Is there a place for peace education? Political education and citizenship activism in Israeli schools

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ID12876266
AutoresGal Levy (0000-0002-8177-3392, Open University of Israel, autor correspondente)
Ano2013
Volume11
Fascículo1
Páginas101-119
Data de publicação2013-12-07
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Peace Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1740-0201 • E-ISSN: 1740-021X
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17400201.2013.865598
OpenAlexW2056595233
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas9
Referências citadas41

What is wrong with peace education in Israel? In this article, I attempt to decipher the cultural codes of Israeli schools in their relation to issues of peace, conflict and citizenship. It combines findings from two studies in order to understand how ‘school culture’ animates ‘peace education’. My main contention is not that ‘peace’ is or is not being taught in the Israeli schools. Rather, I ask how conflict is being taught, and what underlines the schools’ conception of conflict. Arguably, what Israeli schools are trying to avoid is not ‘peace education’ per se, but the very idea of political education. An adequate approach to peace education, I propose in a more general vein, ought to focus on conflict not as an aberration, but as a part of our cultural mindsets and conceptions of the world. An example from the campaign for the rights of labour migrants’ children is used to demonstrate a different approach to political education

Citizenship · Peace Education · Peacebuilding · Pedagogy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Relation (database · Sociology · Education and experiences of immigrants and refugees · Gender Studies · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Peace and Human Rights Education