Oasis of Dreams: Teaching and Learning Peace in a Jewish-Palestinian Village in Israel

by Feuerverger,Grace

• ISBN13: 9780415929394
• ISBN10: 0415929393
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2001-03-19
• Publisher: RoutledgeFalmer

Summary

Neve Shalom/Wahat Al-Salam (the Hebrew and Arabic words for Oasis of Peace) is a community founded by Jews and Palestinians that is aimed at demonstrating the possibilities for living in peace while maintaining their respective cultural heritages and languages. The village schools represent a unique educational experience: an opportunity for Jewish and Palestinian children to learn together in a Hebrew-Arabic bilingual, bicultural, binational setting. This book, a result of the author's nine year study of the schools in the village, explores the psychological and social dimensions of this important educational endeavor.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction	xv
An Oasis of Peace: The Village of Neve Shalom/Wahat Al-Salam	1	(16)
Reflexive Ethnography on the Border of Hope	7	(2)
Autobiographical Ruminations: Introducing the Author	9	(5)
``In the Beginning'': A First Glimpse of Peace	12	(2)
Concluding Remarks	14	(1)
Endnotes	15	(2)
A Community of Moral Education	17	(34)
Moral Responsibility: A Theoretical Framework	17	(3)
Between Aesthetics and Rigor: An Interactive Methodology	20	(2)
Moral Dilemmas within a Sociohistoric Context: The Dialogic Relationship between Justice and Care	22	(2)
Moral Development through Narratives of Lived Experiences	24	(2)
Conversation: A Tool in Data Gathering	25	(1)
Stories of Moral Dilemmas	26	(10)
The Christmas Party: Exploring Interfaith Understanding	36	(3)
Conversations with the Schoolchildren	39	(4)
The Specter of the Holocaust	43	(2)
Concluding Remarks	45	(4)
Endnotes	49	(2)
The Pedagogy of Peace: Language Awareness in the Neve Shalom/Wahat Al-Salam Elementary School	51	(34)
Emancipatory Discourse: ``Border Crossing'' and Peacemaking	51	(1)
Theoretical Considerations	52	(2)
Complexities of the Hebrew-Arabic Asymmetry	54	(2)
The Israeli Educational School System: A Brief Overview	56	(3)
The Language of Peace: A Reflective Look at the Teachers and Learners in the Village School	59	(9)
The Sociolinguistic Background	68	(10)
Language Awareness and Second Language Learning in Israel	69	(2)
The New Language Center in Neve Shalom/Wahat Al-Salam: Implications for Language Pedagogy	71	(4)
Implications for Multilingual Education	75	(1)
The Allure of English: A Language of Dominion	76	(2)
Insider-Outsiderness along the Sociolinguistic Border: A Personal Narrative	78	(6)
Ma Chere Langue Francaise: Escape from Despair	81	(3)
Concluding Remarks	84	(1)
Endnotes	84	(1)
Witnessing Trauma: The ``School for Peace''	85	(30)
Introduction to an Interpretive Inquiry	85	(5)
Toward a Pedagogy of Hope: The Mystery of Mediation	90	(1)
The Three-Day Encounter	91	(5)
First Glimpse: Personal Musings	92	(1)
Border Dialogues: Language, ``Otherness,'' and Exile	93	(3)
The First Day: Narratives of Vulnerability	96	(4)
The Second Day: Longing for Legitimacy	100	(5)
The Role of the Facilitators: Teaching Conflict Resolution	102	(3)
The Third Day: Deconstructing the Discourse of Victimhood	105	(3)
The Specter of the Holocaust Revisited: Reactions to the Persian Gulf War	108	(4)
Concluding Remarks	112	(1)
Endnotes	113	(2)
Portraits of Peace	115	(32)
Bridges of Hope: Reflexive Interviewing	115	(1)
Methodological Considerations	116	(2)
The Reflexive Ethnographic ``Gaze'': A Story about Others	117	(1)
Father of the Dream: An Interview with Bruno Hussar	118	(13)
A Tale of Two Identities: An Interview with Rayek Rizek	131	(10)
Believing in a Place of Peace: An Interview with Pere Abbe Paul Sauma	141	(4)
Concluding Remarks	145	(2)
Teaching Peace: The Power of Love, Art, and Imagination	147	(34)
Teachers' Stories as Invitations to Understanding	147	(1)
The Intersection among Teaching, Learning, and Meaning: A Personal Deconstruction	148	(3)
Teaching as Life Experience in Neve Shalom/Wahat Al-Salam	151	(7)
Tirzah and Ahmed, the SFP Facilitators	152	(6)
In Their Own Voices: Interviews as Resistance to Hegemony	158	(1)
An Interview with Diana Shalufi-Rizek	159	(9)
An Interview with Anwar Daoud	168	(5)
An Interview with Ilan Frisch	173	(5)
Concluding Remarks	178	(1)
Endnotes	179	(2)
The Dream of Peace	181	(8)
Hillary Rodham Clinton's Visit to the Village	181	(4)
Dreaming of Peace: A Pedagogical Adventure	185	(1)
Personal Place in the Research	186	(2)
Endnotes	188	(1)
Bibliography	189	(16)
Index	205