This collection of articles, all being published in English for the first time, focuses on the child-rearing and educational practices of the Kibbutz, and the effect they have on children. Unlike other Kibbutz studies, however, written by outsiders and non-Israelis, almost all of these studies have been authored by Kibbutz members. Fifteen articles are included, drawn from data obtained by the Institute of Research on Kibbutz Education at Oranim Haifa University, and reflect the concern of workers in a system rather than the preoccupation of outside observers. The studies cover a wide range of topics and age groups, from early infancy through adolescence, and taken as a whole provide a panoramic view of the issues of concern to Kibbutz education in their historical context.
Each article in the volume was chosen according to three criteria: it had to represent the principal questions of concern to the kibbutz educational system today; reflect the changes that have taken place in recent years in child-rearing; and display an exacting methodology. The studies are divided into four parts according to subject and age groups, covering early childhood and motherhood, the transition from communal to family sleeping arrangements, elementary school children, and adolescence. An additional part brings together articles that fall outside of these categories. Each part and each study also features an introduction containing specific comments, and the book concludes with a bibliography, a name index, and a subject index. This collection of intra-cultural studies will be a significant addition to academic and public libraries, and a valuable reference for courses in sociology, education, and Israeli studies.
Foreword, by A.I. Rabin
Introduction
Early Childhood and Motherhood in the Kibbutz
Early Childhood in the Kibbutz: The 1980s, by Mordecai Kaffman, Esther Elizur, and Margalit Rabinowitz
Motherhood in the Kibbutz, by Gideon Lewin
The Educational Approach of the Metapelet of Young Children in the Kibbutz, by Menachem Gerson and Alisa Schnabl-Brandes
Transition from Communal to Family Sleeping Arrangements of Children in Kibbutzim: Causes and Outcomes
Development of the Educational System in One Kibbutz (Five Years after the Introduction of Conventional Sleeping Arrangements for Children), by Yehoshua Gilad
The Perception of Family-Environmental Characteristics in Kibbutzim: A Comparison between the Two Sleeping Arrangements, by Yair Palgi and Amiram Raviv
Elementary School Children in the Kibbutz
Scholastic Achievements and Creativity in Multi-aged and Single-aged Classes by Shoshana Saraf
Differences between the Sexes in Preferred Scholastic Subjects, Leisure Activities, and Self-Image, and the Need to Achieve in the Kibbutz Elementary School by Shoshana Saraf
Adolescence in the Kibbutz
The Peer Group in Adolescence by Zvi Lavi, Arza Avrahami, Eliette Orhan, and Amos Tal
Changing Attitudes of Kibbutz Adolescents after the Yom-Kippur War by Moni Alon
Developmental Patterns of Kibbutz-born Boys and Girls in Raven's Progressive Matrices by Michael Nathan and Alisa Schnabl-Brandes
Vocational Aspirations and Choice of Adolescent Kibbutz Girls by Shoshana Livne
Curriculum Autonomy in the Kibbutz School by Miriam Ben-Peretz and Zvi Lavi
The Kibbutz School with Matriculation Exams as Seen by the Pupils and the Educational Community in theKibbutz by Edna Shoham
Additional Studies
Attitudes of Kibbutz Children toward Old Age by David Atar
Together and Separately: A Follow-up of Kibbutz-born Twelfth Graders by Michael Nathan, Alisa Schnabl-Brandes, and Harvey Peskin
Bibliography
Name Index
Subject Index
Overview
This collection of articles, all being published in English for the first time, focuses on the child-rearing and educational practices of the Kibbutz, and the effect they have on children. Unlike other Kibbutz studies, however, written by outsiders and non-Israelis, almost all of these studies have been authored by Kibbutz members. Fifteen articles are included, drawn from data obtained by the Institute of Research on Kibbutz Education at Oranim Haifa University, and reflect the concern of workers in a system ...