Obstacles to achieve competitive advantage in Arab schools in Israel in light of contemporary attitudes and methods to achieve it from the viewpoint of their teachers

Abstract

This study aimed at evaluating obstacles to achieve competitive advantage in Arab schools in Israel in light of contemporary attitudes and methods to achieve it from the viewpoint of their teachers. To achieve the study objective; the researcher used the qualitative method and an interview. The study population consisted of all school teachers who work in Arab area in Israel, and a sample consisted of (31) teachers were chosen in arbitrary method, during the first academic semester 2020/2021. The study findings showed the existence of obstacles that prevent the achievement of a competitive advantage for Arab schools in Israel, the most important were: the failure to provide an integrated database for all members of the school community, and the scarcity of teacher training programs developed according to modern technical developments. In addition, the most important methods to achieve a competitive advantage for Arab schools in Israel were: communicating with educational experts, Providing everyone with the opportunity of training, and Linking career development to improving performance

Key words: Obstacles, competitive advantage, contemporary attitudes.

DOI: 10.7176/EJBM/13-6-22

Publication date:March 31st 2021