Describes the experiences of Ethiopian Jews, and the ways that their historical and cultural backgrounds, as well as their language and color, affect their reception by and adjustment within the Israeli social mainstream. Also discusses how the Israeli government and private organizations are working to educate other Israelis about the Ethiopians.…

Presents the results of a study on the Mofet system (Israel), founded by immigrant teachers in 1991 as an effort to educate Russian immigrant children. Argues that although the success of the system is linked to the general education system's failure to meet immigrants' needs, it does not express Russian immigrant's desire for socio-cultural…

Describes orientation programs offered at seven Israeli university libraries and discusses implications for library orientations at University of Missouri Kansas City, including utilizing student tour guides and improving the learning environment for international students. A checklist of questions for interviews with Israeli librarians is…

Conducted communitywide experimental change program aimed at improving social climate of fourth, fifth, and sixth grade classrooms in one school system in northern Israel. Thirty-three classrooms were randomly assigned to either small-group or whole-class work on topics in classroom life or to control group. Whole-class group showed improvement in…

Explores how principals maintain control when faced with demands for both teacher autonomy and increased environmental involvement. Interviews with 22 Israeli teachers and principals revealed four administrative control mechanisms: direct control and indirect control (via elementary teachers' teamwork), and manipulation of secondary teachers'…

The study reported in this article is based on a nationally representative sample of 10,400 students in grades 7 through 11 in 162 schools across Israel. The authors used hierarchical linear modeling to examine the differences between Jewish and Arab schools in the relationships between school-level variables--socioeconomic status (SES) of the…

A study investigated the differences in perception of job insecurity among secondary school teachers in Israel. Of the entire sample, 205 teachers (62 percent) were affiliated with public-sector unions. The rest of the samples--121 teachers (38 percent)--were affiliated with the private sector and were non-unionized. Using a multidimensional…

Israeli educational policies have changed over the last 40 years in response to the backgrounds and needs of various immigrant groups. This study compares two recent waves of immigration, from the Soviet Union in the 1970's and 1980's, and from Ethiopia in the 1980's. Both groups arrived during a period when Israel's social and educational policy…

Immigrant teachers in Israel--314 from the Soviet Union and 91 from North America--completed questionaires about attitudes toward teaching, perception of status, past training, etc. Responses showed significant differences between the groups reflecting two distinct models of the occupation of teaching and distinct patterns of adjustment to the…

A total of 76 male infants in the kibbutz, Bedouin, middle and lower-class environments were observed during the equivalent of a waking day. Data include: total rate of stimulation to which infant is exposed from as many as 8 familiar people; and mother's responses as a percentage of total response rate. (MS)

The study was carried out within the framework of a project that provided afterschool mathematics tutorial sessions to 10th-12th grade students by engineers in an informal setting. The participating students were selected from advanced level mathematics classes according to their need for additional support. The main goal of the study was to…

A study examined the effects of open and traditional classes on the academic attainment of elementary school students of different socioeconomic backgrounds in Israel. No evidence was found to support the hypothesis that students from upper socioeconomic classes benefited more from learning in an open classroom than students from lower…

Kohlberg's moral dilemmas were used to determine levels of moral reasoning among 115 adolescents representing urban middle class and lower class, kibbutz-born and Youth Aliyah (disadvantaged urban youth educated in the kibbutz), Moslem and Christian groups in Israel. (Author/DB)

Although classroom learning environment variables provide useful criteria of effectiveness in curriculum evaluation, a limited number of evaluation studies employ classroom environment instruments. This article provides an example of the use of learning environment dimensions as dependent variables in instructional evaluation. (RL)

Argues for anticipatory intervention in schools in order to enhance better coping behavior in times of crisis and emergency. It is argued that children and teachers will benefit from certain modes of behavior, given training and practice before a crisis occurs. Specific instructional units for use in classrooms are developed. (Author)