HED HAGAN

SEPTEMBER, 2009

Contents             1

An Opening Message     2

In Hedi's Kindergarten  Amos Ellenbogen              3

From the Desk of Lilli Pokamunsky           4

RESEARCH AND PRACTICE— 

The Politics of Children's Welfare in Israel   Dr. Asher Ben Arie and Hanita Kosher                               6

THE KINDERGARDEN TEACHER`s AUTONOmy

Developmental Theories as a Foundation for Early Childhood Education—the Trap   Dr. Yael Dayan           14

Receiving or Taking? About Autonomy, Responsibility, Hierarchy, Authority and the Connection between them All   Dr. Rina Michalovitz

The Autonomy of the Field Inspector   Claudia German  28

The Autonomy of the Kindergarten Teacher in the Kindergarten—Does it Exist?   Irit Etzion and Osnat Zafrani

The Place of the Field Inspector and the Supervisor in the Professional Development of Novice Kindergarten Teachers   Merav Eisenberg

The Basics in the Kindergarten: Autonomy for the Kindergarten Teacher   Nicole Ben Nun

Novice Teachers in the Arab-Israeli Educational System   Halla Haviv

Response: Why and How to Read a Story—A Response to Professor Kozminsky's Article about Expanding the Child's Vocabulary   Dr. Rina Michalovitz

WORK METHODS

You Can Tell the Kindergarten is Ours, Right?   Professor Chava  Teubal

Elections in the Happy Star Kindergarten   Miri Talmor

"Bookworms"—Children and Books   Chana Yager

Didactic Games from Recycled Materials  Anna Shfaran and Lillia Shfaran

Educating for Movement—Meaning and Significance   Dr.  Elimelech Shochat

Equality and Mutual Respect—Theory and Practice   Liat Merav

LET'S PLAY

IMAGIT Dr. Amos Nadan

GALGaLUI   Ilana Shalev

Kubibad  uriah kadari shimshoni

AN OLD AND ANCIENT SONG

The First Days in Class   Shimona Fogel

CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT AND FREE TIME

The new Schedule for 2010-2009

THE COUNCIL FOR THE WELFARE OF CHILDREN

Children's Right to Participate   Hanita Kosher

IN THE DEPARTMENT

In the Kindergarten Teacher's Department  Lilli Pokamunsky

Contents in English   Judi Argaman