This book is a comprehensive and thorough presentation of contemporary knowledge in the domain of developmental psychology. The book deals with the psychological development of the child from before birth, and throughout all periods of the child's growth including his development during adolescence. The book is written clearly and is ideal for students and academics as well as professionals who work with children.

Learning by inquiry is the search for answers through questions, as the pupil is active in acquiring knowledge himself, and he is active in his own understanding and in the construction of his knowledge. Teaching and learning through inquiry and the difficulties involved with implementing this inquiry are discussed in this work. The writers, who are pioneering Israeli researchers also in the international frame, illustrate theoretical and practical aspects of learning and teaching by inquiry; they present educational experiments and bring the latest research.

The problems of ethnicity and migration encapsulate the modern dilemma, not only for those who are on the move, but also for those who remain at home deliberating their existential identity. This volume brings together an international array of scholars to discuss some of the leading questions concerning ethnicity and migration. Roots tell us about origins, identities and the past. Routes refer to peregrinations, diasporas and future paths. This volume incorporates a rich variety of case-studies from all over the world contributed by a group of international scholars from countries as far afield as Spain and India.

This book addresses a fundamental social problem arising from the massive and ongoing expansion of educational systems in the modern world. Educational expansion invariably involves the diversification of student populations, especially in terms of the distribution of ability and talent. Inclusion of a wider range of students in educational systems poses a major social dilemma: how can societies effectively provide equal educational opportunities for increasingly heterogeneous student populations while, at the same time, encouraging individual achievements based on the principal of equality? This book analyzes the strategies used by various educational systems and institutions, in order to cope with the equity-equality question in a comparative perspective concentrating on the Israeli case.

A synopsis in English at the end of the book.