Adoptive Witness - The Transmission of Collective Memory and Identity in the Israeli History Curriculum
General Material Designation
[Thesis]
First Statement of Responsibility
Neil Orlowsky
Subsequent Statement of Responsibility
Dei, George J. Sefa
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
University of Toronto (Canada)
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2017
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
311
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
Committee members: Bickmore, Kathy; Wane, Njoki
NOTES PERTAINING TO PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-0-355-53182-4
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree
Ph.D.
Discipline of degree
Social Justice Education
Body granting the degree
University of Toronto (Canada)
Text preceding or following the note
2017
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Discussions on formal education in Israel focus more on debating whether violent undertones, negation, othering and incitement exist in resources, and less on how curriculum fosters democracy and tolerance. This thesis study investigates how the adoptive witnessing of history embedded within mandated secular Jewish-Israeli history curriculum may be used as a tool of political indoctrination, through its reinforcement of psycho-cultural narratives and dispositions that perpetuate an 'us' versus 'them' siege mentality.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Education; Sociology; Curriculum development
UNCONTROLLED SUBJECT TERMS
Subject Term
Social sciences;Education;Anti-racism;Curriculum;Education;Narrative;Psychocultural conflict theory;Subjugated knowledge