Originally published in 1979. This study was supported by a grant from the Bernard Van Leer Foundation, The Hague, Netherlands. The Gifted Disadvantaged is the result of a ten year study, and presents an innovative program in the education of the more gifted among the socially disadvantaged, demonstrating the merit of such a program designed and implemented in Israel.
Part 1: General Orientation to Compensatory Education in Israel
1. Some
Aspects of the Socio-political Background of Israel
2. Who are the Culturally
Disadvantaged?
3. Stages and Patterns in Israeli Policy
4. Toward the
Disadvantaged
5. Major Approaches Toward Fostering the Disadvantaged during
the Compensatory Education Stage Part 2: The Boarding School Fostering
Program for the Gifted Disadvantaged: A Ten Year Longitudinal Evaluation
6.
The Rationale of the Program
7. The Process of Implementation
8. The
Evaluation Design of the Program
9. Students' Educational and Socio-economic
Background
10. Student's Success in Secondary Education
11. The Social
Acceptance of the Boarding Students within their Classes
12. Continuation of
Studies in Higher Education
13. Toward the Future
Moshe Smilansky, David Nevo
