Cultural Resources and the Gap between Educational Theory and Practice.

Neuman, Yair; Bekerman, Zvi

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ERIC Number: EJ631744

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Publication Date: 2001

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Cultural Resources and the Gap between Educational Theory and Practice.

Neuman, Yair; Bekerman, Zvi

Teachers College Record, v103 n3 p471-84 Jun 2001

Examines the potential conflict between an explicit educational manifesto and the implicit, dominant cultural resources that may interfere with the actualization of the manifesto, illustrating, through the qualitative analysis of an educational activity involving Israeli high school students, the dynamics by which an educational manifesto can be constrained by cultural resources. (SM)

Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, Educational Change, Educational Theories, Foreign Countries, Secondary Education

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Israel

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