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Record Nr.

UNINA9910970480403321

Autore

Bar-Shalom Yehuda

Titolo

Educating Israel : Educational Entrepreneurship in Israel's Multicultural Society / / by Y. Shalom

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2006

ISBN

9786611365813

9781281365811

1281365815

9781403983619

1403983615

Edizione

[1st ed. 2006.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXII, 162 p.)

Disciplina

370.117095694

Soggetti

Educational sociology

Astronomy

International education

Comparative education

Ethnology - Middle East

Culture

Ethnology

Sociology of Education

Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences

International and Comparative Education

Middle Eastern Culture

Ethnography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [154]-158) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- One: Neve Shalom/Wahat Al-Salam -- Two: Bialik School -- Three: Keshet School -- Four: Kedma School -- Five: The Democratic School in Hadera -- Six: Comparison and Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Z.



Sommario/riassunto

This is a comparative ethnography of five Israeli schools that use state-of-the-art educational approaches to help change Israel's conflicted society. It gives an important glimpse of individuals and institutions that bravely operate as social and educational entrepreneurs, striving to change Israeli society.