This article presents a comparative analysis of a metasynthesis of Israeli and US studies on parental choice of two-way bilingual education. My analysis reveals that the reasons majority-language and minority-language parents expressed in the US and Israeli studies converge in some aspects but, significantly, also diverge. I argue that the divergences problematize the sociopsychological motivational model that dominates the analysis of parental choice of bilingual schools and lack of engagement with the general sociological literature on parental choice and lack of international comparison of school choice. I address these gaps, drawing on two sociological insights to understand parental choice of bilingual education: sociohistorical and political dynamics of the educational fields in which the choices are made and a Bourdieusian culturalist understanding of parental choice. These two perspectives can account for the potential for divergence across locales and cultures and have implications for policy makers in parental choice and bilingual education.

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美国和以色列双语教育家长选择的跨国比较

本文对以色列和美国关于双语教育父母选择的综合研究进行了比较分析。我的分析表明，在美国和以色列的研究中，使用多数语言和使用少数语言的父母的原因在某些方面是一致的，但也显着不同。我认为，这些分歧使主导双语学校父母选择分析的社会心理学动机模型存在问题，缺乏对关于父母选择的一般社会学文献的参与，以及缺乏学校选择的国际比较。我解决了这些差距，利用两个社会学见解来理解父母对双语教育的选择：做出选择的教育领域的社会历史和政治动态以及布迪厄斯文化主义对父母选择的理解。这两种观点可以解释跨地区和文化差异的可能性，并对父母选择和双语教育的政策制定者产生影响。