Index
Izhak Berkovich
(The Open University of Israel, Israel)
Amit Avigur-Eshel
(Sapir College, Israel)
Digital Protest and Activism in Public Education: Reactions to Neoliberal Restructuring in Israel
ISBN: 978-1-83867-105-1, eISBN: 978-1-83867-102-0
Publication date: 1 November 2019
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Berkovich, I. and Avigur-Eshel, A. (2019), "Index", Digital Protest and Activism in Public Education: Reactions to Neoliberal Restructuring in Israel, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 151-156. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83867-102-020191008
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:Emerald Publishing Limited
Copyright © Izhak Berkovich and Amit Avigur-Eshel, 2020
INDEX
Index
Note: Page numbers followed by “n” with numbers indicate notes.
Activist teachers
, 73
Alternative perspectives on education
, 89
Alto al Simce campaign
, 116
Anglophone democracies
, 15, 17
Annual Budget Law
, 106n2
Anti-neoliberal
claims
, 97
terms
, 100
views
, 88
Arab public education
, 36
Arrangements Law in Israel
, 106n2
Ashkenazim
, 37–38, 42, 44
“Backdoor” process of privatization
, 141
Bloggers
, 57
Blogs
, 53
Bottom-up political strategy of teachers
, 71
Bureaucratic centralism
, 14
Categorization of text items
, 124
Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS)
, 123
Socioeconomic Index
, 125
“Champions of Public Education”
, 66–68
Collective action frames
, 121
Common Core State Standards (CCSS)
, 3
Compulsory Education Act
, 12, 15
Compulsory Free Education Law
, 127
“Consociational” democracy
, 36
Content analysis approach
, 62
Coordination
, 118–119
Cross-level politics
, 90
Cultural assimilation
, 37
Curriculum
, 51
Day-by-day analysis
, 124
Democracy
, 35
Democratization of content creation
, 52
Demographic changes in Israeli Population
, 40–43
Digital Media Front
, 63–64
Digital activism
, 1–2
case description
, 121–122
data analysis
, 124–125
data collection
, 122–123
in education
, 117
findings
, 127–132
frequency of categories of Facebook capabilities
, 130
in Israel
, 89
method
, 122–126
online activity trends and protest timelines
, 131
protest locations by socioeconomic clusters
, 128
uses of social media in political activism
, 117–121
Digital activists in education
, 88
Digital media
, 2, 72
engagement
, 1
Digital protest
, 4–5
Directed content analysis
approach
, 124
of Facebook data
, 125
Discrimination
, 33
to political upheaval
, 36–40
Dotcom crisis
, 20
“Dovrat Committee” (see National Task Force for Advancement of Education in Israel)
Dramatic elements
, 73
E-mobilization
, 92, 94
Economic
crisis
, 16, 20
hardships
, 5
liberalization
, 43
Emotional support messages
, 120
Emotions
, 120
Ethnic desegregation policy
, 39
Exchange of information
, 119
Expressive capabilities
, 117, 126
Facebook
, 3, 95–96
Far-reaching reforms
, 52
Financial crisis
, 1
Financing processes
, 51
Fools and Villains
, 68–69, 73
Framing of injustice
, 98
Globalization
, 43–45
“Hearts and Minds”
, 64–66
Heterogeneous society, social democracy in
, 34–36
Histadrut
, 23n1
Human resources
, 51
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
, 61
Immigrants
, 42
Informal dynamics
, 3
Informative capabilities
, 117
Informative capabilities
, 126
Injustice
, 99–100
Institutionalized discrimination
, 36–37
“Intellectual and moral leadership”
, 102
Internal entrepreneurs
, 93
Internet
, 56–57
Internet-based mobilization
, 4
platforms
, 119
Interpretive latent content analysis
, 124–125
Israel
digital activism in
, 89
education system
, 4–5, 89
education system and parents’ participation in
, 92–94
higher education system
, 45
Israeli Black Panthers movement
, 39
Israeli parliament protocols
, 123
Israeli society
, 34
middle class
, 43–45
social media activism of parents in
, 97–104
Israeli public education
, 11–12
global competition and reengineering of rationale
, 19–22
rhetorical and ideological influences of neoliberalism
, 15–18
system establishment
, 12–15
Israeli public values and interests
changes in
, 33–34
demographic and societal changes in Israeli Population
, 40–43
globalization, neoliberalism, and Israeli middle class
, 43–45
from segregation and discrimination to political upheaval
, 36–40
social democracy in heterogeneous society
, 34–36
Ivory Tower and Trenches distance
, 69–70
Jewish ethnic groups
, 36
Jewish ultra-Orthodox education
, 36
Knesset Committee on Status of Women
, 101
Krippendorff’s alphas
, 125
Labor-led government
, 41
Legitimacy
, 71
Lived experience
, 2, 106, 116, 134
Local policy decisions
, 94
Macro-politics
, 54
Managerial system
, 51
Mandatory Free Education Law
, 98
Market-based neoliberal policy
, 22
Media
, 55–56
Media platforms and technologies
, 56
Meitzav
, 20
Micro-politics
, 54
in education
, 90
Middle-class parents
, 88, 91, 93, 127
Ministry of Education
, 14, 17, 22, 95, 98, 127
Mizrachim
, 36, 38–40, 42
Mobilizations
, 87
Motivational capabilities
, 117, 126
“Movement Goals” document
, 99
Multi-party parliamentary democracy
, 35
Multiple case design
, 60
Multisource triangulation
, 125
National Authority for Measurement and Evaluation
, 21
National governments
, 51
National protectionism
, 38
National Task Force for Advancement of Education in Israel
, 21
Neoliberal education reforms
, 15
Neoliberal policies
, 20
Neoliberalism
, 43–45, 91
rhetorical and ideological influences of
, 15–18
“New Horizon”
, 5
reform in Israel
, 58–60
No Child Left Behind initiative (NCLB initiative)
, 20
Ofek Hadash agreement
, 21
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
, 19, 22
Organizational structure
, 51
Outside lobbying
, 133
Oz Letmura agreement
, 21
Parent-led protests
, 94–97
Parental involvement
, 92–93
in schools
, 90
Parental participation
, 88, 93
public education
, 89
roles, class, and ideology
, 90–91
Parents Across America non-partisan initiative
, 116
Pedagogy
, 51
Policy
agenda setting
, 55–58
decisions
, 53
policy-in-experience
, 95–96
Political
blogs
, 57
campaign
, 56
communication
, 55–56
dominance of Mapai
, 36
messages
, 56
processes
, 53–55
realism
, 14
resentment
, 40
Political activism
coding categories of Facebook capabilities in
, 126
social media uses in
, 117–121
taxonomy of Facebook uses in
, 118
“Politicalspeak”
, 72
Program for International Student Assessment (PISA)
, 19–20
Protest movements
, 91–92
Public education, parental participation in
, 89
Public education system
, 11
reengineering of rationale of
, 19–22
Public primary education system failure
, 38
Public representatives, appeal to
, 119–120, 126, 129–130, 133–134
Qualitative methods
, 60, 95
Quantitative analysis
, 124
RAMA (see National Authority for Measurement and Evaluation in Education)
“Red Pens” movement
, 1–2, 106n1
“Registration zones” model
, 22
Resistance to change
, 52
Rhetorical techniques
, 72
Sardines
, 95, 127
demonstrations
, 128–129
leadership
, 102
reliance on expressive capabilities
, 131
Sardines protest (2014)
, 5–6, 87, 89, 94–95, 104, 116, 122
School-based management (SBM)
, 11, 18
Security network
, 44
Segregation
, 33
to political upheaval
, 36–40
Self-expression
, 52
Semi-private schools
, 18
Social
circumstances
, 120–121
democracy in heterogeneous society
, 34–36
movements
, 116
protest
, 94
resentment
, 37
Social media
, 88, 91–92, 115–116, 119
activism–low commitment of supporters
, 118
uses in political activism
, 117–121
Social media activism
, 89
of parents in Israel
, 97–104
Social-democratic
agenda
, 33
principles
, 35
states
, 35
Societal changes in Israeli Population
, 40–43
State Education Act
, 12–14
Strollers protest (2011)
, 5, 87, 89, 94, 104, 116, 122
Strollers’ heterogeneous class base
, 132–133
Symbolic images of educational policymakers
, 73–74
Symbolism, effective
, 74
Systematic restructuring
, 51
Teachers’ Association
, 58
Teachers’ digital protest against educational reform
, 51–53
data analysis
, 62
data collection
, 60–61
findings
, 62–70
method
, 60–62
“New Horizon” reform in Israel
, 58–60
political communication and policy agenda setting
, 55–56
political processes and teachers’ resistance to reform
, 53–55
study categories of rhetoric and images
, 63
Teachers’ Blogs and Partisan school sites
, 61
web-based campaigns
, 56–58
Teachers’ resistance
, 60–61, 71
narratives
, 52
to reform
, 53–55
Teachers’ strike
, 61
Teachers’ struggle
, 61
Teachers’ Union
, 58–59
Theoretical sensitivity analysis
, 124–125
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish population growth
, 40
Web-based campaigns
, 56–58
WhatsApp
, 3
Zionist Jews
, 34
Zionist movement
, 34
- Prelims
- Introduction
- 1: Out with the Old, In with the New: Three Ages of Israeli Public Education Policies
- 2: From Education to All to Education for Me: Changes in Israeli Public Values and Interests
- 3: Rhetoric and Images in Online Agenda Setting: Teachers’ Digital Protest Against Educational Reform
- 4: Two Faces of Digital Activism: Parents’ Anti-Neoliberal and Pro-Neoliberal Protests
- 5: Opening the Black Box of Digital Activism in Education in the Neoliberal Age: Lived Experience and Patterns of Use of Social Media
- Conclusion
- Index