Promoting Social Cohesion through Education : Case Studies and Tools for Using Textbooks.
Title:
Promoting Social Cohesion through Education : Case Studies and Tools for Using Textbooks.
Author:
Roberts-Schweitzer, Eluned.
ISBN:
9780821364666
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (166 pages)
Series:
World Bank Institute Learning Resource
Contents:
Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Dedication -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Part I. Divisive or Inclusive? Issues in Education and Social Cohesion -- 1. Violence, Democracy, and Education: An Analytic Framework -- 2. Education for Diversity: Investing in Systemic Change through Curriculum, Textbooks, and Teachers -- Part II. Educating for Conflict or for Diversity? Case Studies -- 3. Textbooks, Respect for Diversity, and Social Cohesion -- 4. Textbooks in South Africa from Apartheid to Post-Apartheid: Ideological Change Revealed by Racial Stereotyping -- 5. Romani Children in European Schools: Recent Experience -- 6. Textbook Selection and Respect for Diversity in the United States -- Part III. Applications -- 7. Social Analysis in the Design of World Bank Education Projects -- 8. Diversity-Sensitive Interventions in Curriculum, Textbooks, and Pedagogical Practices: Guidelines for International Assistance Agencies.
Abstract:
This volume has three foci - the rationale for considering how aspects of education can affect social cohesion; case studies that review particular country experiences with curricula and textbooks; and practical guidelines and applications to help countries improve areas of education.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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