ReportMiddle East | Israel

Peace and Conflict in Israel State-Approved Textbooks: 20002018

The article describes the peace and conflict educational approaches found in the Jewish-Israeli curricula between the years 20002017, and extracts the dominant themes and messages towards Muslim, Arab and Palestinian others. The study follows 123...

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ReportMiddle East | Palestinian Territories | Palestinian Authority

THE REJECTION OF PEACE: References to Peace Agreements, Israel, and Jews, Now Removed from PA Curriculum

A report on selected positive content about peace, relations with Israel, and Jewish historical presence previously in the Palestinian school curriculum between 2000 and 2016, and subsequently removed from the restructured 201619 curriculum. Although some...

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ReportMiddle East | Palestinian Territories | Palestinian Authority

REFORM or RADICALIZATION: PA 2017 Curriculum  A Preliminary Review

With the first full reform of the Palestinian curriculum since 2000, IMPACT-se, in its second of three reports, covers sixty-six textbooks from the new PA curriculum of 201718 for Grades 511. Further research will provide...

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ReportMiddle East | Israel

HAREDI TEXTBOOKS IN ISRAEL: REINFORCING THE BARRICADES

IMPACT-se researches 93 textbooks used in the Haredi curricula to promote a unique and separate cultural identity, keeping contact with mainstream Israeli culture to a minimum. While it fails to meet all of the UNESCO...

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ReportMiddle East | Palestinian Territories | Palestinian Authority

PALESTINIAN ELEMENATARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM 201617: RADICALIZATION AND REVIVAL OF THE PLO PROGRAM

This IMPACT-se report examines the 201617 Palestinian Authority school curriculum, focusing on elementary school grades 1-4. There is a comparison with upper grade student learning. The results point to instruction that is significantly more radical...

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