Yaacov Iram

Education of Minorities and Peace Education in Pluralistic Societies

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The existence of minorities will grow in most countries of the world because of sociopolitical upheaval and economic crisis, both of which result in waves of migration. Contributors to this volume discuss the task of education to alleviate the problems arising from the mix of peoples of various ethnic, cultural, linguistic, and religious backgrounds. 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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 290
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Mai 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 604g
• ISBN-13: 9780275978211
• ISBN-10: 0275978214
• Artikelnr.: 22296582

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction by Yaacov Iram Theory and Concepts Education of Minorities:
Problems, Promises, and Prospects. An International Perspective by Yaacov
Iram Cultural Recognition or Social Redistribution: Predicaments of
Minority Education by Gita Steiner-Khamsi Multiculturalism and Civic
Education in a Globalizing Economy by Martin Carnoy What Should Be the
Foundations of Peace Education? by Chadwick Alger Education for Peace:
Concepts, Contexts, and Challenges by Lennart Vriens Case Studies Can
Educational Improvement Equalize Minority Economic Opportunities? The Case
of the United States by Martin Carnoy Cultural and Religious Minority
Education in France: Limits to Diversity and Equality by Leslie Limage
Recognizing and Educating Religious Minorities in England and Wales by
Leslie Francis Minority Education in the Palestinian Authority by Aziz
Haidar Promoting Inter-Group Attitudes in Israel Through Internet
Technology by Yaacov Katz and Yaacov Yablon The Bedouin Community in the
Israeli Negev: Educational and Community Characteristics by Rivka Glaubman
and Yaacov Katz Jewish-Arab Relations and the Education System in Israel: A
Case of Controlled Multiculturalism by Majid Al-Haj Is Silencing Conflicts
a Peace Education Strategy? The Case of the "Jewish State" Topic in Israeli
Civics Textbooks by Hillel Wahrman Jewish Education Worldwide: A Minority
Educates Itself by Walter Ackerman