On August 11, 2020, Miko Peled hosted a round table discussion webinar featuring the foremost scholars, educators and activists on the subject of Palestinian and Israeli classroom curricula. If you missed this or other Miko Peled webinars, they can be viewed HERE.
Some of the topics and questions disscussed were:
- What is the framing of Palestine and Israel in each society’s respective educational environment?
- What techniques are employed by textbook publishers and governmental agencies to present a particular narrative within the curriculum?
- What effect does this have on each respective society?
- How can teachers and activists be a countervailing force?
Panel Biographies:Dr. Ilham Nasser, Ph.D., Former Senior Advisor to the Ministry of Education in Palestine, Senior Researcher at Advancing Education in Muslim Societies Initiative, International Institute of Islamic Thought
Dr. Cassandra Newby-Alexander, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Norfolk University, Professor of History, and Director of the Joseph Jenkins Roberts Center for African Diaspora Studies
Dr. Nurit Peled-Elhanan, Professor of Language and Education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Sakharov Prize Laureate for Human Rights awarded by the European Parliament, Co-initiator with Palestinian Ambassadrice in the EU of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine
Miko Peled (Host), Author, Writer, & Human Rights Activist for Palestinian Justice & Freedom
