TY - JOUR
T1 - Identity versus peace
T2 - Identity wins
AU - Bekerman, Zvi
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - In this essay, Zvi Bekerman reveals the complicated and dynamic negotiation of individual and group identities for communities engaged in peace and reconciliation education. By looking closely at the experiences of students, teachers, and parents at one integrated bilingual Arabic-Hebrew school in Israel, Bekerman finds that while children are often able to reach beyond the boundaries of ethnicity and religion, adults struggle to negotiate their sociohistorical positioning with their goals for peace. Everyday practices - from recognizing the exceptionality of students who participate in religious practices outside of their ethnic background to segregating national ceremonial events - promote static and nationalistic notions of identity that limit the potential of these schools to advance authentic and meaningful change for peace. Bekerman calls on us to teach our students to become artists of design who can help construct new ways of living together.
AB - In this essay, Zvi Bekerman reveals the complicated and dynamic negotiation of individual and group identities for communities engaged in peace and reconciliation education. By looking closely at the experiences of students, teachers, and parents at one integrated bilingual Arabic-Hebrew school in Israel, Bekerman finds that while children are often able to reach beyond the boundaries of ethnicity and religion, adults struggle to negotiate their sociohistorical positioning with their goals for peace. Everyday practices - from recognizing the exceptionality of students who participate in religious practices outside of their ethnic background to segregating national ceremonial events - promote static and nationalistic notions of identity that limit the potential of these schools to advance authentic and meaningful change for peace. Bekerman calls on us to teach our students to become artists of design who can help construct new ways of living together.
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U2 - 10.17763/haer.79.1.m30672027u72x633
DO - 10.17763/haer.79.1.m30672027u72x633
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AN - SCOPUS:64749106706
SN - 0017-8055
VL - 79
SP - 74
EP - 83
JO - Harvard Educational Review
JF - Harvard Educational Review
IS - 1
ER -