Education of Minorities and Peace Education in Pluralistic Societies

by Henderson, Carrol L.

• ISBN13: 9780275978211
• ISBN10: 0275978214
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-05-30
• Publisher: Greenwood Pub Group

Summary

No education system alone can create a just and equal society, and education by itself is not enough to achieve peace. Nevertheless, educational efforts assisted by other institutional commitments and actions are essential in order to create an atmosphere of justice, mutual recognition, and acceptance as preconditions for peaceful coexistence within groups and between people. As a result of worldwide migration in reaction to wars and other geopolitical conflicts, as well as economic crisis, many modern nation-states consist of a mix of people of various ethnic, cultural, linguistic, and religious backgrounds. Indeed, there are very few countries that are monocultural. Here contributors discuss how it is imperative that multicultural education be promoted to achieve awareness, then tolerance, and finally acceptance of ethnic and other diversity within societies.

Author Biography

YAACOV IRAM is Professor of Comparative and International Education, Bar-Ilan University, Israel. He is currently the Chair holder of the Dr. Josef Burg Chair in Education for Human Values, Tolerance and Peace, UNESCO.

Table of Contents

Introduction by Yaacov Iram<BR>

Theory and Concepts<BR>

Education of Minorities: Problems, Promises, and Prospects. An International Perspective by Yaacov Iram<BR>

Cultural Recognition or Social Redistribution: Predicaments of Minority Education by Gita Steiner-Khamsi<BR>

Multiculturalism and Civic Education in a Globalizing Economy by Martin Carnoy<BR>

What Should Be the Foundations of Peace Education? by Chadwick Alger<BR>

Education for Peace: Concepts, Contexts, and Challenges by Lennart Vriens<BR>

Case Studies<BR>

Can Educational Improvement Equalize Minority Economic Opportunities? The Case of the United States by Martin Carnoy<BR>

Cultural and Religious Minority Education in France: Limits to Diversity and Equality by Leslie Limage<BR>

Recognizing and Educating Religious Minorities in England and Wales by Leslie Francis<BR>

Minority Education in the Palestinian Authority by Aziz Haidar<BR>

Promoting Inter-Group Attitudes in Israel Through Internet Technology by Yaacov Katz and Yaacov Yablon<BR>

The Bedouin Community in the Israeli Negev: Educational and Community Characteristics by Rivka Glaubman and Yaacov Katz<BR>

Jewish-Arab Relations and the Education System in Israel: A Case of Controlled Multiculturalism by Majid Al-Haj<BR>

Is Silencing Conflicts a Peace Education Strategy? The Case of the "Jewish State" Topic in Israeli Civics Textbooks by Hillel Wahrman<BR>

Jewish Education Worldwide: A Minority Educates Itself by Walter Ackerman