ERIC Number: EJ1110257
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 26
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Exploring Anti-Semitism in the Classroom: A Case Study among Norwegian Adolescents from Minority Backgrounds
Thomas, Paul
Journal of Jewish Education, v82 n3 p182-207 2016
This study explores high school students' views of Jews in one minority-dominated school in Oslo, Norway. Employing a qualitative approach, semistructured interview guides and classroom-based discussions teased out attitudes toward Jews drawing on questions from a nationwide research conducted by The Center for Studies of the Holocaust and Religious Minorities (2012). The findings are analyzed through the conceptual prism of anti-social capital and the literature on anti-Semitism with a focus on Jean-Paul Sartre's (1948) analysis. This study warns that failure to pay attention to the increasing fragmentation of the educational landscape in Norway along ethnico-religious lines will serve to undermine teachers' efforts to combat anti-Semitism.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Jews, Social Discrimination, Case Studies, Adolescents, Minority Group Students, High School Students, Student Attitudes, Qualitative Research, Semi Structured Interviews, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Social Capital, Educational Trends, Religious Conflict, Power Structure, War, European History, Classroom Communication, Discourse Analysis, Stereotypes, Field Trips, Ideology
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Norway (Oslo)
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