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Braude, Rita Zemach – Harvard Graduate School of Education Association Bulletin, 1976
Israeli schools, designed by Westerners, incorporate curriculum and instructional methods suited to Western children, although Oriental Jews constitute 60 percent of the population. Considered "disadvantaged" by policy-making Western Jews, humiliated Orientals disavow their rich, ancient heritage. A new plan aims to eliminate…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Cultural Images, Cultural Influences, Cultural Pluralism

Stahl, Abraham – Teachers College Record, 1981
Unintentional imperialism may exist due to the effects and influence of personal contact with American professional literature which lead Israeli research efforts in the direction of whatever is currently popular in the United States. (JN)
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Development, Developing Nations

Weller, Aron; And Others – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 1995
Investigated parent division of power in family decision-making, as reported by 880 Israeli Arab and Jewish adolescents. Found that Arab subjects perceived more paternal and less maternal power than Jewish subjects. Gender differences and differences between ethnic and religious subgroups in each culture were found, reflecting the different…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, Arabs, Cultural Differences

Abu-Rabia, Salim – Journal of Social Psychology, 1998
Examines Israeli Arab students' attitudes and cultural backgrounds in relation to their reading comprehension of Jewish and Arab stories. States Arab students' motivation toward learning Hebrew as a second language is instrumental. Finds students comprehend texts from their own culture (Arab) better than those from the unfamiliar culture…
Descriptors: Arabs, Cultural Influences, Foreign Countries, Hebrew

Abu-Saad, Ismael; Isralowitz, Richard E. – Journal of Social Psychology, 1997
Tests whether patterns of gender differences in work values in Western societies were manifest in university students in Israel and are affected by marital status or major. Finds no significant differences in across the entire sample or within samples of single and married students; division by major did reveal significant differences. (DSK)
Descriptors: College Students, Cultural Influences, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Gottlieb, Esther E.; Yakir, Ruth – 1995
This study used data from the 1991-93 Carnegie International Survey of the Academic Profession to examine the perceptions of college faculty in regard to the emphasis on research over teaching in advanced-industrialized higher education systems, the compatibility of research and teaching, and job satisfaction. It focused on data from 8 countries…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), College Faculty, College Instruction, Cross Cultural Studies
Ritterband, Paul – 1968
Why students come to and remain in the US may be explained by a variety of factors related to conditions in their home country versus conditions in the US. The strength of these operative factors was determined by the application of reason analysis to three groups: Israeli students and alumni population in the US, Israelis who have studied in the…
Descriptors: Brain Drain, College Students, Cultural Influences, Demography

Feldman, S. Shirley; Sarnat, Lela – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1986
Examines the relationships between childrearing environments, adult control behaviors, and children's compliance and violation in Israeli town and Kibbutz children. (HOD)
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Child Development, Child Rearing, Comparative Analysis

Pinchas, Tamir; Frankl, Dida – International Journal of Science Education, 1991
Course of study, target student population, structure of matriculation examination, student outcomes and attitudes of student toward various components of this examination are described. It was found that this examination not only offers a fair, educationally valid assessment but also provides support and direction which result in more effective…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Biology, Course Descriptions, Cultural Influences
Raemer, Ayelet Adele – English Teachers' Journal (Israel), 1998
Describes how Holocaust literature can be used in Israeli English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) high school classrooms, focusing on the importance of the cultural model, language model, and personal growth model when studying literature in ESL classrooms. The article describes a work unit in Holocaust literature and presents sample activities related…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, High Schools

Weiss, Shoshana; Moore, Michael – Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 1995
Describes preferred places of drinking by Jewish, Moslem, Christian, and Druze adolescent drinkers (n=1,480) in Israel. Jewish adolescents obtain alcohol from pubs, while non-Jewish adolescents obtain alcohol from home. Presents gender, grade- and cultural-oriented suggestions for prevention of adolescent alcohol use. (SNR)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Abuse, Christianity, Cultural Differences

Lobel, Thalma E.; Mashraki-Pedhatzur, Sharon; Mantzur, Ahmed; Libby, Sharon – Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 2000
Investigated seventh graders' gender discrimination from a cross-cultural perspective. Israeli Arabs and Jews rated two hypothetical male candidates for class representative (who were generally masculine or outstandingly feminine) on their beliefs about their ability to be elected and their willingness to interact with them. Both groups…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, Femininity, Foreign Countries
Quarter, Jack – Interchange on Educational Policy, 1982
Relevance of kibbutz education in relation to influence of progressive Western tradition is examined in: (1) analysis of objectives; (2) discussion of the success of the kibbutz in attaining the objectives; (3) comparison of the objectives in light of differences in social relations between the West and the kibbutz; and (4) reinterpretation of…
Descriptors: Collective Settlements, Cultural Influences, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy

Becker, Tamar – Youth and Society, 1976
A survey of attitudes of upper middle class American and Israeli youth reveals pronounced differences. Whereas the Israelis tend to view their society as an extension of their own family and acknowledge their obligations to both, the Americans trust only the family, regarding it as more important than any other social entity. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences, Family Attitudes

Mayseless, Ofra; Scharf, Miri – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2003
Examined conceptions of adulthood among adolescents, emerging adults, and parents of adolescents in Israel. Found widespread support for individualistic criteria for adulthood, such as accepting responsibility for one's actions, deciding on one's own beliefs and values, and becoming financially independent. Found considerable support for…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Age Differences, Criteria, Cultural Differences