From ideological tensions to pedagogical solutions: Narratives of Israeli arab-palestinian civics teachers

Aviv Cohen

doi:10.1016/j.ijedudev.2019.05.007

From ideological tensions to pedagogical solutions: Narratives of Israeli arab-palestinian civics teachers

Aviv Cohen

Department of Education

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Abstract

This study wishes to advance the ongoing discourses of civic education and practices of teaching civics by focusing on the realities of minority civics teachers, who are in conflictual relations with the ruling majority. Focusing on narratives of eight Israeli Arab-Palestinian civics teachers, we traced three central ideological tensions that they encountered: 1) Between conflicting identities; 2) Between the official curriculum and students’ lived experiences, and 3) Between active and passive modes of citizenship. The main argument highlights the teachers’ reflections on pedagogy and teaching practices seen by them as a key solution to deal with these tensions.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	96-104
Number of pages	9
Journal	International Journal of Educational Development
Volume	68
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2019.05.007
State	Published - Jul 2019

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This work was supported by The Center for the Study of Multiculturalism and Diversity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel .

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Keywords

Civics
Educational practices
Interviews
Israel
Minority groups
Pedagogy

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