Zehavit Gross
Biographic Data
| ID | 5740980 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Zehavit Gross |
| GIVEN NAMES | Zehavit |
| FAMILY NAME | Gross |
| SIGNATURE | GROSS Z |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bar-Ilan University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 25 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Teachers’ Factors Contribute Meaningful Variance in Association with Autistic Adolescent Sexual Behavior Beyond Parental Factors
Introduction: Although substantial progress has been made in understanding sexual communication between autistic adolescents and parents or teachers separately, relatively little research has examined these influences together across the two main developmental contexts in which adolescents grow: family and school. The present study therefore examined whether teacher related characteristics, including communication about sexuality, knowledge about…
Parenting style and their influence on the transmission of religious and secular values
This study wishes to examine the different types of parenting styles with respect to their influence on the transmission process of religious versus secular values from parents to children in religious, secular and mixed (religious-secular) families. The study investigates parenting styles and their impact on the intergenerational transmission of values, among 211 Jewish families with heterogeneous religious-secular (R-S) parental dyads in compar…
Civic engagement among Jewish and Arab youth in Israel
Reflecting on Virtual Reality in Holocaust education in Israel
This article highlights the value of meta-reflection in research by applying the Six Thinking Hats method to our study on Virtual Reality for Holocaust Education in Israel. Using this tool, we critically examined our decisions, methods, and challenges throughout the research process. The Six Hats framework encouraged diverse perspectives – emotional, analytical, creative, and judgemental – enhancing ethical awareness and research quality. Our stu…
Leadership Styles and Remote Work Dynamics
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic uniquely challenged non-formal education (NFE), a sector reliant on interpersonal engagement, by forcing a rapid shift to remote work. This study examines how managerial leadership styles, technological self-efficacy (TSE), and attitudes toward remote work intersect among NFE coordinators in Israel’s Arab society, a minority community facing distinct cultural and systemic challenges. Aim: Focusing on school-based…
Young Adults Coping with Sibling Loss
Although significant progress has been made in understanding substance use disorder (SUD), little research has specifically examined risk and protective factors among young adults coping with sibling loss. While some bereaved individuals develop SUD, others successfully implement protective strategies. The current study (N = 490; 260 bereaved, 230 non-bereaved) explored the associations of risk and protective factors with SUD, grouped into three …
Community coherence, collective efficacy and civic engagement in student and youth councils
This study examines relationships between community coherence and collective efficiency, and civic engagement, and the role of community resilience within such relationships, as seen in youth council frameworks. The participants included a group of 223 members of youth councils in Israel and a group of 568 non‐members, aged 14–18. The quantitative research tool comprised the Civic Engagement questionnaire; Conjoint Community Resiliency Assessment…
The moderating effects of group dominance and religiosity on the relationship between social rejection during school years and attitudes toward minorities in adulthood
Toward an Integrative Theory of Identity Formation; Three Components of the Religious Identity Formation Process
The Link Between Memory, Narrative and Empathy in Teaching Difficult Knowledge in Holocaust Education
Research has shown that the use of first-person narrative can foster a high level of identification, empathy, and an increase in memory. However, little is known about the effect of first-person narrative in the teaching of difficult knowledge. In this study, we examine how pre-service teachers (PSTs) ( N = 55) process difficult knowledge presented in a first-person narrative and a third-person narrative film, using behavioral measures of empathy…
Classic and novel exploration styles in religious identity formation
Why don’t you become Jewish”
In this phenomenological and qualitative study, we explored the experiences of six Palestinian-Arab Israeli Arabic teachers working at K-12 Jewish schools in Israel. We examine the three models of intergroup contact according to Brewer and Miller’s theorisation – category-based, differentiated, and personalised – and their potential in explaining the interaction between the teachers and their students. The results of this inquiry illuminate how t…
The Contribution of Public Religious Education to Promoting Peace
The aim of this essay is to analyze the contribution of Israeli public religious education to promoting peace. The article has four parts. First, it presents how the Jewish religion generally understands the concept of peace. In the second part, it proceeds to present three distinct approaches found in rabbinic literature relating to peace: 1) A harmonious approach with the objective of resolving conflict; 2) a conflictual approach that takes iss…
Differences Between Religious and Secular Women Students in Judging Processes
This study examined the differences between religious and secular women in the process of judging a dramatic, complex event from a structural viewpoint, both multidimensional (large number of causes and effects, causes in different categories, large number of actors) and one-dimensional. The event was the evacuation of the Israeli settlements from the Gaza Strip, which took place in Israel in 2005. The participants were 244 Jewish women students,…
Social rejection during school years and the development of negative attitudes toward minority groups in adulthood
Experiential learning in informal educational settings
Experiential learning and values education at a school youth camp
The Contested Role of Education in Conflict and Fragility
The WCCES is an international organization of comparative education societies worldwide and is an NGO in consultative partnership with UNESCO. The WCCES was created in 1970 to advance the field of comparative education. Members usually meet every three years for a World Congress in which scholars, researchers, and administrators interact with colleagues and counterparts from around the globe on international issues of education
Parochial or Transnational Endeavor? The Attitude to Israel of Adolescents in Australian Jewish Day Schools
How Can We Overcome the Dichotomy that Western Culture has Created Between the Concepts of Independence and Dependence
The purpose of this article, inspired by the works of Martin Buber, is to propose an alternative to the inherent dichotomy of Western culture. It may allow Western culture to transcend its fixed nature towards new directions and to suggest challenging solutions for reshaping the questions – what is the role of man in the world, and what is the nature of education? Although Western culture sacralizes and attributes pivotal importance to the indepe…
How Muslim Arab–Israeli Teachers Conceptualize the Israeli–Arab Conflict in Class
Combatting antisemitism in the school playground
The aim of Gross and Rutland's paper is to analyse the problem of antisemitic bullying in contemporary Australian state schools by investigating the case of Jewish children in those schools. The study is interdisciplinary, drawing on historical data and educational methodology, and employs a qualitative approach through semi-structured interviews conducted in Sydney and Melbourne with all the major actors: students (55), teachers (10), principals…
Multiple Religious and Secular Definitions of Secular Adolescents in Israel
This study explores the validity of a novel theoretical model for assessing secularity and religiosity that proposes two dimensions — conceptual and inherited — in an effort to further refine the religious/secular dichotomy applied in research to date. These new dimensions describe the manner in which people structure their world, religious or secular world as the case may be, and the significance they ascribe to it. The study, conducted among gr…
Gender, Religion and Education in a Chaotic Postmodern World
Holocaust education in Jewish schools in Israel
Experiential learning in informal educational settings
Combatting antisemitism in the school playground
The aim of Gross and Rutland's paper is to analyse the problem of antisemitic bullying in contemporary Australian state schools by investigating the case of Jewish children in those schools. The study is interdisciplinary, drawing on historical data and educational methodology, and employs a qualitative approach through semi-structured interviews conducted in Sydney and Melbourne with all the major actors: students (55), teachers (10), principals…
Why don’t you become Jewish”
In this phenomenological and qualitative study, we explored the experiences of six Palestinian-Arab Israeli Arabic teachers working at K-12 Jewish schools in Israel. We examine the three models of intergroup contact according to Brewer and Miller’s theorisation – category-based, differentiated, and personalised – and their potential in explaining the interaction between the teachers and their students. The results of this inquiry illuminate how t…
Experiential learning and values education at a school youth camp
How Muslim Arab–Israeli Teachers Conceptualize the Israeli–Arab Conflict in Class
Relocation in Rural and Urban Settings
This article describes aspects of the relocation of schools from the Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip ( Gush Katif) after implementation of the disengagement plan in summer 2005. The study describes “successful” and “unsuccessful” relocated schools in the eyes of parents and the impact of the schools' new geographical positioning on the parents' discourse. Parents from successful rural schools in the periphery mainly emphasized the schools' a…
Holocaust education in Jewish schools in Israel
The chicken grows as the egg decays
This essay examines what happens to spirituality in time of war. By analysing major masterpieces by Hobbes, Nietzsche, Tolstoy and Frankl, the author highlights current theoretical conceptions in the literature on how human beings handle their spirituality in times of war and what impact it has upon their personal world. Finally, the author presents extracts from The diary of Anne Frank to illustrate and analyse the relationships between children…
Multiple Religious and Secular Definitions of Secular Adolescents in Israel
This study explores the validity of a novel theoretical model for assessing secularity and religiosity that proposes two dimensions — conceptual and inherited — in an effort to further refine the religious/secular dichotomy applied in research to date. These new dimensions describe the manner in which people structure their world, religious or secular world as the case may be, and the significance they ascribe to it. The study, conducted among gr…
Gender, Religion and Education in a Chaotic Postmodern World
How Muslim Arab–Israeli Teachers Conceptualize the Israeli–Arab Conflict in Class
Combatting antisemitism in the school playground
The aim of Gross and Rutland's paper is to analyse the problem of antisemitic bullying in contemporary Australian state schools by investigating the case of Jewish children in those schools. The study is interdisciplinary, drawing on historical data and educational methodology, and employs a qualitative approach through semi-structured interviews conducted in Sydney and Melbourne with all the major actors: students (55), teachers (10), principals…
The Contested Role of Education in Conflict and Fragility
The WCCES is an international organization of comparative education societies worldwide and is an NGO in consultative partnership with UNESCO. The WCCES was created in 1970 to advance the field of comparative education. Members usually meet every three years for a World Congress in which scholars, researchers, and administrators interact with colleagues and counterparts from around the globe on international issues of education
Parochial or Transnational Endeavor? The Attitude to Israel of Adolescents in Australian Jewish Day Schools
How Can We Overcome the Dichotomy that Western Culture has Created Between the Concepts of Independence and Dependence
The purpose of this article, inspired by the works of Martin Buber, is to propose an alternative to the inherent dichotomy of Western culture. It may allow Western culture to transcend its fixed nature towards new directions and to suggest challenging solutions for reshaping the questions – what is the role of man in the world, and what is the nature of education? Although Western culture sacralizes and attributes pivotal importance to the indepe…
Experiential learning and values education at a school youth camp
Experiential learning in informal educational settings
The Contribution of Public Religious Education to Promoting Peace
The aim of this essay is to analyze the contribution of Israeli public religious education to promoting peace. The article has four parts. First, it presents how the Jewish religion generally understands the concept of peace. In the second part, it proceeds to present three distinct approaches found in rabbinic literature relating to peace: 1) A harmonious approach with the objective of resolving conflict; 2) a conflictual approach that takes iss…
Differences Between Religious and Secular Women Students in Judging Processes
This study examined the differences between religious and secular women in the process of judging a dramatic, complex event from a structural viewpoint, both multidimensional (large number of causes and effects, causes in different categories, large number of actors) and one-dimensional. The event was the evacuation of the Israeli settlements from the Gaza Strip, which took place in Israel in 2005. The participants were 244 Jewish women students,…
Social rejection during school years and the development of negative attitudes toward minority groups in adulthood
Classic and novel exploration styles in religious identity formation
Why don’t you become Jewish”
In this phenomenological and qualitative study, we explored the experiences of six Palestinian-Arab Israeli Arabic teachers working at K-12 Jewish schools in Israel. We examine the three models of intergroup contact according to Brewer and Miller’s theorisation – category-based, differentiated, and personalised – and their potential in explaining the interaction between the teachers and their students. The results of this inquiry illuminate how t…
The Link Between Memory, Narrative and Empathy in Teaching Difficult Knowledge in Holocaust Education
Research has shown that the use of first-person narrative can foster a high level of identification, empathy, and an increase in memory. However, little is known about the effect of first-person narrative in the teaching of difficult knowledge. In this study, we examine how pre-service teachers (PSTs) ( N = 55) process difficult knowledge presented in a first-person narrative and a third-person narrative film, using behavioral measures of empathy…
The moderating effects of group dominance and religiosity on the relationship between social rejection during school years and attitudes toward minorities in adulthood
Toward an Integrative Theory of Identity Formation; Three Components of the Religious Identity Formation Process
Community coherence, collective efficacy and civic engagement in student and youth councils
This study examines relationships between community coherence and collective efficiency, and civic engagement, and the role of community resilience within such relationships, as seen in youth council frameworks. The participants included a group of 223 members of youth councils in Israel and a group of 568 non‐members, aged 14–18. The quantitative research tool comprised the Civic Engagement questionnaire; Conjoint Community Resiliency Assessment…
Leadership Styles and Remote Work Dynamics
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic uniquely challenged non-formal education (NFE), a sector reliant on interpersonal engagement, by forcing a rapid shift to remote work. This study examines how managerial leadership styles, technological self-efficacy (TSE), and attitudes toward remote work intersect among NFE coordinators in Israel’s Arab society, a minority community facing distinct cultural and systemic challenges. Aim: Focusing on school-based…
Young Adults Coping with Sibling Loss
Although significant progress has been made in understanding substance use disorder (SUD), little research has specifically examined risk and protective factors among young adults coping with sibling loss. While some bereaved individuals develop SUD, others successfully implement protective strategies. The current study (N = 490; 260 bereaved, 230 non-bereaved) explored the associations of risk and protective factors with SUD, grouped into three …
Teachers’ Factors Contribute Meaningful Variance in Association with Autistic Adolescent Sexual Behavior Beyond Parental Factors
Introduction: Although substantial progress has been made in understanding sexual communication between autistic adolescents and parents or teachers separately, relatively little research has examined these influences together across the two main developmental contexts in which adolescents grow: family and school. The present study therefore examined whether teacher related characteristics, including communication about sexuality, knowledge about…
Parenting style and their influence on the transmission of religious and secular values
This study wishes to examine the different types of parenting styles with respect to their influence on the transmission process of religious versus secular values from parents to children in religious, secular and mixed (religious-secular) families. The study investigates parenting styles and their impact on the intergenerational transmission of values, among 211 Jewish families with heterogeneous religious-secular (R-S) parental dyads in compar…
Psychology (17 works) · Sociology (16 works) · Political science (13 works) · Social Psychology (13 works) · Jewish Identity and Society (8 works) · Law (8 works) · Judaism (7 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Pedagogy (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works)