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- Title
Values in Hebrew and Arabic books in the preschool curricula in Israel1.
- Authors
Weiss, Israela
- Abstract
As part of a program aimed at leveraging early life literacy, Israeli nursery-school and kindergarten children, in Jewish- and Arabsector schools, receive books though Sifriyat Pijama (Pajama Library in Hebrew) and Maktabat Al-Fanoos (Arabic). Each child receives eight books a year, all approved by the Israeli Ministry of Education and part of preschool curricula. However, beyond the pedagogical value of the program it can also be seen as a mirror of social-educational values chosen to be presented to the children. The values reflected in the 96 books distributed to Jewish and Arab preschools in 2015-2017 were examined and classified into personal, interpersonal, and nonpersonal clusters. The frequency of verbally transmitted values was examined in each. In both sectors, the most frequently expressed cluster was the interpersonal one, followed by personal, and nonpersonal. In both sectors, personal values -- self-acceptance, creativity, and social criticism -- were rated highest; interpersonal values -- friendship, peace, and keeping the law -- next, with greater emphasis in the Arab sector than in the Jewish one. Finally, nonpersonal values -- patriotism, tradition, and love of country -- were more emphasized in the Hebrew books than in the Arabic ones
- Subjects
PRESCHOOL curriculum; SOCIAL criticism; SELF-acceptance; CHILDREN'S literature; HEBREW literature
- Publication
Multicolors: The International Journal of Educational Research & Theory, 2019, Vol 2, p53
- ISSN
2663-3353
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.33496/multicolors0205