NOTETAKING – PALESTINE AND ISRAEL
Student’s Name
Institutional
Affiliation
Notetaking – Palestine and Israel
Palestine
- Palestine is a small country that lacks a national government. The absence of a national government leads to the lack of a civic education apparatus that means impoverished education systems.
- The United Nations Relief and Work Agency (UNRWA) provides education to the refugees residing in the region (Mazurek & Winzer, 2006).
- However, the children experience a myriad of health issues, mainly revolving around mental and physical disability.
- The Palestinian society has been affected by stigma conceptualization related to disability that constraints parents from allowing children to attend school.
- The clan, culture, and the rural Palestinian society acts as an impediment to the provision of special education services for children with disabilities.
- Education is considered the key to modernization (Mazurek & Winzer, 2006).
- Schooling in Palestine is the same as one’s own experience, particularly regarding the access to medical and healthcare units that provide quality and affordable healthcare.
- Schooling in Palestine is different from one’s own experience, particularly regarding the availability of games and sports facilities.
Israel
- Israel is a small country that possesses an 82 percent Jewish population and 18 percent Israeli- Palestinians (Mazurek & Winzer, 2006).
- A centralized bureaucracy initially managed education policies and national goals in Israel.
- Since the 1980s, Israel has experienced decentralization in the education sector, primarily based on the authority delegated to the institutional level.
- Israeli education system initially accentuated a segregationist and resounding opinion of education provision.
- However, the Israeli school system encounters significant challenges while dealing with adolescents and children affected by disabilities.
- The Special Education Law (SEL) of 1988 has provided guidelines on how institutions should approach children with disabilities (Mazurek & Winzer, 2006).
- Schooling in Israel is the same as one’s own experience, particularly regarding the curriculum based on religious inclinations.
- Schooling in Israel is different from one’s own experience, particularly regarding the reception of service in various settings.
References
Mazurek, K. & Winzer, M. A. (2006). Schooling around the world: Debates, challenges, and practices. Boston, MA: Pearson