Role of Druze High Schools in Israel in Shaping Students' Identity and Citizenship

Autor/inn/en	Court, Deborah; Abbas, Randa
Titel	Role of Druze High Schools in Israel in Shaping Students' Identity and Citizenship
Quelle	In: Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 5 (2010) 2, S.145-162 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1746-1979
DOI	10.1177/1746197910370725
Schlagwörter	High Schools; Citizenship; Ceremonies; Academic Achievement; Adolescents; Foreign Countries; Values Education; Principals; Interviews; Identification; Ethnic Groups; Ethnicity; High School Students; Public Officials; Context Effect; Secondary School Teachers; Secondary School Curriculum; Teaching Methods; School Activities; Observation; Religious Factors; Military Service; Israel + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; Oberschule; Staatsbürgerschaft; Zeremoniell; Schulleistung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Ausland; Werterziehung; Principal; Schulleiter; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Identifikation; Identifizierung; Ethnie; Ethnizität; High schools; Student; Students; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Beobachtung; Militärdienst
Abstract	This study investigated how two Israeli Druze high schools shape the identity and citizenship of adolescents through curriculum, teaching, discourse, social activities and national ceremonies. Data were collected through interviews with teachers, the two school principals, policymakers for Druze education in the Ministry of Education, and students, as well as through observations and document analysis. The research found that the Israeli Druze school system plays a significant role in shaping students' identity and citizenship in the difficult Israeli context, developing adolescents who are firmly rooted in both Druze and Israeli identity. Four central mechanisms were found to infuse the schools in order to accomplish these goals. These were characterized as multi-faceted values education, multi-faceted development of students' identity and citizenship, meaningful learning and the community good. The commitment of Druze educators to building strong Druze-Israeli identity in their students was seen to spring from Druze religious beliefs and from the unique position of the Druze among other Arab groups in Israel. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10