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Resh, Nura. and Benavot, Aaron. "Educational Governance, School Autonomy, and Curriculum Implementation: A Comparative Study of School levels and School Sectors in Israel," Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Marriott Hotel, Loews Philadelphia Hotel, Philadelphia, PA, Aug 12, 2005 <Not Available>. 2009-05-25 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p18746_index.html>

Resh, N. and Benavot, A. , 2005-08-12 "Educational Governance, School Autonomy, and Curriculum Implementation: A Comparative Study of School levels and School Sectors in Israel," Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Marriott Hotel, Loews Philadelphia Hotel, Philadelphia, PA Online <PDF>. 2009-05-25 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p18746_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: Arguing that macro-social and structural factors like, patterns of educational governance, and subjects� institutional status, influence the actual curriculum implemented by local schools, the present study investigates between-school variation in curricular implementation through a three-dimensional comparison: between two school levels (elementary � JHS), between three major Israeli public sectors (Jewish secular, Jewish religious, and Arab/Druze), and between school subjects of varying institutional status. We compare across- and within-sector and school level differences, in course offerings and subject emphasis (weekly time allocations) in all subject areas. Opposite to our preliminary hypothesis, greater variation in curriculum implementation was found in elementary school level (compared to JHS), which might be explained by specific structural conditions and school governance policy in Israel. The two other hypotheses were mostly confirmed: greater between-school uniformity in the Arabic, the least autonomous sector, and greater uniformity in implementation of strongly institutionalized subjects, However, the findings also suggest a much more intricate picture of between-levels, between-sector and between-subject curriculum structures, than had been initially hypothesized: Variation in subject-specific implementation �interact� with school sector, and school level. Macro-social processes like decentralization increase tendencies towards �loose coupling� and school autonomy, and subsequently heighten the overall diversification of educational knowledge offered by local schools. Processes of educational globalization, which often lead to greater standardization in official curricular structures and the institutionalization of certain school subjects (e.g., mathematics and science), appear to have more complex effects at the local school level.

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