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Change and Stability in Religious Identity Formation among High-School Graduates Undertaking Religious "Mechina" Gap-Year Programs in Israel
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Halevy, Gai – Journal of Religious Education, 2023
Despite the importance of religion to identity formation, there has been little research on religious identity, resulting in a limited understanding of the development of religious identity, especially among strictly religious adolescents. The aim of this study was to examine religious identity formation changes during post-high…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Student Attitudes, High School Graduates, Foreign Countries
The Impact of Institutional Context on Research in Religious Education: Results from an International Comparative Study
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Riegel, Ulrich; Rothgangel, Martin – Journal of Religious Education, 2023
On the one hand, research on religious education is done according to a transnational scientific paradigm, on the other hand, it is performed within particular institutional contexts which vary from nation to nation.This raises the question of how institutional context affect research on religious education. The paper addresses this question on…
Descriptors: Religious Education, Institutional Characteristics, Educational Environment, Cross Cultural Studies
Attitudes of Students in the Israeli Public Education System towards "H?alutzic"-Secular Jewishness
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Sakal, Vered; Shkedi, Asher – Journal of Religious Education, 2021
This study examines the perceptions of students in the Israeli public education system regarding secular interpretations of Judaism. The study analyzes a curriculum unit that was taught to Israeli high school students, which engaged the students with textual study of biblical, rabbinic and secular-"h?alutzic" sources. Applying…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, High School Students, Judaism
Prayer Services in Jewish Religious High Schools for Girls in Israel -- Teachers' Perspectives
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Kohn, Eli – Journal of Religious Education, 2020
This qualitative research aims to explore the experiences of teachers in the implementation of prayer services in religious high schools for girls in Israel. Twenty teachers from three different schools were interviewed as part of this qualitative research study. Interviews were conducted during 2017-2018. The research focused on what teachers…
Descriptors: Religious Education, Spiritual Development, High School Students, Single Sex Schools
Learning Standards in a Non-Standard System: Mapping Student Knowledge and Comprehension in Ultra-Orthodox Talmud Torah Schools
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Iluz, Shira; Katz, Yaacov J.; Stern, Hindy – Journal of Religious Education, 2018
The Jewish ultra-orthodox (Haredi) Talmud Torah schools have been consistently resistant to the process of standardization in content, measurement, and evaluation, in contrast to the Israeli state education system which has progressed steadily in these areas. Talmud Torah schools are private elementary schools for ultra-orthodox boys. Studies are…
Descriptors: Judaism, Academic Standards, Elementary Schools, Private Schools
Interfaith Education in Muslim, Jewish, Christian Schools in Israel
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Bekerman, Zvi – Journal of Religious Education, 2018
The paper critically approaches the western epistemological tradition and its psychologized perspectives that pose identitarian and cultural categories as standing at the basis of societal conflicts. It suggests that staying attached to a conceptualization of identity as a, more or less, fixed cognizant entity and of culture as a, rather, fixed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Peace, Conflict Resolution, Bilingual Schools