TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Truth against truth: American and Arab history school textbooks portrayal of the Arab-Israeli conflict
JO  - Near and Middle Eastern journal of research in education
A1  - Romanowski, Michael H.
A1  - Alkhateeb, Hadeel
SP  - 1
EP  - 1
VL  - 2011
IS  - online
N2  - Textbooks reflect a national consensus regarding the knowledge, values and perspectives that a society wants conveyed to their students. Through textbooks, students are exposed to a dominant narrative that presents an official story that shapes contemporary patriotism (Hein and Selden, 2000). This paper centers on how the narratives of textbooks portray the Arab-Israeli conflict and other relevant events. Textbooks from Iraq, Jordan, Egypt and the United States are examined to determine what knowledge is transmitted to students about the Arab-Israeli conflict. Findings indicate that the conflict is oversimplified, important information is omitted and textbooks provide limited narratives of the conflict. The authors of this study suggest the implementation of a narrative-based approach to teaching history so that students are provided with opportunities to develop a critical analysis of textbook knowledge and to discover that historical events are composed of multiple narratives that should be examined.<p /> 
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SN  - 1703-1958
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5339/nmejre.2011.1
ID  - ref1
ER  -