ERIC Number: EJ1151046
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
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Constructing Israeli and Palestinian Identity: A Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis of World History Textbooks and Teacher Discourse
Osborn, Daniel
Journal of International Social Studies, v7 n1 p4-33 2017
This research critically evaluates the depiction of Israelis and Palestinians in World History textbooks and World History teachers' instructional discourse. Employing a Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis methodology, this study offers a comparison between written narratives and spoken discourse in order to analyze the portrayals found in classrooms. This research found that Israelis and Palestinians are almost entirely depicted in relation to war and conflict. This establishes parameters for the ways in which either population can be characterized while obscuring substantive recognition of both communities' diversity and cultural identities.
Descriptors: Jews, Arabs, World History, Textbooks, History Instruction, Discourse Analysis, Comparative Analysis, War, Conflict, Cultural Awareness, Self Concept, Identification (Psychology), Social Studies
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Language: English
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