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To Educate Is to Include: A Baghdadi Palestinian Refugee's School Days in Chile
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Leihy, Pete; Martini, Héctor Arancibia – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2023
Support for immigrant children, and in particular those who have fled conflict, is crucial for facilitating integration into a new life. The school environment is a key space for providing psychosocial support to mitigate the impact of the displacement experience and for promoting successful settlement outcomes. This study considers the historical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Student Experience, Student Needs
Peace and Conflict in Israeli State-Approved Textbooks: 2000-2018
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Teff-Seker, Yael – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2020
The current article describes the peace and conflict educational approaches found in the Jewish-Israeli curricula between the years 2000-2017. Using thematic analysis, it extracts the dominant themes and messages towards Muslim, Arab and Palestinian 'others'. The study follows 123 textbooks recommended by the Israeli Ministry of Education for…
Descriptors: Peace, Religious Conflict, War, Foreign Countries
Holocaust Education and the Palestinian Cause: Young Palestinian People in Sweden, and Their Perceptions of Holocaust Education
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Adwan, Sami; Mattsson, Christer; Johansson, Thomas – Intercultural Education, 2021
The paper investigates the experiences, perceptions and responses of immigrants with a Palestinian background in relation to learning about the Holocaust and the Palestinian cause in Swedish schools and visiting Holocaust sites. Data were collected from 50 immigrant students using audio-recorded and open-structured interviews. The results indicate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Jews, Death, War
Constructing the Resilient Subject in Israeli Classrooms: Professional Interventions, Culture and Politics in a Protracted Conflict
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Plotkin Amrami, Galia; Brunner, José – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2017
While the concept of resilience has attracted a great deal of academic interest, less attention has been paid to the particular traits of the resilient subject. This article extracts the prototype of the resilient student as performed through professional interventions that build resilience in Israeli schools in the context of the…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Student Attitudes, Conflict, Violence
Rethinking Higher Education for Syrian Refugees in Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey
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Fincham, Kathleen – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2020
Within the Middle East and North Africa region, more than 5,600,000 Syrian refugees are currently registered with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) as seen here https://www.unhcr.org/. Amongst university-aged refugees, only a small fraction (Jordan -- 8%, Lebanon -- 6%, Turkey -- 1%) are currently enrolled in higher education. This paper, based on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Refugees, Access to Education, Higher Education
Educational Attainment and Egalitarian Attitudes toward Women in the MENA Region: Insights from the Arab Barometer
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Auletto, Amy; Kim, Taeyeon; Marias, Rachel – Current Issues in Comparative Education, 2017
Despite increasingly egalitarian attitudes toward women in the Middle East and North Africa, nations in this region continue to rank among the lowest in measures of gender equality. Using survey data, we examine the relationship between educational attainment and support for women. We find that increased educational attainment is predictive of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Bias, Females, Social Bias