Strategies for Closing the Educational Gaps among Palestinian Couples in Israel

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ID6147641
AutoresFaisal Azaiza (0000-0002-3094-7575, University of Haifa), Khawla Abu‐baker (The Max Stern Yezreel Valley College)
Ano2010
Volume8
Fascículo2
Páginas154-180
Data de publicação2010-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoHawwa (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1569-2078 • E-ISSN: 1569-2086
EditoraBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/156920810x529930
OpenAlexW2121632296
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências citadas18

This study deals with attitudes and mechanisms among Palestinian couples who have been married a long time and have educational gaps between husband and wife. Thirty-three couples—married for at least 20 years, and at the time of their marriage the difference in their educational levels was at least six years or two academic degrees—were chosen from the three religious groups (19 Muslim couples, 10 Christian couples and 4 Druze couples). The methodology was qualitative, and in-depth interview was conducted with each participant. The study’s findings indicate that educational compatibility between husband and wife was not a determining factor for men in choosing their future wives. Men who are more educated than their wives do not invest in women’s education, while women make the upgrading of their husbands’ education their major marital project. This study shows that patriarchal values in Arab families supersede other modernizing factors such as education or occupation of women

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