Asmahan Masry-Herzallah

Al Qassimi College and Hebrew University of Jerusalem · Education

This empirical study investigates the relationship between the assimilation of multicultural knowledge and competencies acquired through the "Global Multiculturalism" course, which is part of the Educational Studies degree at a leading academic institution in Israel. The research focuses on how the course impacts both Arab and Jewish graduate stude...

With the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, online learning has become one of the main approaches in higher education settings in Israel. However, its effectiveness and efficacy have not yet been sufficiently studied among Arab students in Israel. The current research relies on quantitative methods to examine the relationships between technological s...

During the COVID-19 outbreak, Israel’s higher education system swiftly transitioned to emergency-adapted online distance learning. Yet, limited research has assessed effectiveness of online learning (EOL) for Arab students in Israel. This study delves into Arab students’ EOL perceptions, focusing on cognitive and emotional aspects. Using a quantita...

This research examines the contribution of a teachers' professional development course focused on social-emotional learning using specially tailored practices (such as mindfulness, simulations, and puppet theatre) to develop participants' social-emotional competence. Data was drawn from ten interviews with Arab teachers (5 kindergarten teachers and...

The objective of this qualitative study is to elucidate the underlying factors motivating Palestinian-Jerusalemite students to enrol in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, especially in the specialized program "Hebrew for Arabic Speakers". This enrolment goes against the historical resistance to the incorporation of the Hebrew language within Jerus...

Purpose The study investigated the correlation between school communication and teachers' perceptions of the school's innovative climate in the Israeli education system during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis. Furthermore, this study examined the role of affective commitment and the role of sector (Arab or Jewish) in these correlation...

The research aims to investigate the correlation between managers' trans-formational leadership styles (TLS) and their communication patterns with non-formal education coordinators in schools (Social-Community Education Coordinators, or SCEC) and non-formal education coordinators in local government youth departments (NFEC) within Arab society in I...

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The COVID-19 pandemic led to the closure of schools worldwide in March 2020, causing significant disruption to educational experiences. Teaching and learning began to be organized and transferred from educators’ homes with no prior preparation. The present research examined factors promoting and inhibiting teachers’ perceptions of success in online...

This study examined Jewish and Arab graduate students` satisfaction and success in an asynchronous online course (OC) in Israel, analyzing the correlations between student characteristics/background, design features and learning outcomes. Guided by Bronfenbrener`s ecological model, the study employed quantitative and qualitative approaches. 174 stu...

Purpose-This research examined correlations between contextual factors: frequency of online teaching (OT) (number of hours per week), Transformational Leadership Style (TLS) and TPACK (TPACK) among Arab and Jewish teachers in Israel after more than a year of teaching online during the Covid-19 crisis. Design/methodology/approach-Quantitative method...

Purpose This research examined correlations between contextual factors: frequency of online teaching (OT) (number of hours per week), Transformational Leadership Style (TLS) and TPACK (TPACK) among Arab and Jewish teachers in Israel after more than a year of teaching online during the Covid-19 crisis. Design/methodology/approach Quantitative metho...

The research aimed to identify pull and push factors motivating the applications of Palestinian-Jerusalemite students (hereafter: PJS) to study a training program for Hebrew teaching in an Israeli university. Semi-structured interviews and an open questionnaire elicited the students' motivations and learning experiences, to reveal how they coped wi...

p style="text-align:justify">The research aimed to examine students' attitudes towards learning and teaching processes in an online course, investigating whether there was a difference between Jewish and Arab students' attitudes towards this course. The study combined mixed methods. Data were drawn from a questionnaire (including mostly closed-ende...

מחקר זה מבקש לבחון תפיסות של אמון בקרב מורים ויועצים, במערכת החינוך הערבית, ולענות על השאלות הבאות: כיצד תופסים מורים ויועצים את האמון בבית הספר? במה הוא מתבטא? מהם הגורמים הנתפסים כמסייעים ליצירת אמון בבית הספר? ומהם הגורמים הנתפסים כפוגעים באמון זה? לצורך המחקר רואיינו 5 יועצות חינוכיות, 20 מורים (10 גברים ו- 10 נשים), מבתי ספר שונים בחברה הערבית...

Any use of technology in education, and especially ICT, is awarded much attention and substantial investment of resources in Israel. Since the 1960s, several steps have been taken to integrate ICT in the education system. The present article presents the milestones in the history of integration of ICT programs in the Israeli education system, attem...

Purpose Similar to education systems all over the world, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Israeli education system shut its doors and moved to an online format. The present study aims to examine the relationship between Israeli teachers’ technological competence and their success in online teaching during the COVID-19 crisis. Design/methodology/a...

What was an innovation at one time, like the first personal computer, is nowadays ‘commercial of the shelf’ and we take this for granted. The use of computers for business and private life has had a big impact on society during the last four decades in the way we work and communicate as well as the interaction between people and machines. No longer...

Any use of technology in education, and especially ICT, is awarded much attention and substantial investment of resources in Israel. Since the 1960s, several steps have been taken to integrate ICT in the education system. The present article presents the milestones in the history of integration of ICT programs in the Israeli education system, attem...

The Corona pandemic has engendered drastic change throughout the world and schools in most countries have, relatively quickly, been required to transfer from frontal traditional learning to online learning. The research investigated the relationship between transformational leadership style and teaching mediated by school communications and moderat...

The transition to E-learning in academia has become more prevalent recently. This transition requires significant changes in both the role of the lecturer (to appropriate pedagogical methods) and of the student (to acquire the learning skills in online environments). The purpose of this study was to examine the attitudes of M.A. students in the Edu...

Abstract Similar to education systems all over the world, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Israeli education system shut its doors and moved to an online format. The current study aimed to examine the relationship between Israeli teachers’ technological competence and their success in online teaching during the COVID-19 crisis. Based on 383 teache...

Purpose The research examined factors of academic studies as perceived by Jewish and Arab students in Israel, and changes in their implementation of activities in a multicultural context in the field of education, comparing between undergraduates studying for a BA in education and graduate students for MA in education and attending a course titled...

The research investigated whether there is a correlation between participation in a course entitled "Diversity and multiculturalism in the global era" as perceived by Jewish and Arab students in Israel and a change in the students' attitudes and behaviors and their performance of activities in a multicultural context in the education field. The cou...

Abstract The research investigated whether there is a correlation between participation in a course entitled "Diversity and multiculturalism in the global era" as perceived by Jewish and Arab students in Israel and a change in the students' attitudes and behaviors and their performance of activities in a multicultural context in the education field...

Abstract The coronavirus pandemic has impacted the education systems worldwide and most, including the Israeli, have transitioned to online learning. Moreover, closing schools has extreme social, cultural, educational, and economic implications on the student, teacher, and parent populations. This is especially true for students from families of lo...

תקציר המעבר להוראה מקוונת במוסדות להשכלה גבוהה הולך ונהיה נפוץ יותר. מעבר זה מחייב שינויים משמעותיים הן בתפקיד המרצה (גישות פדגוגיות מתאימות) והן בתפקיד הסטודנט (רכישת מיומנויות למידה בסביבות מקוונות). מטרת המחקר הנוכחי הייתה לבחון את עמדותיהם של סטודנטים לתואר שני בחינוך לגבי יעילות הלמידה בקורס אקדמי שהועבר בשיטה המקוונת-מכוונת, ולשפוך אור על הקש...

The coronavirus pandemic has impacted the education systems worldwide and most, including the Israeli, have transitioned to online learning. Moreover, closing schools has extreme social, cultural, educational and economic implications on the student, teacher and parent populations. This is especially true for students from families of lower-socioec...

This study aims to examine how 21st-century skills are implemented in the Israeli education system. For a better, in-depth understanding of the reasons underlying the manner in which said skills are implemented among educators in Israel, Hofstede's cultural dimension theory was applied as an analytical tool. This is a pioneer research and contribut...

Abstract Purpose Research suggests that cultural dimensions affect teachers' perceptions and behaviors. Based on Hofstede's cultural dimensions and organizational innovation climate literature, we examined the effects of the cultural values of collectivism, masculinity, power distance, uncertainty avoidance, and short-term orientation on teachers'...

תקציר השימוש בטכנולוגיה בהשכלה גבוהה אינו מגמה חדשה, אך הטמעתה ההדרגתית מניעה שינוי רחב היקף בפרדיגמות המסורתיות של ההוראה והלמידה. אחת המגמות בשנים האחרונות הינה הוראה מקוונת, אשר מאפשרת שימוש בכלים טכנולוגים מגוונים. שימוש זה עשוי לסייע לסטודנטים מתרבויות שונות להתמודד בהצלחה עם אתגרים אקדמיים חדשניים. מטרת המחקר הייתה לבחון עמדות סטודנטים כלפי...

פדגוגיה מוטת עתיד הינה מודל חדש ובו שש מגמות עיקריות: 1 (חברתיות; 2 (טכנולוגיות; 3 (כלכליות; 4 (סביבתיות; 5 (פוליטיות; ו-6 (חינוכיות. מטרת המחקר היתה לבחון את יישומה של פדגוגיה זו בקרב מורים בישראל. הממצאים מבוססים על סקר בו השתתפו 298 מורים המלמדים ברחבי הארץ. ממצאי המחקר מלמדים על מתאמים חיוביים בינוניים עד חזקים בין אוריינות מידע ותקשורת של המור...

Future-oriented pedagogy is a new model with six main trends: 1) social; 2) technological; 3) economical; 4) environmental; 5) political; and 6) educational. The aim of this study was to examine the implementation of this pedagogy on teachers in Israel. The findings based on a survey of 298 teachers across the country. The research findings show po...

שיטת הוראה מקוונת- מכוונת, תפקיד המורה

Purpose The research investigates perceptions of teachers in the Arab education system in Israel concerning the effect of their principal’s leadership and gender on their motivation. Relying on Hofstede’s cultural dimensions as an analytic tool to understand the Arab school, the purpose of this paper is to answer the following research questions: f...

The research investigated perceptions of teachers in the Arab education system in Israel concerning the effect of their principal's leadership and gender on their motivation. Relying on Hofstede's cultural dimensions as an analytic tool to understand the Arab school, the research aimed to answer the following research questions: (1) How do the teac...

this paper explores gender, Management and teachers motivation in the Arab education.

Abstract The research investigated perceptions of teachers in the Arab education system in Israel concerning the effect of their principal's leadership and gender on their motivation, Relying on Hofstede's cultural dimensions as an analytic tool to understand the Arab school, and aimed to answer the following research questions: (1) How do the tea...

The use of technology in higher education is not a new trend, but its gradual assimilation has led to widespread change in the traditional paradigms of teaching and learning. One of the trends in recent years is online teaching, which enables the use of various technological tools. This use may help students from different cultures successfully cop...

This chapter presents a case study investigating the challenges facing a Palestinian school in the very eye of the storm in the divided city of Jerusalem. This is therefore a rich ethnographic case study of a Palestinian school in East Jerusalem where the principal finds himself defending his staff and students in encounters with Israeli soldiers a...

This research investigated the perceptions of trust expressed by teachers and educational counsellors in the Arab education system in Israel, and aimed to answer the following questions: (1) How do the teachers and counsellors perceive the concept of ‘trust in schools’? (2) How is trust expressed in practice in the school? (3) Which factors are see...

Despite the many studies that have discussed the challenges of the Arab education system in Israel, there has been little consideration of the challenges facing the leaders of this system when they attempt to cope with gaps in achievements. This chapter aims to clarify Arab superintendents’ acts to reduce gaps in achievements between Jewish and Ara...

The private sphere is perceived to be a channel of empowerment that fosters processes of acknowledgement and recognition. Drawing on ethnographic research conducted at an intercultural program for Palestinian and Jewish educational trainees, we followed/traced the role played by the private sphere in the process of articulating a perception of the...

The purpose of this paper is to exemplify a ‘grass-roots’ change based on Dewey's experimental progressive education model employed in the ‘Bridge over the Valley’ bilingual school, a Palestinian-Arab and Jewish school in Israel. In order to identify the progressive ‘approach' underlying this change, the ‘method' that guided the implementation of a...

This presentation outlines the theory that forms the foundation for our Education and Skills Model for Participation and Cooperation in the Youth Field, entitled “Trust in the search for truth”. We suggest that the formation of relationships of trust is essential so that young people can contribute to the construction of their self-efficacy. We con...

This chapter examined how ethnicity and culture affect perceptions and practices of social justice leadership in Jewish and Arab schools. Four female principals’ were interviewed. Key findings revealed that the principals’ background contributed to the shaping of their awareness and commitment to implementing principles of social justice in their s...

This paper describes an attempt to identify factors influencing teachers’ motivation in the Arab education system. In-depth interviews with 10 school principals, 15 teachers and 3 counsellors, yielded three themes influencing Arab teachers’ motivation: (1) Arab culture, (2) the school climate and (3) government policies. Arab teachers try to meet b...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how learning experiences are shaped for Arab Muslim women students by the different educational approaches (teaching style, relations with lecturers and types of knowledge) and extent of cultural pluralism in three different higher education (HE) campuses in Israel. Design/methodology/approach – To...

The increased tendency of Israeli-Palestinians to migrate to Jerusalem, despite internal and external barriers for their migration to Israel's large cities, is examined through a survey of 201 migrants. The role of higher education institutions as an initial pull factor explains their highly educated profile, but opportunities as a middleman minori...

The article investigates the migration of Palestinian Muslim women, citizens of Israel, to the Hebrew University in Jerusalem or to Jordanian universities for academic studies, and the influence of this migration on their norms, behavior and identity. Narrative interviews were conducted with Palestinian Muslim women graduates: eight from the Hebrew...

תקציר הגירת פלסטינים-ישראלים מצפון הארץ ומהמשולש לירושלים גברה והלכה בשלושים השנים האחרונות, חרף חסמים פנימיים וחיצוניים, ומצביעה על תמורה אפשרית בדפוסי ההגירה הפנימית של פלסטינים-ישראלים ובדפוסי השתלבותם בחברה ובכלכלה הישראלית. מחקר זה בא לנתח תהליך הגירה ייחודי ולדון במשמעויותיו. טענה מרכזית בו עוסקת במעמד הפלסטינים הישראלים כ"מיעוט מתווך (minor...