This document discusses an Israeli project which targeted intelligent students in disadvantaged areas for special help with the objective being to encourage their college attendance. The introduction describes problems which confront any educational system in a democratic society, such as fostering adolescent development and encouraging quality…

Although many modern occupations require employees to express particular types of emotions while doing their jobs, little empirical evidence exists about factors related to emotional behavior on the job. This study investigated the relationship between emotional displays (smiling, greeting, thanking, eye contact) of sales clerks and variables of…

The several campuses face enrollment and financial problems as well as strained relationships between students and administrators and between the public and the university itself. As a result, the higher education institutions are becoming more doubtful of their missions. (LBH)

Home observations of Israeli families with retarded children (N=40) and with normal children (N=40) indicated that, among families with retarded children, there was less frequent maternal behavior toward the child, less frequent communicative behavior of the child toward the parents, and more frequent spousal interchanges regarding the child.…

Predicted internal consistency, compared to inconsistency, would be associated with higher individual outcomes in congruent situations and with lower individual outcomes in incongruent situations. Assessment of professionals' (N=175) organizational commitment, professional commitment, job satisfaction, and job involvement revealed predicted…

Offered is an example of how contradictory macrostructural social tendencies are enacted in schooling. The central point of the paper is that socioeducational processes can be analyzed as a set of methods by which the fundamental social contradictions represented in educational settings are ordinarily continued. (Author/KC)

Compares the expression of affect towards parents of 8- to 11-year-old children raised in one of three environments: kibbutz children raised communally with peers, kibbutz children raised in families, and city children raised in traditional families. (SS)

Observations of Arab and Jewish students and teachers in an Israeli bilingual/bicultural school were used to examine teacher-structured and student-initiated experiences of cross-cultural contact. Results suggested that educators should promote cultural fluency by creating environments that require students to engage each other's company.…

The authors discuss traumatic familial and communal risk factors faced by the average Palestinian child during times of war. Unlike most research, which limits Palestinian children's experience to military-related traumatic events, this article attempts to illustrate their communal and familial contexts empirically. Sources studies were published…

During recent decades, educational research has dealt with the contribution of the learning environment to the accomplishment of educational goals, such as improvement of academic achievement and motivation. In this research, an intervention program was implemented into the learning environment of science-technology classes at the junior high…

Research findings confirm positive links between music education, scholastic achievement, and social adaptability, especially among at-risk and special needs children. However, few studies explain how this process occurs. This article presents a didactic approach, which suggests practical ways of enhancing general learning skills while teaching…

This qualitative study examined the experience of immigrant Jewish Ethiopian youth in Israel and its impact on their identity formation. The study sample comprised 13 high-school students, aged 14 to 17. Data analysis revealed two poles on which these youths negotiate their identity: (1) the temporal pole (past, present, and future), and (2) the…

The effects of stress on the physical and psychological well-being of people in different professions and occupations have become a focal interest of researchers and clinicians. There is growing evidence that stress adversely affects the performance, productivity, job satisfaction, health, and the general quality of life of professionals and of…

Ethnographic observations focusing on the stigma of handicap among Israeli adults who were blinded in childhood indicated that their sighted parents were more patronizing toward them than toward their siblings and that these parents attempted to channel them into less-than-optimal occupations and marriages. (Author/CB)

A study is reported of the work situations perceived as stressful by faculty in Israeli universities; the differences in stress perception among disciplines; the stressful situations' relationships to the traditional faculty activities of research, teaching, and services; and faculty coping strategies. (MSE)