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While there are books that describe the history and traditions of the Druze as an ethnic and religious group, this is the first and only academic book of its kind. It gives voice to the Israeli Druze, through in-depth interviews with 120 people, 60 young adults and 60 of their parents' generation. How is this traditional group, bound together through the centuries by their secret religion and strong value system, dealing with modernization? What contradictions and continuity come to light in the stories of this people during a time of transition? Can their religion, and their very identity,...

This collection of essays by faculty at the Arab Academic College in Haifa sheds a social justice-focused light on the work of the college. It provides insight into problems of inequity faced by teacher educators, as well as showing practical strategies and solutions. The book is unique in that, in addition to offering new conceptual understandings, the contributors describe their real-life experiences working with future teachers in such diverse curriculum areas as law, physics, computer studies and English. Many of these students are the first in their families to pursue higher...

This book presents insights into social justice issues through the work of educators in Israel, the US, the UK, Italy, Canada, Turkey and Kazakhstan. Each chapter provides local or global theoretical insights, and these combine to provide a rich international perspective. The book offers practical strategies for the classroom, methods of teaching social justice to future teachers in various curriculum areas, and knowledge for researchers and those working in higher education. The book is unusual in its combination of local and international perspectives, practical and theoretical wisdom, and...