Aspects of Social Justice in an Arab Israeli Teachers' College: Principles, Practices and Politics

Aspects of Social Justice in an Arab Israeli Teachers' College: Principles, Practices and Politics

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 education. The book illuminates the complex experience of Arabic-speaking students, studying in a country where the main language is Hebrew and the academic language, as everywhere, is English. It will be of interest to those working in higher education in the Middle East, and to teacher educators everywhere who work in multicultural settings. Deborah Court is Professor of Education at Bar-Ilan University, Israel, and academic advisor at the Arab Academic College in Israel. She has published more than 60 journal articles, and her recent books include Insider-Outsider Research in Qualitative Inquiry (2022) and The Israeli Druze Community in Transition: Between Tradition and Modernity (2021), both with Randa Khair Abbas. Randa Khair Abbas is Professor of Education, and President and Academic Head of the Arab Academic College in Haifa, Israel. She was the first Druze woman to earn a PhD from Bar-Ilan University, Israel, and her research interests include the culture of the Israeli Druze community in changing times. Her recent publications include Insider-Outsider Research in Qualitative Inquiry (2022) and The Israeli Druze Community in Transition: Between Tradition and Modernity (2021), both with Deborah Court. Zaki Kamal is a criminal lawyer from the Druze sector in Israel. He has been associated with the Arab Academic College in Israel for many years, spearheading program development and working to promote women into leadership roles. He is well-known in the Arabic-speaking world as a tireless promoter of dialogue, multiculturalism and peaceful co-existence.