ERIC Number: EJ778212
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Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 32
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"I Was Born Here, but My Home, It's Not Here": Educating for Democratic Citizenship in an Era of Transnational Migration and Global Conflict
El-Haj, Thea Renda Abu
Harvard Educational Review, v77 n3 p285-316 Fall 2007
In this article, Thea Renda Abu El-Haj shares her research on how a group of Palestinian American high school youth understand themselves as members of the U.S. community, of the Palestinian American community, and of communities in Palestine. She argues that, for these youth, coming to terms with who they are has a great deal to do both with how they view themselves and how Palestinian Americans are viewed in the imagined community of the United States, especially after September 11, 2001. Her research reports on the tensions these youth face as they deal with school issues, like pledging allegiance to the U.S. flag, teacher harassment, and disciplinary sanctions related to being framed as "terrorists," that affect how they think about citizenship and belonging. Given the complex way these and other youth experience belonging, Abu El-Haj ends with a call for a greater commitment to, and a more nuanced understanding of, citizenship education. (Contains 12 endnotes.)
Descriptors: Sanctions, Citizenship, Democracy, Citizenship Education, Foreign Countries, Immigrants, High School Students, Terrorism, Acculturation, Arabs, Student Attitudes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools
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Language: English
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