The other side of the story: Israeli and Palestinian teachers write a history textbook together

In this essay, Shoshana Steinberg and Dan Bar-On present the work of a team of Israeli and Palestinian teachers who developed a history textbook that includes both groups' narratives of the same events side by side. These teachers then tested the effects of its use in both Israeli and Palestini...

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Published in:Harvard educational review 2009, Vol.79 (1), p.104-122
Main Authors: Steinberg, Shoshana, Bar-On, Dan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Awards & honors
Collaboration
Collegiality
Cross Cultural Studies
Culture
Culture Conflict
Curricula
Geschichte (Histor)
Historical text analysis
History education
History Instruction
Holocaust
Israel
Jewish people
Jews
Kooperation
Learning
Lehrer
Narratives
Nazi era
Negative Attitudes
Palestine
Palestinian people
Palästina
Peace
Perspective Taking
Politics
Psychology
Resistance (Psychology)
Schulbuch
Social History
Society
Stereotypes
Students
Teachers
Teaching Experience
Teaching Methods
Textbook Content
Textbook Evaluation
Textbook Preparation
Textbook Publication
Textbooks
Violence
War
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Summary:In this essay, Shoshana Steinberg and Dan Bar-On present the work of a team of Israeli and Palestinian teachers who developed a history textbook that includes both groups' narratives of the same events side by side. These teachers then tested the effects of its use in both Israeli and Palestinian classrooms; for the first time, students on each side of the conflict were exposed to the other side's understanding of key historical events. The authors present the challenges that the team faced in developing the textbook and that teachers encountered in the classroom as well as the understanding and collaboration this project fostered. They argue that the process of creating the dual-narratives text, as well as the text itself, allows teachers to play a productive role in violent political conflicts. (Contains 4 notes.)
ISSN:0017-8055
1943-5045
DOI:10.17763/haer.79.1.y20h1445444q4511