Education and Social Change: The Case of Israel's State Curriculum

Autor/inn/en	Hofman, Amos; Alpert, Bracha; Schnell, Izhak
Titel	Education and Social Change: The Case of Israel's State Curriculum
Quelle	In: Curriculum Inquiry, 37 (2007) 4, S.303-328 (26 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0362-6784
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-873X.2007.00389.x
Schlagwörter	Curriculum Development; Core Curriculum; Social Change; Foreign Countries; National Curriculum; Role of Education; Educational Objectives; Educational Principles; Educational History; Educational Philosophy; Nationalism; Politics of Education; Elementary Secondary Education; Content Analysis; Israel + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Kerncurriculum; Sozialer Wandel; Ausland; Bildungsauftrag; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Bildungsprinzip; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Nationalismus; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Inhaltsanalyse
Abstract	The aim of this article is to explore, through the case of the official Israeli state curriculum, how the educational system is affected by social changes and how it responds to them, and to suggest curricular directions that go along with the new social reality that has emerged in Israel during the past decade. We offer a conceptual-theoretical analysis based on the examination of 10 subject areas taught at Israeli schools by leading experts who investigated the curriculum documents of the Ministry of Education in their disciplines. We identify three stages of curriculum development in Israel since its establishment: promotion of hegemonic national goals, emphasis on academic structure of knowledge, and in recent decades, multiple conflicting goals. Changes in the Israeli state curricula indeed reflect a response to broader social changes, yet these changes are partial, irresolute, and scattered. There is a need for a transcultural approach, promoting a core curriculum common to all groups in Israel, beyond which each group may express its uniqueness. (Contains 3 tables.) (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10