedagogy. But although the issue of men's…
Descriptors: Females, Males, Feminism, Womens Studies
The Israeli Educational System and the Problem of the Disadvantaged.
Eliyahu, Shlomo Ben – 1979
The major concern of the educational system in Israel today is how to advance students who come from low socioeconomic backgrounds and from a cultural background which is different from that of the privileged sectors of the population. In general, the problem of educationally disadvantaged students is related to the problem of social gaps. These…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cultural Differences, Educationally Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries
Kibbutz Education and Its Relevance to the West: Progressive Education Reconsidered.
Quarter, Jack – Interchange on Educational Policy, 1982
Relevance of kibbutz education in relation to influence of progressive Western tradition is examined in: (1) analysis of objectives; (2) discussion of the success of the kibbutz in attaining the objectives; (3) comparison of the objectives in light of differences in social relations between the West and the kibbutz; and (4) reinterpretation of…
Descriptors: Collective Settlements, Cultural Influences, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy
Trends in Access to Israeli Higher Education 1981-96: From a Privilege to a Right.
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Guri-Rosenblit, Sarah – European Journal of Education, 1996
Discusses trends in Israeli higher education over the last 15 years, focusing on the interrelations between secondary and higher education, access to universities, the rapid growth of the Open University of Israel, the upgrading of non-university postsecondary education, the under-representation of Sephardic Jewish and non-Jewish students, and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, College Admission, Educational Policy