Ideology, Policy, and Practice

"This is not merely another book on education in Israel. Ideology, Policy, and Practice: Education for Immigrants and Minorities in Israel Today is an original and refreshing contribution to research in education - and this is so on several grounds. Above all, it presents a specifically sociological discussion of the Israeli educational system, of which in recent years there have been very few. At the same time it is a tract from the pen of a sociologist who knows her field thoroughly. It is obvious that the author has a wealth of experience both in her academic training as educationist and lecturer as well as in the field of education as a teacher. This book reaches out far beyond the interest of professional educationists. It will serve a great variety of different researchers and readers: -those who are interested in Israel's policy in respect to the state's general policy towards its minorities; -those who will profit from Kalekin-Fishman's methods to research the implementation-chain of any value-driven policy; -those who are interested in questions in the realm of sociology of knowledge; -those in Western countries whose field of research is multiculturalism or education for immigrants from non-Western cultures." (Karlheinz Schneider, University of Applied Science Wiesbaden; University of Heidelberg)

• Introduction: Education in Israel as a Case Study.- Education for Immigrants and Minorities in the World.- Ideology: Theoretical Concerns and Their Implications for Education.- Ideology as a National Project in Israel.- Policies that Rely on Ideology - Enacting Legislation.- Celebrating Accomplishments - Publicizing the Fulfillment of Ideology.- Ideology Transmuted - Proclaiming Educational Goals.- Implementing Policies - Disseminating Instructions.- Interpreting Policies — From the Ministry to the Field.- Pupils from Russia and the Former Soviet Union in the Israeli School System.- Immigrant Pupils from Ethiopia: Perpetuating Difference.- Palestinian Israelis and their Schooling: Multiculturalism as Maintaining Distance.- Testing the System: Can it be Democratic? — Children of Temporary Immigrant Workers.- Conclusions: Overt Intentions and Manifest Outcomes.