"הן עוברות אצלי מהפך… נתתי להן משקפי עומק ופתאום הן רואות תלת-ממד": עמדות מורי מורים למקרא כלפי תהליכי שינוי מצופים מסטודנטיות בחוג לגיל הרך

This article is the outcome of a first-time study of its kind, and examines lecturers on Bible instruction in early childhood in two teacher education colleges. The study examined the lecturer's attitudes towards the goals and challenges they face in teaching Bible instruction in general, and dealing with the issue of the "other" in the Bible in particular. The article focuses on the lecturers' attitudes towards the changes they expect to bring about in their student-teachers, which stem from these goals and challenges. The study employed a qualitative approach, and included interviews with participants from a state-religious college of education (Yuvalim), and a secular state college of education (Olamot). The main finding is that despite the fundamental differences between the two colleges, the lecturers' point of departure is very similar: in both the cultural approach of the Olamot lecturers, and the softer normative approach of the Yuvalim lecturers, a humanistic spirit is a key component and main objective in the change they seek to encourage among their student-teachers. The study sheds light on the self-perception of the teacher educators as leaders of processes of change among future educators, and shows that the motivation to bring about change in a range of aspects, including in the students' attitudes towards ethical issues, is common to lecturers from both colleges.