This study examined what led undergraduate Israeli-Arab students to choose to study for a degree in Education at a Jewish academic institution, and the influence of this academic choice on them. The study is based on in-depth semi-structured interviews with 33 students. Findings show that the choice stemmed from a desire to lead social change…

The current pilot study aimed to evaluate the perceptions of Arab and Jewish teacher trainees regarding the impact of variables on preparation for teaching. This study included 314 participating teacher trainees from two colleges in Israel. One hundred forty-eight (47.1%) of them studied in a Hebrew-speaking college and 166 (52.9%) students…

This ongoing research attempts to get insights on the Arab pre-service teachers' motivation to learn from a self-determination theory (SDT) perspective, and shed light on what is happening within the confines of the Arab colleges and mixed colleges - pedagogically and socially. The theoretical model consists of two levels: a. a micro level in…

This study explored reasons for the rapid increase in the number of Palestinian Arabs from Israel (PAI) studying higher education (HE) in Jordan. Four hundred and sixty PAI studying in Jordan answered a questionnaire assessing factors related to HE in both countries. Lenient admission requirements and cultural-language similarity explain Jordan's…

This research delves into the reasons and expectations, indicated by three samples of MA students--16 attending a state university, 26 a private college, and 21 an extension of a foreign university, all located in Israel--for choosing an institution of higher education. It was assumed that high cost (tuition) motivates development of high…