From an Immigrant Association to a National Education Network [Hardcover]

This book traces the journey of the Mofet Association, an educational coalition established by teachers who immigrated to Israel from the former Soviet Union. Initially focused on children from the former Soviet Union, the Mofet Association went on to become an extensive network of schools serving a wide range of students, including non-immigrant Israelis, Arabs, and Druze in is Israels center and periphery. This book describes the step by step processes that Israeli public schools undergo in the course of adopting Mofets imported pedadgogy.

Tamar Horowitz is a professor emerita in Ben Gurion University of the Negev and head of the appointment committee at Levinsky Teachers College. Her research interests include migration, ethnicity, violence, and vandalism.

Shmuel Shamai is a senior research fellow in the Golan Research Institute, University of Haifa. He also teaches in Tel-Hai College. His research topics are in sociology of education, with a concentration in ethnicity & education.

Zinaida Ilatov is a senior research fellow in the Golan Research Institute, University of Haifa. Her research interests are in sociology of education, with a concentration in immigrants, ethnicity, and community

Introduction
1. Immigration from the Former Soviet Union and the Israeli Education System
2. Historical Developments
Establishment of the Mofet Association and Its Integration into the Shevach-Mofet School
The Split between the Israeli Director of Mofet and Its Russian Founder
The Mofet Association on the Way to Becoming a Network
Statistics on Mofet Activities, 1996-2008
3. Theoretical Background
Innovation and Change in the Education System
Parental Choice
Teacher Professionalism
The Development of Mathematics Education
School Culture
4. The Mofet Network: Principles and Methods of Operation
General
Working Assumptions
Principles for Operation in the Primary School
Preparatory Course
5. The Role olCä