The Evolution and Implementation of a National Curriculum Under Conditions of Resistance
The Case of the Palestinians (1970–82)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8967484 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Philipp O Amour (0000-0001-6287-4625, Sakarya University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 87-107 |
| Publication date | 2018-12-14 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal Middle East Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7438 • E-ISSN: 1471-6380 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0020743818001137 |
| OpenAlex | W2904511349 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 48 |
Can a nation mobilizing for an extended armed conflict also construct and implement a national educational curriculum? This article explores the complex and crucial case of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) as it sought to develop a national curriculum while in exile in Lebanon during the 1970s, prior to the inception of the Palestinian National Authority. Based on previously unexamined primary sources from PLO archives, I show how the PLO accomplished a high level of curriculum maturity despite considerable contextual and institutional challenges. The PLO mainstream embraced this curriculum as a political instrument of anticolonial and postdiasporic education suitable for regenerating a sense of community, fostering nation building, and increasing the PLO's political legitimacy. However, as can be expected in a colonial or diasporic setting, the process of educational transition remained uneven, fragile, and dependent on the PLO leadership's ability to navigate conflicts and negotiate arrangements with colonial power, host states, and international organizations
Colonialism · Construct (python library · Curriculum · Legitimacy · Mainstream · National curriculum · Negotiation · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Resistance (ecology · Sociology · Cultural Identity and Representation · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Middle East Politics and Society · Public Administration
Encountering Nationalism
Educational Reform in Post-Accord Palestine
The Invention of Tradition
The Palestinians and 1948
Anti-Colonialism and Education
Blaming the Victims
The Invention Of Tradition
Introduction
The Foreign Policies of Arab States
Palestinian Politics after the Oslo AccordsResuming Arab Palestine
A History of the Arab–Israeli Conflict
The Israel-Palestine Conflict
The Palestinians
The Origins of Palestinian Nationalism
The Palestinian People
The Palestinian Liberation Organisation
Palestinian Politics after the Oslo Accords
A History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Questions of Cultural Identity
From Emergency Relief Assistance to Human Development and Back
UNRWA and the Palestinian Refugees After Sixty Years
Third World Education
Palestinian education
Palestinians in Kuwait
T he T hree F aces /P hases of P alestinian N ationalism , 1948––2005
UNRWA and the Refugees
What is the PLO
Developments and Setbacks in The Palestinian Resistance Movement 1967-1971
The Civilian Infrastructure of the Palestine Liberation Organization
Educating A Community in Exile
Political Socialization of Palestinian Children in Kuwait
Nations and nationalism since 1789
Practical, Theoretical, and Methodological Challenges of Field Research in the Middle East
Introduction
The Educational Philosophy and Curriculum of the Palestinian Nationalist Movement
On the origin, meaning, use and abuse of a phrase
A Paradise Lost? The Rise and Fall of the Palestinian Community in Kuwait
Narrative in Political Science
Imagined communities
The Palestinian Liberation Organisation
Imagined Communities. Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism
| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2024 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |