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Sztokman, Elana – International Journal of Children's Spirituality, 2006
This paper examines the ways in which gender, religion, ethnicity and class intertwine in a state religious girl's junior high school in Israel. It is based on ethnographic data collected from 1999-2002, including interviews with staff and students and observations of classes and other school events. The claim is made that in this school,…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Ethnicity, Jews, Ethnography
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Katriel, Tamar; Nesher, Pearla – Comparative Education Review, 1986
In Israeli school culture, the school class is a social group in which "gibush" or cohesion is cultivated. A highly cohesive class has clearly demarcated boundaries, has high integration, is internally undifferentiated, and presupposes particular conditions for formation. The gibush model reflects an ideal of communal participation and…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classrooms, Educational Objectives, Educational Practices