The Bilingual School--An Educational Model for Civic Equality in a Divided Society

The current study examines the workings of a bilingual school for Jewish and Palestinian-Israeli students and its contribution towards the goal of educating for equal citizenship in Israel's multicultural society. The findings indicate that this school succeeds in advancing the notion of equal...

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Published inIntercultural education (London, England) Vol. 29; no. 3; pp. 340 - 362
Main Authors Paul-Binyamin, Ilana, Jayusi, Wurud
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Routledge 04.05.2018
Subjects
Academic Achievement
Administrator Attitudes
Arabs
Assistant Principals
Bilingual Schools
Citizenship Education
Comparative Analysis
Counselor Attitudes
Cultural Pluralism
Disadvantaged
Elementary School Students
Elementary School Teachers
Equal Education
Focus Groups
Foreign Countries
Institutional Characteristics
Jews
Minority Groups
Observation
Principals
Qualitative Research
Semi Structured Interviews
Social Mobility
Teacher Attitudes
Israel
Palestine
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Summary:The current study examines the workings of a bilingual school for Jewish and Palestinian-Israeli students and its contribution towards the goal of educating for equal citizenship in Israel's multicultural society. The findings indicate that this school succeeds in advancing the notion of equal citizenship, as demonstrated in the fact that the school's organisational structure and the curricular contents afford equal status to both nationalities. Findings of this study maybe relevant to other multicultural societies.
ISSN:1467-5986
1469-8439
DOI:10.1080/14675986.2018.1438370