Bargaining with the system: A mixed-methods study of Arab teachers in Israel

Research on minority-majority relations usually focuses on the impact of the hegemony on everyday life. In this study we chose to focus on the way minority teachers bargain with the power relations within their work environment as a microcosm of their strategies in the social arena in general. 163 Arab-Israeli secondary-school teachers completed an online questionnaire and were matched with 163 Jewish teachers according to demographic variables. 25 of the 163 teachers completed the optional open-ended question that comprised the data for the qualitative analysis. In the quantitative analysis, we found that Arab teachers showed less knowledge of the Ministry of Education guidelines regarding teachers’ freedom of speech, conducted fewer discussions of Controversial Public Issues (CPI) and rated the importance of their role as promoting active citizenship lower than their Jewish counterparts. In the qualitative analysis, three main strategies Arab teachers use emerged: ‘evasion’, ‘toning down’ and ‘promoting a shared society’. Arab teachers negotiate between their needs for self-preservation, and their national and professional identities in an implicit cost-benefit assessment. This analysis coincides with Kandiyoti’s (1988) model of women’s bargaining with the patriarchy, corresponding to Arab teachers as a governed minority group that negotiates with the hegemony. In each strategy, there is a different balance between the personal benefits, the risks involved, and the community interests one has in mind. The research sheds light on the precarious position of Arab teachers in Israel, and the flexibility that they are pressed to employ in order to muddle through.     

程堅甫:中國當代農民中的古典詩人——一個被沉埋的詩人和一個被沉埋的詩道

"逢人说项斯" 此文的寫作,有一個故事套故事的緣起. 旅居舊金山的散文家劉荒田兄,傳來一篇他記寫廣東故鄉臺山一位已故老詩人程堅甫的詩詞創作和人生故事的文字.     

Addressing Anti-Indianism in the Mainstream Curriculum: A Partnership Model

How do you live in a time when most people believe you are dead—from a people of the past—and you feel you have been made allergic to your true roots? You do, you just do. ?Geobe (2003, p. 55)     

Arab Mediterranean youth's values: The role of values and value congruence on intentions to Emigrate

This paper analyses the role of personal values, value congruence and intentions to emigrate among Middle East and North Africa (MENA) youth. We use a survey data set (N = 8.087) from Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, and Tunisia, collected among respondents aged 15–29. Results showed that beyond demographic characteristics, such as being male, highly educated and not having a job, personal values predicted higher chances of reporting intentions to emigrate. Logistic regression results showed that stimulation and achievement values predicted higher, and tradition values predicted lower chances of reporting intentions to emigrate. Furthermore, value congruence (i.e., having similar values as those of most of their co-nationals) was related to lower chances of reporting intentions to emigrate. These results support the notion that those who intend to emigrate differ from their co-nationals in terms of value priorities. We discuss the policy implications of our findings.     

物我相融:早期中國人的信仰、生活和動物觀

一早期中國人生活之地域與環境 早期中國人生活地域之遼闊,遠遠超出今人的想象.原來人們認為,流經亞洲大陸東部的黄河流域是中國文明的發源地.但是,持續近百年的考古發現和民間遠古器物(特別是玉器)收藏顯示,這個文明有着多樣的文化來源.     

Cross-cultural differences in attitudes towards disabled persons: A study of Jewish and Arab youth in Israel

Cultural values may be seen as the primary determinants of altitudes towards deviant or exceptional persons. The present study deals with the attitudes of Jewish and Arab youth in Israel towards the disabled as a function of cultural identity, existence of contact with a disabled person, and type of disability (blindness, amputation, facial disfigurement, or confinement to a wheelchair).A sample of 510 Jews and 655 Arabs filled out the Yuker Altitudes Towards Disabled Persons Scale (ATDP). The results indicated that overall, Jews were more positive towards the disabled than Arabs. Furthermore, the existence of previous contact with a disabled person was a positive factor in the formation of the Jews' attitudes, and a negative factor for the Arabs. In their ranking of different types of disability, Jews and Arabs differed significantly.The results are interpreted in the context of modern versus traditional cultures, whereby the Jewish youths' more tolerant Western approach seems to engender a more positive attitude than the Arab youths' conservative values.     

Sharing Taijiquan with the World Xing Qilin:A Representative Bearer to Transmit and Promote Li-Style Taijiquan

As Taijiquan is going global,the culture embodied in this traditional physical practice is gaining wider attention and interest among the people around the worl...     

中国28处世界遗产简介

联合国教科组织从1972年起发起世界化遗产保护活动。目前全世界有721处自然和化景点被列入《联合国教科组织世界化遗产名录》。     

Educating Late Arrival High School Immigrant Students: A Call for a More Democratic Curriculum

Examining the vital relation between immigrants' race or ethnicity, language, documented or undocumented legal status, and multicultural citizenship education is essential in the reconceptualization of current curricula and practice. The analysis provides relevant critiques of the traditional American History and citizenship curricula that are often enacted in increasingly ubiquitous late arrival high school immigrant centers. The tensions provide educators with an opportunity to define and redefine American citizenship as a unique cultural, historical, and transformative learning opportunity via the broader use of World Geography Studies.