Authors: Billy Mor and Liat Josefsberg Ben-Yehoshua
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English, as the global language, provides its speakers with occupational, academic, cultural, and social opportunities. However, for some populations in Israel, English is still a barrier to mobility, with notable differences in knowledge between high- and low- socioeconomic status populations. Since 2016, the Israeli Ministry of Education and other government offices have acknowledged the importance of having strong oral English skills, and have begun allocating resources to teaching. Additionally, private entrepreneurs are developing programs and technological tools, involving other stakeholders. The current review is an examination of the policy and pedagogy of teaching spoken English in Israel, with an emphasis on middle school students in the periphery, with a focus on the effectiveness of the practices and tools.
Authors: Barak Bar-Zohar and Liat Josefsberg Ben-Yehoshua
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This analytic literature review is a comprehensive summary of inquiry in teacher practice. It identifies, examines, criticizes, and presents prominent and contemporary models of inquiry in teacher practice. To this end, this review offers theoretical background to inquiry in teacher practice as well as to professional learning communities. Additionally, the review presents the challenges and limitations of teachers who seek to examine practice reflectively. The current analytic literature review identified many prominent models for inquiry in teacher practice, among them lesson study, student artifacts, evaluation discourse study, expansive learning model, research-practice partnerships, teacher evaluation, spiral model, and action research. The review concludes with insights, implications, and possible solutions to ongoing limitations and challenges.