Smadar Donitsa‐Schmidt
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 5429445 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Smadar Donitsa‐Schmidt |
| NOMBRES | Smadar |
| APELLIDO | Donitsa‐Schmidt |
| FIRMA | SCHMIDT S D |
| AFILIACIONES | Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology and the Arts |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2477-3967 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 9 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 1 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 9 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1996 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Teacher shortage in Israel
This study examines the teacher shortage crisis in Israel, analysing its quantitative and qualitative dimensions, root causes, and policy responses at both national and school levels. It focuses on three critical stages in the teacher pipeline where the shortage intensifies: declining enrolment in teacher education programmes, low entry rates into the profession, and high early-career attrition. These stages reflect the dual nature of the crisis,…
Teacher education in Israel
This study explores the evolution of teacher education in Israel from 1974 to 2024, analysing key policy actions, reforms, and initiatives that have shaped the field over the past five decades. During these years, extensive efforts were undertaken at the state level by the Ministry of Education and the Council for Higher Education to elevate the status of the teaching profession by advocating for the professionalisation and professionalism of tea…
First-Year Out-of-Field Teachers
Covid-19 – a boundary crossing event for teacher educators
Considering COVID-19 as a boundary-crossing event, the study sought to bring forward the voices of teacher educators (TEs) in Israel as boundary-crossers. It focused on their sense of self-efficacy, professional learning, and professional identities in COVID-19 circumstances. The results of this nationwide quantitative research (N = 385) revealed that TEs were highly satisfied with their professional performance. Their sense of self-efficacy was …
Becoming an in-field teacher in Israel
The present study focuses on forty out-of-field teachers who have been teaching science for a few years in primary or lower-secondary schools and entered a two-year professional development programme to qualify as in-field teachers. Our purpose was to uncover their reasons for teaching science without appropriate qualifications, their motivations to enrol in the programme, and the extent to which the programme enhanced their competencies as scien…
Opportunities and challenges
Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors
EMI Lecturers in international universities
Though the relevance of language teachers’ native/non-native (N/NN) background has been researched extensively, little is known about its applicability to cases where the lecturer uses English as the medium of instruction (EMI). This study's purpose, which was conducted in Israeli higher education institutions, was to elicit students’ perceptions on this topic and to explore their expectations regarding desired EMI lecturers’ qualities. The parti…
A Longitudinal Comparative Study of Alternative and Traditional Teacher Education Programs in Israel
The purpose of this study is to compare alternative teacher education programs in English as a foreign language (EFL), biology, and mathematics to traditional programs in the same subjects. To do this, we analyzed data on all of the students who studied in the aforementioned programs during 2009 and 2010 in the largest college of education in Israel—a total of 91 students from the alternative and 74 from the traditional programs. The study used a…
Test impact revisited
In countries with centralized educational systems national tests are used as primary devices through which changes in the educational system are introduced. This article examines the impact over time of two national tests which have been in operation for a number of years: one in Arabic as a second language (ASL) and one in English as a foreign language (EFL) through questionnaires, interviews and document analysis from a sample of teachers, stud…
A Longitudinal Comparative Study of Alternative and Traditional Teacher Education Programs in Israel
The purpose of this study is to compare alternative teacher education programs in English as a foreign language (EFL), biology, and mathematics to traditional programs in the same subjects. To do this, we analyzed data on all of the students who studied in the aforementioned programs during 2009 and 2010 in the largest college of education in Israel—a total of 91 students from the alternative and 74 from the traditional programs. The study used a…
Test impact revisited
In countries with centralized educational systems national tests are used as primary devices through which changes in the educational system are introduced. This article examines the impact over time of two national tests which have been in operation for a number of years: one in Arabic as a second language (ASL) and one in English as a foreign language (EFL) through questionnaires, interviews and document analysis from a sample of teachers, stud…
A Longitudinal Comparative Study of Alternative and Traditional Teacher Education Programs in Israel
The purpose of this study is to compare alternative teacher education programs in English as a foreign language (EFL), biology, and mathematics to traditional programs in the same subjects. To do this, we analyzed data on all of the students who studied in the aforementioned programs during 2009 and 2010 in the largest college of education in Israel—a total of 91 students from the alternative and 74 from the traditional programs. The study used a…
Opportunities and challenges
Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors
EMI Lecturers in international universities
Though the relevance of language teachers’ native/non-native (N/NN) background has been researched extensively, little is known about its applicability to cases where the lecturer uses English as the medium of instruction (EMI). This study's purpose, which was conducted in Israeli higher education institutions, was to elicit students’ perceptions on this topic and to explore their expectations regarding desired EMI lecturers’ qualities. The parti…
Becoming an in-field teacher in Israel
The present study focuses on forty out-of-field teachers who have been teaching science for a few years in primary or lower-secondary schools and entered a two-year professional development programme to qualify as in-field teachers. Our purpose was to uncover their reasons for teaching science without appropriate qualifications, their motivations to enrol in the programme, and the extent to which the programme enhanced their competencies as scien…
First-Year Out-of-Field Teachers
Covid-19 – a boundary crossing event for teacher educators
Considering COVID-19 as a boundary-crossing event, the study sought to bring forward the voices of teacher educators (TEs) in Israel as boundary-crossers. It focused on their sense of self-efficacy, professional learning, and professional identities in COVID-19 circumstances. The results of this nationwide quantitative research (N = 385) revealed that TEs were highly satisfied with their professional performance. Their sense of self-efficacy was …
Teacher education in Israel
This study explores the evolution of teacher education in Israel from 1974 to 2024, analysing key policy actions, reforms, and initiatives that have shaped the field over the past five decades. During these years, extensive efforts were undertaken at the state level by the Ministry of Education and the Council for Higher Education to elevate the status of the teaching profession by advocating for the professionalisation and professionalism of tea…
Teacher shortage in Israel
This study examines the teacher shortage crisis in Israel, analysing its quantitative and qualitative dimensions, root causes, and policy responses at both national and school levels. It focuses on three critical stages in the teacher pipeline where the shortage intensifies: declining enrolment in teacher education programmes, low entry rates into the profession, and high early-career attrition. These stages reflect the dual nature of the crisis,…
Pedagogy (8 obras) · Psychology (8 obras) · Mathematics education (7 obras) · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (5 obras) · Medicine (4 obras) · Political science (4 obras) · Sociology (4 obras) · Computer Science (3 obras) · Higher education (3 obras) · Professional development (3 obras)