... Romi is the corresponding author and can be contacted at: shlomo.romi@biu.ac.il 20 07 2017 05 04 2018 07 05 2018 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2019 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Israel Parents’ alertness Parents’ identification Parents...

...Khalid Arar; Muhammed Abu Nasra; Hassan Alshafi Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the perceptions of parental involvement among 317 teachers in the Arab education system in Israel. Design/methodology/approach A questionnaire measured teachers’ attitudes regarding parents...

.... Design/methodology/approach The study was conducted in Israel in 2015 and included 663 teachers, 250 elementary school teachers and 413 middle or high school teachers. A questionnaire and statistical analyses (ANOVA, multivariate analysis, and correlations) examined the attitudes of teachers in one...

...Khalid Arar; Ruth Abramovitz Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore teachers’ attitudes toward the implementation of new computer technology to improve teaching and learning products at a private Arab school in Israel. Specifically, the aim was to individuate teachers’ factors associated...

... Licensed re-use rights only Israel Twenty-first century skills School autonomy Will two walk together, except they be agreed? (Amos 3:3) The historical analysis presented in this paper does not intend to summarize all the developments that have taken place in the Israeli educational...

...Khalid Arar Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate Arab deputy-principals’ perceptions of their role in Arab schools in Israel, relating to their expectations regarding principal-deputy relations and their aspirations for promotion. Design/methodology/approach – A two-stage...

...Khalid Arar; Khaled Abu‐Asbah Purpose This paper aims to provide useful insights into educational under‐achievement among Palestinian Arab citizens of Israel (PAI), investigating the perceptions of local educational administrators (LEAs) towards the education system and its modus vivendi...

... Tel‐Aviv and Central districts in Israel. After computing the correlation between perceived uncertainty and OLMs, hierarchical regression analyses were conducted to examine the effect of principals' sense of uncertainty and the demographic variables on the OLMs' components. Findings The results...

... that tends to work at small educational settings and has a limited scope of interactions with co‐workers and superiors. Izhar Oplatka can be contacted at: oplatka@post.tau.ac.il © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Nursery education Job satisfaction Teaching styles Israel Behaviour...

...Jane Hemsley‐Brown; Izhar Oplatka Purpose The paper's purpose is to test: whether there are significant differences between England and Israel, in terms of perceptions of market orientation (MO) in higher education (HE); which MO dimensions (student, competition, intra‐functional) indicate more...

... and education level. A total 246 elementary school teachers in Israel participated in the study, half of them with bachelors' degrees and half of them at one stage or another of studies towards a master's degree or higher. A case study was documented of an elementary school in which low...

... Organizational behaviour Employees Israel The research on organizational citizenship behavior (OCB), i.e. behaviors in the workplace that are discretionary, non‐formally prescribed and of high benefit for the organization (Chompookum and Brooklyn, 2004 ; Kidwell et al., 1997 ; Organ, 1988...

... effectiveness. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Mentoring Teachers Team working Israel Definitions of mentoring are very diverse, with the most popular focusing on career advancement or professional development by someone in a position of authority within the professional context...

... variable and its cumulative effects to predict the coordinators' organizational commitment, among 131 PMP coordinators from six different PMP branches around Israel. Findings The findings revealed that stress hinders the coordinators' sense of emotional commitment. As the stress level rises...

... at the same time the Ministry of Education (MOE) encourages schools to specialise and offer unique subjects out of a predetermined list of options. Principals Careers Continuing professional development Israel The large‐scale education reforms introduced in many western countries throughout...

... that was started from scratch within the same standard but offered a new and different pedagogy. The establishment phase is defined as the period that elapsed from when the need of new school was decided, until the end of the first year (three or four years in both cases). School buildings Israel...

... and the literature on educational networks, reflecting how a school's entrepreneurship is contingent on the qualities of its network ties. Ori Eyal can be contacted at: msori@mscc.huji.ac.il © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Public schools Entrepreneurialism Educational administration Israel...

... be contacted at msanir@mscc.huji.ac.il © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Equity capital Income Educational administration Israel What is the effect of the financial autonomy granted to schools through the introduction of school based management (SBM) on income equity among schools...

...Eliezer Yariv; Marianne Coleman Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the ways in which elementary school principals in Israel deal with teachers who are “challenging” in their behaviour, that is those who are perceived as under‐performing. This is an important and under‐researched...

... that school principals need to increase their professional knowledge regarding supervision instruction and devote their efforts towards establishing an organizational learning culture in their schools. Israel Teachers Schools Supervision Continuing professional development Performance appraisal...