Dr. Carmel Blank
Teaching
- spss
- scientific writing
- quantitative research methods b
- sociology and anthropology of education
- sociologists in the field
Research
- stratification and inequality
- educational inequality
- school and classroom discipline
- preschool inequality
Publications
“Class Dismissed – Classroom Disciplinary Climate and its Association with Student Achievement.” 2018. 164 pages, in English, Tel Aviv University. PhD Committee: Prof. Yossi Shavit (advisor), Prof. Hanna Ayalon, Prof. Richard Arum.
Blank, C. & Y. Shavit. 2016. “The Association between Student Reports of Classmates’ Disruptive Behavior and Student Achievement.” AERA Open 2(3).
Bar-Haim, Blank, C. & A. Rotman. 2018. “Educational Expansion and Inequalityof Educational Opportunities in Israel - A Gendered Perspective.” Higher Education Policy.
Bar-Haim, E. & Blank, C. 2019. "Second-Chance Alternatives and Maintained Inequality in Access to Higher Education in Israel." Social Inclusion.
Shavit, Y. & C. Blank. 2012. “School Discipline in Israel”. in: Arum, R. & M. Velez (Eds.), Improving Learning Environments: School Discipline and Student Achievement in Comparative Perspective. Stanford: Stanford University Press.
Blank C., Y. Shavit & M. Yaish. 2016. “Differentiation in Secondary Education and its Effects on Inequality of Educational Opportunities.” In: Blossfeld, H.P., Buchholz, S., Skopek, J. & M. Triventi (eds.), Models of Secondary Education and Social Inequality - An International Comparison. eduLIFE Lifelong Learning series. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Blank, C., Bar-Haim, E. & Y. Shavit. 2016. “Stratification and Educational Returns in Israel,” In: Bernardi, F. & G. Ballarino (eds.), Education, Occupation and Social Origin: A Comparative Analysis of the Transmission of Socio-Economic Inequalities. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Blass, N., Blank, C. & Y. Shavit. 2012. A Vision and Set of Recommendations for the Israeli Education System. Policy Paper No. 2012.11. Jerusalem: Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel [Hebrew].
Blank, C. & Y. Shavit. 2013. “‘It Disturbs the Whole Class’: Disciplinary Infractions in the Classroom and Their Relation to Pupil Achievement.” In: Ben-David, D. (ed.), State of the Nation Report 2013. Jerusalem: Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel [Hebrew].
Shafrir, R., Shavit, Y. & C. Blank. 2016. “Is Less Really More? On the Relationship between Class Size and Educational Achievement in Israel.” In: Weiss, A. (ed.), State of the Nation Report: Society, Economy and Policy in Israel 2016. Jerusalem: Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel [Hebrew].
