ERIC Number: EJ1077156
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
Pages: 8
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"Good Citizenship" through Bilingual Children Literature: Arabic and Hebrew
Zamir, Sara; Baratz, Lea
Journal of Education and Learning, v2 n3 p71-78 2013
The aim of the research has been to evaluate the contribution of the genre of bilingual literature, Arabic and Hebrew, to citizenship education. Since the Israeli society is a multicultural society comprised of both nations, Arabs and Jews who live in conflicted environment, one must regard those textbooks as civic agents. Literature is a socialization agent and as such it is an active influential factor in children's mental environment. Choosing literary pieces adapted to children's life is important, since literature, by its essence, is about values, and its function is to mold the child's character as an adult citizen. According the typology of Westheimer and Kahne (2003), the notion of being a good citizen is comprised of three types: the responsible citizen, the participatory citizen and the justice citizen. The content analysis procedure, based on Krippendorff (2004), revealed that most the stories, hence, ten out the thirteen deal with the two elevated types of citizenship, namely, the participatory citizen and the justice citizen. Inspire of the fact that we are dealing with children's literature, the authors of bilingual children literature do not belittle the capacity of children to grasp their role as citizens in multicultural society.
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Teaching Methods, Childrens Literature, Bilingualism, Semitic Languages, Foreign Countries, Arabs, Jews, Citizen Participation, Role, Justice, Content Analysis
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