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Palestine in Israeli School Books: Ideology and Propaganda in Education
Nurit Peled-Elhanan
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Description for Palestine in Israeli School Books: Ideology and Propaganda in Education
paperback. How is Palestine, and the Palestinians against whom these young Israelis will potentially be required to use force, portrayed in the school system? This book provides a fresh scholarly contribution to the Israeli-Palestinian debate, and can be relevant to the fields of Middle East Studies and Politics widely. Num Pages: 280 pages, 19 bw integrated. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; JNL; JPVN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 137 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 316.
Each year, Israel's young men and women are drafted into compulsory military service and are required to engage directly in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This conflict is by its nature intensely complex and is played out under the full glare of international security. So, how does Israel's education system prepare its young people for this? How is Palestine, and the Palestinians against whom these young Israelis will potentially be required to use force, portrayed in the school system? Nurit Peled-Elhanan argues that the textbooks used in the school system are laced with a pro-Israel ideology, and that they play a ... Read more
Each year, Israel's young men and women are drafted into compulsory military service and are required to engage directly in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This conflict is by its nature intensely complex and is played out under the full glare of international security. So, how does Israel's education system prepare its young people for this? How is Palestine, and the Palestinians against whom these young Israelis will potentially be required to use force, portrayed in the school system? Nurit Peled-Elhanan argues that the textbooks used in the school system are laced with a pro-Israel ideology, and that they play a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
I.B. Tauris
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780765051
SKU
V9781780765051
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About Nurit Peled-Elhanan
Nurit Peled-Elhanan is Lecturer in Language Education in the Faculty of Education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. A co-recipient of the 2001 Sakharov Prize for Human Rights and the Freedom of Thought, awarded by the European Parliament, she has written extensively on Israeli education, and is a regular speaker and writer both in Europe and in the USA on ... Read more
Reviews for Palestine in Israeli School Books: Ideology and Propaganda in Education
'Nurit Peled-Elhanan's study of propaganda in Israeli school books is thorough and accessible. With academic analysis supported by examples and illustrations, this book gives a whole new meaning to complaints about 'teaching children to hate' in the Middle East.' - Ben White, journalist and author of Israeli Apartheid: A Beginner's Guide'Nurit Peled-Elhanan's pioneering work on the way Israeli school books ... Read more