Chapter 12: Living In a Visual World: Israeli Arab Teachers’ Visual Representation Transformations and Related Competencies

Israel is a Western-democratic country with a Jewish majority in a predominantly Middle East Arab region. Arab and Jewish educational curriculum is similar and most teachers attend jointly the Israeli colleges, universities and in-service programs. We examined Arab teachers’ knowledge and competencies regarding visual representation transformations. Our findings show that similar to their Jewish counterparts, these Arab teachers exhibited a low level of visualization knowledge and ability that probably impede their instructional practices and students’ learning in present visually domin