NATIONAL EDUCATION FOR ARAB YOUTH IN ISRAEL: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CURRICULA.

The article presents a comparative analysis of curricula in an education system in Israel. Two dilemmas faced by the educators particularly in new states which lack a tradition of self-government to instil national values are the danger of an exaggerated nationalism and the danger of "disengagement." In a country where a majority living side by side with a minority determines the social and political set-up, these problem assume an added dimension. To critically evaluate the curricula, comparative method has been used. In the first instance the curriculum designed for the Arab minority has been compared with that drawn up by the same authority for the Jewish majority, and then proceed to compare it with a curriculum drawn up by an Arab government (Jordan) for Arab pupils. Jordanian curriculum served as an additional yardstick enabling the researchers to distinguish between dissimilarities which derive from the different objectives of the planners for the children of the majority and the minority groups, and those which stem from differences between Jewish and Arab culture.