The History, Reforms and Current Status of Collectivist Education on Kibbutzim in Israel

Abstract

Since the end of the 20^th century, the traditional education of collectivism in Israeli kibbutzim has eventually developed into a systematic education of value identity. The Value Recognition Education of Israeli Kibbutz is the recognition education of the Socialist value system centered on the Kibbutz lifestyle, including a collection of education and teaching methods formed on this basis. This kind of Value Recognition Education is the inheritance and development of Kibbutz’s Communist education and Collectivism education. The development of Kibbutz Value Recognition Education is based on the macro and micro levels. On the macro level, this is the education process that runs through the entire life of the educated; and on the micro level, it is a collection of multiple educational methods under specific social and historical conditions. Kibbutz’s Value Recognition Education has achieved remarkable results.  It helped the Kibbutz through the development crisis of the mid-1980s and increased the vitality, attractiveness and cohesion of the Kibbutz.