Education, empowerment, and control : the case of the Arabs in Israel / Majid Al-Haj.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Al Haj, Majid.

Series:

SUNY Series in Israeli Studies

SUNY series in Israeli studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Palestinian Arabs--Education--Government policy--Israel.

Palestinian Arabs.

Education and state--Israel.

Education and state.

Education--Political aspects--Israel.

Education.

Education--Social aspects--Israel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 249 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Education, Empowerment, and Control is about the education of the Palestinian Arab minority in Israel from the establishment of the state of Israel to the present. Using a comparative approach, the study throughout juxtaposes Arab and Hebrew educational systems in terms of administration, resources, curricula contents, and returns. Developments in education are analyzed in conjunction with wide demographic, economic, and sociopolitical changes.Al-Haj explores the expectations of the Palestinian community on the one hand and dominant groups on the other, showing that whereas Palestinians have seen education as a source of empowerment, government groups have seen it as a mechanism of social control. The book also sheds light on the wider issue of education and social change among developing minorities in the postcolonial era. Al-Haj examines modernization, underdevelopment, and control in order to delineate the role education plays among a national minority that is marginalized at the group level and denied access to the national opportunity structure.

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""Half Title Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Figures""; ""Tables""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK""; ""Content""; ""General Background: Demographic, Social, Economic, and Political Aspects""; ""Education in the Ottoman and the Mandatory Periods""; ""Arab Education after the Establishment of Israel: Administrative Issues""; ""Institutions and Pupils""; ""Physical and Educational Facilities""; ""Policy, Goals, and Curricula""; ""Teachers and Social Control""; ""Higher Education""; ""Back Matter""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""INDEX""; ""Back Cover""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-241) and index.

ISBN:

9780791494455

0791494454

9780585033334

0585033331

OCLC:

42854504