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Role of Druze high schools in Israel in shaping students’ identity and citizenship

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ID23212813
AuthorsDeborah Court (0000-0001-6332-9637, Bar-Ilan University), Randa Abbas (0000-0003-2516-4880, The Academic Arab College for Education in Israel — Haifa, Israel)
Year2010
Volume5
Issue2
Pages145-162
Publication date2010-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEducation Citizenship and Social Justice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1746-1979 • E-ISSN: 1746-1987
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1746197910370725
OpenAlexW2167921698
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited11

This study investigated how two Israeli Druze high schools shape the identity and citizenship of adolescents through curriculum, teaching, discourse, social activities and national ceremonies. Data were collected through interviews with teachers, the two school principals, policymakers for Druze education in the Ministry of Education, and students, as well as through observations and document analysis. The research found that the Israeli Druze school system plays a significant role in shaping students’ identity and citizenship in the difficult Israeli context, developing adolescents who are firmly rooted in both Druze and Israeli identity. Four central mechanisms were found to infuse the schools in order to accomplish these goals. These were characterized as multi-faceted values education, multi-faceted development of students’ identity and citizenship, meaningful learning and the community good. The commitment of Druze educators to building strong Druze-Israeli identity in their students was seen to spring from Druze religious beliefs and from the unique position of the Druze among other Arab groups in Israel.

Christian ministry · Citizenship · Citizenship education · Context (archaeology) · Curriculum · Identity (music) · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Gender Studies · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Jewish Identity and Society · Law · Middle East Politics and Society

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Citations per year0,62
Citation span2013 - 2025 (13)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
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