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Interest over Knowledge: A Jewish-Arab Comparison of Teachers' Willingness to Conduct CPI Discussions
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Gindi, Shahar; Erlich Ron, Rakefet – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2022
In this endeavour to examine teachers' willingness to discuss controversial political issues in class, we focused on four variables that received little attention so far: teachers' vested interest, knowledge, the topic of discussion, and teachers' ethnicity. 1130 teachers in Israel, 832 Jewish and 298 Arab, answered an online questionnaire that…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Arabs, Jews, Teacher Attitudes
Are Civics Teachers Different from Teachers of Other Disciplines in Their Handling of Controversial Issues?
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Erlich, Rakefet Ron; Gindi, Shahar – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2019
Conducting discussions on controversial political issues is an important vehicle to promote students' democratic values and critical thinking in schools. This schoolwide task cuts across all disciplines and different subject matter. Israeli civics and social studies teachers are often required to touch upon such issues and manage the situations…
Descriptors: Civics, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Discussion (Teaching Technique), Social Studies
Education Abroad and Domestic Cultural Immersion: A Comparative Study of Cultural Competence among Teacher Candidates
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Hare Landa, Melissa; Odòna-Holm, Jocelyn; Shi, Lijuan – Teacher Educator, 2017
As the demographics of the United States continue to shift, American classrooms reflect the richness of cultural diversity and the vibrancy of immigrant populations. Education abroad programs provide opportunities for preservice teachers to develop their cultural competence, required for effectively teaching children from a range of cultural…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Immersion Programs, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Awareness
Pedagogical Aspects of Integrating Wikis in Pre-Service Teacher Education
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Goldstein, Olzan; Peled, Yehuda – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2016
The study examines pedagogical approaches in using wikis in teaching and learning in teacher education colleges. It focuses on: instructors' motivation for wiki-based teaching; course types; teaching methods; evaluation; content structure; characteristics of student collaboration and learning outcomes; involvement of instructors in the learning…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Teaching Methods, Evaluation Methods, Course Content
Bringing about Curriculum Innovations. OECD Education Working Papers, No. 82
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Karkkainen, Kiira – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2012
Innovation is essential for the education sector. The ways in which curriculum decision making is organised reflects different implicit approaches on how educational systems pertain to promote innovation in education. Curriculum holds an outstanding place when seeking to promote innovation in education, as it reflects the vision for education by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Innovation, Curriculum Development, Secondary Education
The Problems and Possibilities for Peace Studies
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Spencer, Bruce – Convergence, 2006
Is there really a connection between "adult education" and "peace" today: or are many of today's adult educators so busy they are not interested in the big issues of the day? Or is it perhaps that concerns about "world peace" appear to be too remote to be influenced by adult education initiatives? The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Peace, Adult Educators, Social Action