The Issue of Gender in Elementary Schools’ Hebrew textbooks for the Arab Sector in Israel (Published)
The educational system in the 21st century is still a sociological representative preserving the social and gender structure in society. The school is a ‘greenhouse’ for strengthening and refinement gender stereotyped identity already in young age, by teaching and imitating the behavior described in the textbooks This article examines the status of women and female students in the Hebrew textbooks in the elementary school studied in the Arab sector in relation to two aspects: the method of teaching of the Hebrew language in the past and in present time, in relation to women’s status. The examination was made by texts and illustrations of textbooks.This study examined the third grade book of ‘Mifgash’ (meetings), it also tested 11 texts in four textbooks from the series of “Ivrit Laderech” (Learning Hebrew) from the third to the sixth grade, in which women have a central leading role.
Keywords: Arab sector, Elementary School, Gender, Hebrew, Textbook, stereotypes
The Effectiveness of Using Interactive Infographic at Teaching Mathematics in Elementary School (Published)
The study aimed to explore the effectiveness of using interactive infographics in the teaching of mathematics at the second grade of elementary school, the study has used a semi-experimental approach through pre and post tests for two groups; experimental and control group where the study sample consisted of 32 students from the second grade in the first semester of the academic year (1435-1436h). the sample were randomly selected and divided into two groups, one is a control group consist of (17) students (studying with traditional method); the other one is experimental (pilot) group consist of (15) students (studying with interactive infographics method). The researcher developed an instructional design model for teaching mathematics using interactive infographics; the results indicated that there are statistically significant differences at level (0.05) between the means of students’ scores of experimental group and control group in post achievement test in favor of experimental group in which concluded that the interactive infographics is an effective tool in teaching and learning mathematics at elementary school
Keywords: Elementary School, Infographics, Mathematics Teaching