Ideology, Policy, and Practice: Education for Immigrants and Minorities in Israel Today

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Abstract

Introduction: Education in Israel as a Case Study -- Education for Immigrants and Minorities in the World -- Ideology: Theoretical Concerns and Their Implications for Education -- Ideology as a National Project in Israel -- Policies that Rely on Ideology - Enacting Legislation -- Celebrating Accomplishments - Publicizing the Fulfillment of Ideology -- Ideology Transmuted - Proclaiming Educational Goals -- Implementing Policies - Disseminating Instructions -- Interpreting Policies — From the Ministry to the Field -- Pupils from Russia and the Former Soviet Union in the Israeli School System -- Immigrant Pupils from Ethiopia: Perpetuating Difference -- Palestinian Israelis and their Schooling: Multiculturalism as Maintaining Distance -- Testing the System: Can it be Democratic? — Children of Temporary Immigrant Workers -- Conclusions: Overt Intentions and Manifest Outcomes.