This book traces the journey of the Mofet Association, an educational coalition established by teachers who immigrated to Israel from the former Soviet Union. Initially focused on children from the former Soviet Union, the Mofet Association went on to become an extensive network of schools serving a wide range of students, including non-immigrant Israelis, Arabs, and Druze in is Israel's center and periphery. This book describes the step by step processes that Israeli public schools undergo in the course of adopting Mofet's "imported pedadgogy."

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By Tamar Horowitz; Shmuel Shamai and Zinaida Ilatov

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Introduction 1. Immigration from the Former Soviet Union and the Israeli Education System 2. Historical Developments Establishment of the Mofet Association and Its Integration into the Shevach-Mofet School The Split between the Israeli Director of Mofet and Its Russian Founder The Mofet Association on the Way to Becoming a Network Statistics on Mofet Activities, 1996-2008 3. Theoretical Background Innovation and Change in the Education System Parental Choice Teacher Professionalism The Development of Mathematics Education School Culture 4. The Mofet Network: Principles and Methods of Operation General Working Assumptions Principles for Operation in the Primary School Preparatory Course 5. The Role of the Mofet Teacher Mofet Teachers' Views on Education 6. The Relationship between Mofet and the Educational Establishment General Legal Battles Conflicts with the Ministry of Education The Disputes in the Knesset and the Public Eye 7. Monitoring and Research 8. In-depth Studies of Mofet Frameworks The Mofet Model in the "Het" Comprehensive School, Ashdod-A Pioneer in Implementing the Mofet Program in the Secondary schools(reseach was done by T.horowitz) Six Years Later-Follow Up Study on the Mofet Secondary School Graduates in Israel The Primary School Model-The "Nitzanim" School, Hadera Mofet Evening Programs 9. From an Immigrants' Association to a National Education Network Bibliography