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The Educational System of Israel
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Yaacov Iram, Mirjam Schmida
Book Code: GM0269
ISBN: 0-313-30269-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-30269-5
192 pages, tables
Greenwood Press
Publication: 6/30/1998
List Price: $110.95 (UK Sterling Price: £65.00)
Availability: Out of stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects:
Series Title: Contributions to the Study of Education
Series Number: 70
Reviews:
  • Their longstanding participation in the Israeli educational arena and their thorough scholarship make this an essential resource for educators, policymakers, and students of Israeli education as well as of international education.
    —MESA Bulletin
  • The strengths of the book lie in its easily accessible account and chronologically wide coverage.
    —Comparative Education Review
  • This volume is a useful contribution to the state of knowledge and a fitting addition to the publisher's series on "Contributions to the Study of Education"....thorough, review of the educational system of Israel.
    —Digest of Middle East Studies
Description: Israel witnessed rapid changes during the last five decades of its existence as an independent state. Geopolitical developments, particularly the continuous conflict with its Arab state neighbors, affected all spheres of life including education. Demographically, changing patterns of Jewish immigration has transformed the Jewish population several times from predominantly European in the late 1940s to Middle-Eastern during the late 1950s and 1960s and back to European following mass immigration from the former Soviet Union in the late 1980s and 1990s. These demographic changes, including waves of immigrants from Ethiopia, have raised issues of equality in educational policies. The authors of this book provide historical backround and analyses of Israel's educational system that they believe is on the crossroads of still another transformation as a result of the prospects of peace in the region.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • History, Geography, Demography, Economy, and Government
  • Preprimary and Primary Education
  • Postprimary Education
  • Vocationalism
  • Higher Education
  • Informal Education
  • Arab Education: Development vs. Control by Majid Al-Haj
  • Educational Reforms and Changes
  • Multicultural Education
  • Major Trends and Future Developments
  • Glossary
  • Annotated Bibliography
  • Index
LC Card Number: 97-30127
LCC Class: LA1441
Dewey Class: 378
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