Current immigration is being percieved by many as a threat to the cohesion of the nation-state. T... more Current immigration is being percieved by many as a threat to the cohesion of the nation-state. The salient images of social cohesion in popular discourse and political rhetoric assume the necessity of a high degree of likeliness among co-citizens in order to facilitate their close interaction . Common understanding of civil society or social capital, both of which place a high premium on values such as trust, civic responsibility and co-operation, often assumes that immigrants’ cultural backgrounds preclude such value structures. ( Vertovec, 1997) The current presentation offers a conceptual framework for studying culturallydiverse societies and identifying the strategies they use for managing their internal diversity, and discusses the implications for social cohesion. Culturally diverse societies are often referred to as multicultural societies. The term “multicultural”, however, bears a number of different meanings. One meaning is descriptive, demographic: in this sense, a multi...
�� DISCLAIMER The authors are responsible for the choice and the presentation of the facts contai... more �� DISCLAIMER The authors are responsible for the choice and the presentation of the facts contained in this publication and for the opinions expressed therein, which are not necessarily those of JIIS and UNESCO and do not commit the Organizations. The designations employed throughout the publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of JIIS or UNESCO concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. None of the parts of this book, including the cover design, may be reproduced or copied in any way and by any means, whether electronic, mechanical, chemical, optical, or using photocopying techniques, without previous authorization from JIIS and UNESCO.
ABSTRACT Presents a conceptual framework of second-chance systems analyzable in terms of several ... more ABSTRACT Presents a conceptual framework of second-chance systems analyzable in terms of several basic parameters (targeted population, declared goals, processes, options for students, evaluation criteria, and implications for the regular system). Uses this framework to analyze an Israeli external high school, the subject of a large-scale study. Includes 3 tables and 15 endnotes. (MLH)
Higher Education institutions in the Western world need to prepare for a future in which cultural... more Higher Education institutions in the Western world need to prepare for a future in which cultural diversity is not a transient phase but a constant reality. They should, therefore, consider introducing Multicultural Education (ME) into their institution, and further develop it. As ME is a widely used yet hazy concept that covers a vast variety of approaches, strategies and programmes, the paper attempts to unveil the complexity of ME's broad conceptual basis. It addresses the ambiguity of the term “multiculturalism”, differentiates between five diversitymanaging strategies, analyses a variety of definitions and goals attributed to ME and presents an integrated typology of ME programs. On this basis, it offers colleges a three-tier tool for benchmarking, introducing and designing ME. The tool consists of a diagnostic questionnaire, a table of design choices and an organisational guide for introducing and developing ME as first and second order changes in the college. With the mul...
sever-students' expectations-Athens 28.5.07 4 sever-students' expectations-Athens 28.5.07 6 sever... more sever-students' expectations-Athens 28.5.07 4 sever-students' expectations-Athens 28.5.07 6 sever-students' expectations-Athens 28.5.07 10 Method Results are based on questionnaires filled out by 5,739 Israeli students Gender: 47% girls, 53% boys School level: 3,405 in primary school 2,334 in secondary school 1578 in junior high,
The global expansion of Infromation-Communication-Technology (ICT) widens access to information, ... more The global expansion of Infromation-Communication-Technology (ICT) widens access to information, enhances communication capacity, and is expected to promote social inclusion and facilitate democratic participation. Among the most influential factors facilitating these phenomena is the effect of glocalization on languages in cyberspace. Global migration is turning many societies into culturally diverse societies, as immigants settle down and their descendants become ethnic minorities in their host country. Migrants often leave behind not only physical capital but also much of their social capital. ICT – both global and glocal - plays a major role in nurturing "virtual" social capital. Global social networking sites encourage the development of bridging social capital, while local immigrant digital networks enable them to develop bonding social capital in their new country and transnational networks enable them to maintain some of their former bonding social capital in their country of origin. The traditional image of the uprooted immigrant is being replaced by the image of a connected immigrant. Today's migrants are the actors of a culture of bonds, which they maintain even as they move about. This culture of bonds became visible and highly dynamic since migrants began using ICT massively. It is more and more common for migrants to maintain remote relations typical of relations of proximity and to activate them on a daily basis. From a Diaspora perspective, immigrants are also emigrants. ICT enables them to engage in transnational connections and maintain transnational and/or pluricultural identities. Diaspora as an analytic term is relevant for investigations of media practices among contemporary immigrants, leaving room for questions of multiple belonging with implications for everyday life. In recent years, especially with the advent Digital Broadcasting Satellite (DBS) technology, transnational media has become central in the consumption of news by immigrant populations, who tend to seek news very broadly. Extensive news media consumption, desire for more international news than found in the national television channels, and a critical stance towards the news from these channels, are also part of the picture. Temporary and permanent immigrants use the internet as a "bridgespace"', a virtual space that supports flows of people, goods, capital and ideas between the country of origin and the country of destination. 'Matrimonial' sites are but one example. Migrant networks play important roles for immigrants and their descendants. Ethnic minority communities develop online portals in which major dilemmas emerge, such as essentialism vs. fluidity of identities; universalism vs particularism; or recognition vs redistribution. Internet discussion forums are popular online meeting places for diaspora people. Here they are articulating race and culture in the public cyberspaces. One of the recurring topics in these discussions is the nature of their identity and how this relates to living overseas. Participants exchange personal experiences, political opinions, emotional and intellectual expectations about the outer and inner limits of identity and/or culture in their everyday lives. On the Web, 2nd generation immigrant youths orient themselves to the country where they live (bridging between cultures) as well as to their parents' country of origin (bonding of social capital).
Current immigration is being percieved by many as a threat to the cohesion of the nation-state. T... more Current immigration is being percieved by many as a threat to the cohesion of the nation-state. The salient images of social cohesion in popular discourse and political rhetoric assume the necessity of a high degree of likeliness among co-citizens in order to facilitate their close interaction . Common understanding of civil society or social capital, both of which place a high premium on values such as trust, civic responsibility and co-operation, often assumes that immigrants’ cultural backgrounds preclude such value structures. ( Vertovec, 1997) The current presentation offers a conceptual framework for studying culturallydiverse societies and identifying the strategies they use for managing their internal diversity, and discusses the implications for social cohesion. Culturally diverse societies are often referred to as multicultural societies. The term “multicultural”, however, bears a number of different meanings. One meaning is descriptive, demographic: in this sense, a multi...
�� DISCLAIMER The authors are responsible for the choice and the presentation of the facts contai... more �� DISCLAIMER The authors are responsible for the choice and the presentation of the facts contained in this publication and for the opinions expressed therein, which are not necessarily those of JIIS and UNESCO and do not commit the Organizations. The designations employed throughout the publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of JIIS or UNESCO concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. None of the parts of this book, including the cover design, may be reproduced or copied in any way and by any means, whether electronic, mechanical, chemical, optical, or using photocopying techniques, without previous authorization from JIIS and UNESCO.
ABSTRACT Presents a conceptual framework of second-chance systems analyzable in terms of several ... more ABSTRACT Presents a conceptual framework of second-chance systems analyzable in terms of several basic parameters (targeted population, declared goals, processes, options for students, evaluation criteria, and implications for the regular system). Uses this framework to analyze an Israeli external high school, the subject of a large-scale study. Includes 3 tables and 15 endnotes. (MLH)
Higher Education institutions in the Western world need to prepare for a future in which cultural... more Higher Education institutions in the Western world need to prepare for a future in which cultural diversity is not a transient phase but a constant reality. They should, therefore, consider introducing Multicultural Education (ME) into their institution, and further develop it. As ME is a widely used yet hazy concept that covers a vast variety of approaches, strategies and programmes, the paper attempts to unveil the complexity of ME's broad conceptual basis. It addresses the ambiguity of the term “multiculturalism”, differentiates between five diversitymanaging strategies, analyses a variety of definitions and goals attributed to ME and presents an integrated typology of ME programs. On this basis, it offers colleges a three-tier tool for benchmarking, introducing and designing ME. The tool consists of a diagnostic questionnaire, a table of design choices and an organisational guide for introducing and developing ME as first and second order changes in the college. With the mul...
sever-students' expectations-Athens 28.5.07 4 sever-students' expectations-Athens 28.5.07 6 sever... more sever-students' expectations-Athens 28.5.07 4 sever-students' expectations-Athens 28.5.07 6 sever-students' expectations-Athens 28.5.07 10 Method Results are based on questionnaires filled out by 5,739 Israeli students Gender: 47% girls, 53% boys School level: 3,405 in primary school 2,334 in secondary school 1578 in junior high,
The global expansion of Infromation-Communication-Technology (ICT) widens access to information, ... more The global expansion of Infromation-Communication-Technology (ICT) widens access to information, enhances communication capacity, and is expected to promote social inclusion and facilitate democratic participation. Among the most influential factors facilitating these phenomena is the effect of glocalization on languages in cyberspace. Global migration is turning many societies into culturally diverse societies, as immigants settle down and their descendants become ethnic minorities in their host country. Migrants often leave behind not only physical capital but also much of their social capital. ICT – both global and glocal - plays a major role in nurturing "virtual" social capital. Global social networking sites encourage the development of bridging social capital, while local immigrant digital networks enable them to develop bonding social capital in their new country and transnational networks enable them to maintain some of their former bonding social capital in their country of origin. The traditional image of the uprooted immigrant is being replaced by the image of a connected immigrant. Today's migrants are the actors of a culture of bonds, which they maintain even as they move about. This culture of bonds became visible and highly dynamic since migrants began using ICT massively. It is more and more common for migrants to maintain remote relations typical of relations of proximity and to activate them on a daily basis. From a Diaspora perspective, immigrants are also emigrants. ICT enables them to engage in transnational connections and maintain transnational and/or pluricultural identities. Diaspora as an analytic term is relevant for investigations of media practices among contemporary immigrants, leaving room for questions of multiple belonging with implications for everyday life. In recent years, especially with the advent Digital Broadcasting Satellite (DBS) technology, transnational media has become central in the consumption of news by immigrant populations, who tend to seek news very broadly. Extensive news media consumption, desire for more international news than found in the national television channels, and a critical stance towards the news from these channels, are also part of the picture. Temporary and permanent immigrants use the internet as a "bridgespace"', a virtual space that supports flows of people, goods, capital and ideas between the country of origin and the country of destination. 'Matrimonial' sites are but one example. Migrant networks play important roles for immigrants and their descendants. Ethnic minority communities develop online portals in which major dilemmas emerge, such as essentialism vs. fluidity of identities; universalism vs particularism; or recognition vs redistribution. Internet discussion forums are popular online meeting places for diaspora people. Here they are articulating race and culture in the public cyberspaces. One of the recurring topics in these discussions is the nature of their identity and how this relates to living overseas. Participants exchange personal experiences, political opinions, emotional and intellectual expectations about the outer and inner limits of identity and/or culture in their everyday lives. On the Web, 2nd generation immigrant youths orient themselves to the country where they live (bridging between cultures) as well as to their parents' country of origin (bonding of social capital).
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