Addressing Religious Diversity through Children's Literature

An "English as a Foreign Language" Classroom in Israel

Bibliographic Data

ID2967653
AuthorsRawia Hayik (0000-0001-7676-0135)
Year2015
Volume17
Issue2
Pages92
Publication date2015-06-28
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Multicultural Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1934-5267 • E-ISSN: 1934-5267
PublisherEastern University (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.18251/ijme.v17i2.911
OpenAlexW1689802753
LanguageEN
Citations received8

Conflicts between different religious groups occasionally arise in my Christian and Muslim Israeli-Arab EFL students' school and area. In an attempt to increase students' knowledge of and respect for other faiths in the region, I conducted practitioner inquiry research in my religiously diverse Middle-Eastern classroom. Grounded in critical literacy, I used a book set of religion-based literature alongside critical literacy engagements to effect some change in students' tolerance towards other faiths. This article describes my journey of exploring students' reader responses to religion-based texts and issues

Critical literacy · Diversity (politics · English as a foreign language · Literacy · Pedagogy · Religious diversity · Sociology · Anthropology · Education and Islamic Studies · Jewish Identity and Society · Psychology · Religious Education and Schools · Gender Studies

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