Education among Indigenous Palestinians in Israel

Majid Al-Haj is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Haifa, Israel. He is the author of Education, Empowerment, and Control: The Case of the Arabs in Israel, also published by SUNY Press.

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Theoretical Framework: Multiculturalism, Hegemony, and Social Change2. Background: The Palestinian Arabs in Israel3. Trends in Elementary, Intermediate, and Secondary Education: Quantitative Expansion and Persistent Qualitative Gaps4. Controlled "Multiculturalism": A Comparative Analysis of the History Curriculum in Arab and Hebrew Schools, 1950–20205. Status of Arab Teachers: Attitudes, Burnout, and the Culture of Silence6. Higher Education: Quantitative Expansion, Obstacles, and Qualitative Inequalities7. Self-Empowerment and Civil Society Organizations among Indigenous Palestinians: The Case of the INSANN AssociationConclusionReferencesIndex

"This book is the most comprehensive study of Palestinian Arab education in Israel. Al-Haj brilliantly uses education as a case study to illustrate the relationship between the Arab minority and the Jewish majority in Israel, with reflections on the broader Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It is a must-read for everyone who is interested in Palestine and Israel and in national minority education." — Yitzhak Reiter, author of Contested Holy Places in Israel–Palestine: Sharing and Conflict Resolution