Socio-cultural differences between Jewish and Arab teachers’ attitudes toward career education in Israel

Abstract

Teachers' attitudes towards career education play a crucial role in the successful implementation of relevant career related programs in school curriculum. In the current study, attitudes towards career education are investigated among 202 Israeli Arabs and 136 Israeli Jewish teachers. Results demonstrated similarity in the general pattern of ranking of importance of career education goals, but significant differences emerged in relation to a number of issues (e.g. self-knowledge, familiarity with range of occupation, experience with choice making). Differences are discussed as a reflection of diverse world-views, a disparity between majority and minority status and a difference in social structure.Ré sumé Diffé rences socio-culturelles en matiè re d'é ducation à la carriére en Israë l entre enseignants juifs et arabes. L'attitude des enseignants en matiè re d'é ducation à la carriè re joue un rô le primordial dans la mise en place, dans le cursus scolaire, de programmes adé quats de pré paration à la carriè re. La pré sente é tude examine les attitudes en matiè re d'é ducation à la carriè re de 202 enseignants arabes d'Israel et de 136 enseignants juifs. Les ré sultats ont dé montré une similarité dans la sché ma gé né ral de classement par ordre d'importance des objectifs de l'é ducation à la carriè re. Cependant, on constate des diffé rences significatives lié es à un certain nombre de domaines tels, par exemple, la connaissance de soi, l'é ventail des occupations, et l'expé rience du 2006 choix. Les diffé rences constaté es sont le reflet de visions diffé rentes du monde, de la disposition entre statut majoritaire et minoritaire, et de la diffé rence dans la structure sociale.Zusammenfassung. Soziokulturelle Unterschiede in den Einstellungen zur Berufswahlvorbereitung zwischen jü dischen und arabischen Lehrern in Israel. Die Einstellungen der Lehrer zur Berufswahlvorbereitung spielen eine entscheidende Rolle bei der Implementierung entsprechender Programme in den schulischen Lehrplan. In dieser aktuellen Untersuchung wurden die Einstellungen zur Berufswahlvorbereitung bei 202 israelisch-arabischen und bei 136 israelisch-jü dischen Lehrern untersucht. Die Ergebnisse zeigen Ä hnlichkeiten in der allgemeinen Einschä tzung der Wichtigkeit von berufswahlbezogenen Lernzielen, aber wesentliche Unterschiede zeigten sich im Hinblick auf einige Themen (z.B. Selbstkenntnis, Vertrautheit mit der Spannweite beruflicher Mö glichkeiten, Erfahrung mit Entscheidungssituationen). Diese Unterschiede werden analysiert vor den Hintergrü nden unterschiedlicher Weltanschauungen, Ungleichgewichten zwischen Minderheitenund Mehrheitsstatus, sowie Unterschieden in der gesellschaftlichen Struktur.Resumen. Diferencias socio-culturales entre las actitudes del profesorado Judío y Á rabe hacia la educació n para la carrera en Israel. Las actitudes del profesorado hacia la educació n para la carrera juegan un papel crucial para la inserció n adecuada de programas relevantes dentro del currículo escolar. En el presente estudio se han inves...

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