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Hess, Itay – British Journal of Visual Impairment, 2010
Sixty-three visually impaired pupils from 40 different schools in Israel and their form teachers filled in questionnaires assessing quality of life. In addition, a total of 200 teachers were asked to fill in questionnaires on school climate and attitudes towards inclusion. Findings indicated that positive climate and positive attitudes correlated…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Quality of Life, Foreign Countries, Educational Environment
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Zimmerman, Lynn W. – Journal of Educational Technology, 2010
This study examines whether and how online discussions used in learning situations help to develop interactive intercultural communication. Undergraduate university students in the US, Taiwan, and Israel engaged in an online discussion about gender stereotypes. This study examines their perceptions of the interactions. There were 31 undergraduate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Mediated Communication, Group Discussion, Intercultural Communication
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Benoliel, Pascale; Somech, Anit – Journal of Educational Administration, 2010
Purpose: This study seeks to explore the moderating role of teachers' personality traits from the Big Five typology on the relationship between participative management and teacher outcomes with respect to performance, satisfaction and strain. The study suggests that participative management may produce different results depending on teachers'…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Teacher Participation, School Organization, Personality
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Arnon, Sara; Shamai, Shmuel – Journal of Community Psychology, 2010
A white house topped by a red roof, set in a garden, surrounded by a lawn dotted with trees and shrubs--this is not just a child's naive drawing. It is the aspiration of many in the modern world, Israelis among them. This case study deals with the inner migration of families, mainly from the urban center of Israel, to rural communities in its…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Foreign Countries, Urban to Rural Migration, Migration Patterns
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Shachar, Hanna; Gavin, Suss; Shlomo, Sharan – Journal of Educational Change, 2010
The present study examines teachers' perceptions of organizational changes in their elementary schools. These changes occurred following the implementation of a long-term comprehensive school improvement project (CSIP). One hundred and seventy one teachers who taught in six elementary schools located in two different school districts in Israel…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Organizational Culture, Consultants, Cooperative Learning
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Kaniel, Shlomo; Siman-Tov, Ayelet – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2011
The main purpose of this research is to compare the differences between how mothers and fathers cope with autistic children based on a multivariate model that describes the relationships between parental psychological resources, parental stress appraisal and parental adjustment. 176 parents who lived in Israel (88 mothers and 88 fathers) of…
Descriptors: Stress Management, Locus of Control, Mothers, Autism
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Yablon, Yaacov Boaz – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2010
Religion could play a positive role in intergroup relations. However, this potential is usually overlooked and religion is often perceived as divisive and polarizing, perhaps even a source of intergroup conflict. This study examined religion as a possible tool for achieving positive intergroup encounters. A randomized control trial research design…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Jews, Conflict, Religion
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Baratz, Lea; Reingold, Roni – Current Issues in Education, 2010
The current study examines the implications of literary teaching material in a national diversified society in which the governmental educational policy separates between two national educational systems, and controls both of these separate systems. We set out to examine whether, in such realty, teachers are willing to teach texts, not formally…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Jews, Instructional Materials, Ideology
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Ingber, Sara; Al-Yagon, Michal; Dromi, Esther – Journal of Early Intervention, 2010
This study examined the contribution of a model of maternal characteristics in explaining mothers' involvement in the early intervention of their 1- to 7-year-old children with hearing loss. The model of maternal factors affecting mothers' involvement in intervention comprised (a) four personal characteristics conceived as exogenous variables…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Mothers, Path Analysis, Hearing Impairments
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Shany, Michal; Wiener, Judith; Feingold, Liat – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2011
This study investigated the extent to which children's knowledge about reading disabilities, preoccupation with their own reading disability, and anxiety predicted reading comprehension in fifth and sixth grade children with reading disabilities (N = 85). Participants provided rich and accurate information about reading disabilities and the…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties, Knowledge Level, Disabilities
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Pnina, Ron – Journal of Family Social Work, 2009
The study aims were to examine the relationships of 128 elderly couples married longer than 45 years and the role division between the partners, including a comparison of their perceptions of their first 3 years of their marriage with today. The research hypotheses were (a) there will be a change in the couple's perceptions about the traditional…
Descriptors: Sex Role, Marriage, Correlation, Well Being
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Eteokleous, Nikleia – Multicultural Education & Technology Journal, 2011
Purpose: This study seeks to evaluate the application of a social-virtual curriculum delivered through in-classroom and web-based activities, aiming to develop youth's social-cultural skills, cultural competency and multicultural awareness. Specifically, the study evaluates the overall impact of the curriculum to the participating youth's…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Multicultural Education, Religion, Cultural Pluralism
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Addi-Raccah, Audrey; Gavish, Yakov – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2010
Since the wave of school reform decentralization, schools now maintain a more dynamic and diverse relationship with their environment than they did in the past. School principals' relationships with the local educational authority (LEA) are a prominent example of this change in Israel. LEAs try to gain more pedagogic influence over schools while…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, School Based Management, School Districts, Discriminant Analysis
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Yablon, Yaacov Boaz – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2009
As current study of contact between groups is somehow limited and self-referential, the present study joins other studies that suggest a deeper examination of intergroup contact in wider social processes which recognize the complex nature of intergroup relationships. A qualitative multiple-methods approach, supported by quantitative measures, was…
Descriptors: Intervention, Peace, Intergroup Relations, Foreign Countries
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Weiss, Itzhak; Fisherman, Shraga – Curriculum and Teaching, 2011
The study investigates different models of personality and cognitive factors in teacher training courses at Teacher Training Colleges (TTCs) and universities. We used Ego Identity (EI), Professional Identity (PI) of teachers, and Self Regulated Learning (SRL) as personality measures, and Metacognitive Knowledge (MAI), Field Experience Grades…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Personality Traits, Cognitive Ability, Teacher Education Programs
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