TY - JOUR
T1 - The Weaknesses and Shortcomings of the Junior High School in Israel
T2 - Some Insights into Grade Configurations of Educational Systems
AU - Oplatka, Izhar
AU - Tubin, Dorit
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2009 SAGE Publications.
PY - 2009/7/1
Y1 - 2009/7/1
N2 - The current study aimed to explore the weaknesses of the junior high school system in Israel, a country whose first junior high schools (Grades 7–9) were established in the early 1970s and whose educational system differs from the systems of Europe and North America in terms of structure, ideology, and control. Based on semistructured interviews with role incumbents in the junior high school system, the study found major difficulties in areas such as student behavior, student achievements, personal attention, interschool transition, resources, clear policy, and so forth. Implications for the planning of grade configurations worldwide are suggested.
AB - The current study aimed to explore the weaknesses of the junior high school system in Israel, a country whose first junior high schools (Grades 7–9) were established in the early 1970s and whose educational system differs from the systems of Europe and North America in terms of structure, ideology, and control. Based on semistructured interviews with role incumbents in the junior high school system, the study found major difficulties in areas such as student behavior, student achievements, personal attention, interschool transition, resources, clear policy, and so forth. Implications for the planning of grade configurations worldwide are suggested.
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U2 - 10.1177/105678790901800303
DO - 10.1177/105678790901800303
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85106933641
SN - 1056-7879
VL - 18
SP - 200
EP - 223
JO - International Journal of Educational Reform
JF - International Journal of Educational Reform
IS - 3
ER -