Ideology, Policy, and Practice Education for Immigrants and Minorities in Israel Today /

• Main Author: Kalekin-Fishman, Devorah (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2004.
• Subjects: Education.; Culture > Study and teaching.; School management and organization.; School administration.; Educational sociology.; Education and sociology.; Sociology, Educational.; Sociology of Education.; Administration, Organization and Leadership.; Regional and Cultural Studies.

Systems of state education are a crucial means for realizing the state’s focal aspiration of guaranteeing solidarity and civil loyalty (Van Kemenade, 1985 pp. 854ff. ). The means at hand include the state’s structuring and organization of schooling, determination of what education is compulsory, exa...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Education in Israel as a Case Study
• Education for Immigrants and Minorities in the World
• Ideology: Theoretical Concerns and Their Implications for Education
• Ideology as a National Project in Israel
• Policies that Rely on Ideology - Enacting Legislation
• Celebrating Accomplishments - Publicizing the Fulfillment of Ideology
• Ideology Transmuted - Proclaiming Educational Goals
• Implementing Policies - Disseminating Instructions
• Interpreting Policies — From the Ministry to the Field
• Pupils from Russia and the Former Soviet Union in the Israeli School System
• Immigrant Pupils from Ethiopia: Perpetuating Difference
• Palestinian Israelis and their Schooling: Multiculturalism as Maintaining Distance
• Testing the System: Can it be Democratic? — Children of Temporary Immigrant Workers
• Conclusions: Overt Intentions and Manifest Outcomes.