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The Meanings, Risk Factors and Consequences of Religious Extremism: The Perceptions of Islamic Education Teachers from Israel
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Saada, Najwan – British Educational Research Journal, 2023
This multiple case study examines the attitudes of 14 Islamic education teachers from Israel towards the meaning, causes and consequences of religious extremism among students in their Arab and Muslim-majority middle and high schools. These teachers define religious extremism as belief in absolute religious truth, inflexibility in religious…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Educators, Islam, Religious Factors
Principals' Systems Thinking and Teachers' Withdrawal Behaviours: The Intervening Role of School Structure and Principal-Teacher Gender (Dis)Similarity
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Nadav, Nechama; Benoliel, Pascale; Schechter, Chen – British Educational Research Journal, 2023
Relying on the contingency theory, the present study examines the influence of school characteristics and principal-teacher gender (dis)similarity on the relationship between principals' systems thinking (PST) and teacher withdrawal behaviours of absenteeism and intent to leave. Data were collected from two sources: 111 school management team…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Systems Approach, Teacher Administrator Relationship
The Road (Not) Taken: Principals' Perceptions of At-Risk Pupils' Participation in Collective Decision-Making
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Gazit, Matan; Perry-Hazan, Lotem – British Educational Research Journal, 2023
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child anchors children's right to participate in decision-making. This right refers to decisions at the individual level as well as collective decisions taken by a group of children. Various studies have indicated that youth from disadvantaged backgrounds face high barriers to participation in…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Participative Decision Making, At Risk Students
Epistemology of the Nakba in Israeli Education
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Gideon, Ido – British Educational Research Journal, 2022
In Israel, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the most fundamental political and moral issue current and future citizens face. If we accept the maxim that schools should prepare citizens for participation in determining the future of their state, Israeli students must be introduced to the historical, political and moral questions at the heart of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Epistemology, War, Conflict
Legitimising Populist Education in Israel: The Role of Religion
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Silberberg, Roi; Agbaria, Ayman – British Educational Research Journal, 2021
This article analyses two case studies from the Israeli education system that demonstrate how religious themes and language are used in service of populist politics. First, 'Being Citizens in Israel' is the standard high school civics textbook that underwent a major revision in 2015. The second case study focuses on new school programmes that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Civics, Citizenship Education, Judaism
Private Tutoring in a High Socio-Economic Secondary School in Israel and Pupils' Attitudes towards School Learning: A Double-Edged Sword Phenomenon
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Addi-Raccah, Audrey – British Educational Research Journal, 2019
Private tutoring (PT) is a widespread educational phenomenon that blurs the conceptual boundaries of public and private education and can affect the formal school system and teachers' work. This study examined whether participation in PT and the estimation of private tutors' contributions are related to pupils' attitudes towards teachers'…
Descriptors: Tutoring, Student Attitudes, Socioeconomic Status, Institutional Characteristics