TY - JOUR
T1 - Inside and outside the integrated bilingual Palestinian-Jewish schools in Israel
T2 - Teachers' perceptions of personal, professional and political positioning
AU - Rajuan, Maureen
AU - Bekerman, Zvi
PY - 2011/2
Y1 - 2011/2
N2 - The purpose of this study was to investigate how teachers of the integrated bilingual Palestinian-Jewish schools in Israel construct their school culture in relation to various outside pressures in their attempt to achieve educational change. Field notes from an in-service training workshop were analyzed according to three levels of the teaching context: the personal, professional and political. It was found that the teachers perceive themselves as primarily pedagogical experts with a shared vision based on multiculturalism and coexistence. According to the findings, recommendations are made for improving the positioning of the teachers in relation to pupils, parents and policy-makers.
AB - The purpose of this study was to investigate how teachers of the integrated bilingual Palestinian-Jewish schools in Israel construct their school culture in relation to various outside pressures in their attempt to achieve educational change. Field notes from an in-service training workshop were analyzed according to three levels of the teaching context: the personal, professional and political. It was found that the teachers perceive themselves as primarily pedagogical experts with a shared vision based on multiculturalism and coexistence. According to the findings, recommendations are made for improving the positioning of the teachers in relation to pupils, parents and policy-makers.
KW - Coexistence
KW - Integrated education
KW - Jewish-Palestinian conflict
KW - Multiculturalism
KW - Peace education
KW - Positioning
KW - Professional expertise
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=78651351011&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.tate.2010.09.009
DO - 10.1016/j.tate.2010.09.009
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AN - SCOPUS:78651351011
SN - 0742-051X
VL - 27
SP - 395
EP - 405
JO - Teaching and Teacher Education
JF - Teaching and Teacher Education
IS - 2
ER -