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ABSTRACT
This article discusses the declared policy of the Ministry of Education regarding teacher training over seven decades, and examines the ways teacher training institutions have dealt with its implementation and the attendant educational, policy, and professional problems. The central thesis is that these fundamental issues were created and continue to exist because of the dual (and often contradictory) policy of the Ministry of Education and the discrepancy between the declared goals and their actual implementation.
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Notes
1. Yafeh, On Educators, 69-94.
2. Van Gelder, Background Document, 2.
3. See: Ariav, “Training for Teaching”; Back, In the Paths; Kozminsky and Klavir, “Construction”; and Reiman, “Changes.”
4. Raichel and Oved, Israeli Teacher Training.
5. Raichel, “Ohalo College.”
6. Aviely-Tabibyan, “Berl Katznelson”; and Doron and Ben-Ami, Beit Berl.
7. Avidan, “Four Principals”; and Midrashi, Seminar Levinsky.
8. Shehori-Rubin, 50 Years.
9. Schanin, Academic Process.
10. Cochran-Smith and Fries, “Researching Teacher,” 69-109.
11. Fox, “Layered Abduction”; and Levin-Rozalis, “Using Abductive Research,” 11-24.
12. This stage begins in 1920 with the development of the Hebrew education system under the British Mandate. However, this article deals with the State of Israel, thus in 1948 when statehood began.
13. There were 11 kindergarten and school-teacher seminaries in four streams alongside four distinctive professional teacher training institutions.
14. Raichel, “Ohalo College,” 278-9.
15. Israel State Archive (SA), gal-4884/2, 1950.
16. Yonai, Teacher Training, 8-10.
17. Yonai, “Sixty Years.”
18. Hofman, “Teachers Federation,” 55-8.
19. Hofman and Kfir, “Who Shapes,” 16-7.
20. Back, “Knowing,” 311.
21. Dror, “Three Decades,” 198.
22. Ben-Peretz, Teacher training.
23. Rochely, “Documentation,” 251.
24. National Educational Program.
25. Ibid.
26. Report of the Planning Commission to Reduce the Number of Academic Colleges of Education, Ministry of Education, December 2004.
27. Ariav, “Training for Teaching,” 32-3.
28. Dror, “Private-Sectoral System,” 143-4; and Berkovich and Shalev-Wiggiser, Alternative Teacher, 10.
29. Fejgin et al., Alternative Teacher Training.
30. SA, gal-4884/3.
31. Interview: Prof. Yechezkel Taller, President, Gordon Academic College from 2011, 27.3.2018.
32. Vadmanii, “Union of Colleges.”
33. Interview: Dr. Zipora Osrhat, Head, Gordon Academic College, 2005-2011, on 24.12.2017.
34. Ibid.
35. Hofman and Kfir, “Who Shapes,” 17.
36. Interview, Dr, Yehuda Mutai, Head, Gordon College of Education, 1984-1989, on 5.9.2018.
37. Interview, Rachel Levi, Ohalo College, Head of Teacher Department, 1999-2005 on 6.6.2004.
38. Rivka Ben-Yaakov, Head, Kaye College 1983-1992, cited in Shehori-Rubin, 50 Years, 155.
39. Back, “Changing Face,” 88-9; and Hofman and Kfir, “Who Shapes,” 15, 19-20.
40. Aviely-Tabibyan, “Berl Katznelson,” 374; Examples of the period between recognition as a college and permission to grant B.Ed degrees: at David Yellin College, the process took eight years (1975-1983); Levinsky College of Education, five years (1881-1986); Gordon College, 16 years (1980-1996); Kaye College, 14 years (1982-1996).
41. Interview: Dr. Zipora Osrhat, Head, Gordon Academic College, 2005-2011, on 24.12.2017.
42. Ariav, “The Teaching Crisis,” 7-9.
43. Archive of Jewish Education in Israel and the Diaspora (AJE), 4.63/1, June 6, 1949.
44. Ibid., February 20, 1950.
45. See note 30 above.
46. Hofman and Kfir, “Who Shapes,” 14-20.
47. Reply letter from Prof. Nehemia Levzion of 23.2.1979 to Dr. Schanin, Head, David Yellin College 1968-1988, cited in Schanin, Academic Process, 286.
48. Berkovich and Shalev-Wiggiser, Alternative Teacher, 11-23; and Fejgin et al., Alternative Teacher Training.
49. Kainan et al, Who Are You, 91-101.
50. Berkovich and Shalev-Wiggiser, Alternative Teacher, 16; and Fejgin et al., Alternative Teacher Training.
51. Dr. Avraham Rochely, Head, Levinsky College of Education, 1981-1996 cited in Avidan, “Four Principals,” 136.
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Notes on contributors
Orit Oved
Orit Oved is a Lecturer in Education at Tel Aviv University and Tel-Hai College.
Nirit Raichel
Nirit Raichel, a Senior Faculty Member at the Kinneret Academic College and the Graduate Department at Gordon Academic College, Israel.