Same route, different destinations: a cluster analysis of student-teacher types among Palestinian student-teachers living in Israel

ABSTRACT

The main purpose of the present study was to examine the typology of Palestinian student-teachers living in Israel according to four variables: (a) the type of motivation, (b) perceived suitability, (c) career choice satisfaction and (d) student-teacher commitment. Data were collected from 113 first-year Palestinian Arab students studying at teacher training colleges in Israel. questionnaires and interviews served as methods to collect data. cluster analysis was performed in order to distinguish between different types of student teachers. Results indicated that there were four different types of student-teachers: the ‘prophets’, the ‘convinced’, the ‘realist’ and the ‘sufferers’.

KEYWORDS:

• Cluster analysis‌
• career choice satisfaction
• perceived suitability to teaching‌
• choosing teaching motives
• student-teacher commitment

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Sami Mahajna

Dr. Sami Mahajna currently is senior lecturer at the Arab Academic Institute for Teachers Training, Beit Berl Academic College. One of his current research projects focuses on the relationship between family environment and school environment variables and their impact on the career choices made by young Palestinian live in Israel.

Ayman Agbaria

Prof. Ayman Agbaria is a researcher, poet, playwright, and social activist, who serves as senior lecturer in the department of leadership and policy in education at the University of Haifa. In 2016, he served as a visiting scholar at the Centre for Research and Evaluation in Muslim Education at the University College London Institute of Education, and at the Institute for Islamic Studies at the University of Vienna. His areas of expertise include: education among ethnic and religious minorities; policy and pedagogy for civics education; Islamic education; and teacher training.

Mohanad Mustafa

Dr. Mohanad Mustafa is a senior lecturer at Beit Berl Academic College. He is also a Director manager of Mada al-Carmel – The Arab Center for Applied Social Research. He specializes in Arab politics in Israel, political Islam, Arab Regimes, Democratization and politics in Palestine and Israel. He has published various articles in referred journals regarding these issues.