Promoting Social Cohesion through Education : Case Studies and Tools for Using Textbooks.

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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Roberts-Schweitzer, Eluned, 1948-, Greaney, Vincent, Duer, Kreszentia, 1949-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, DC : World Bank, ©2006.
Series:WBI learning resources series.
World Bank e-Library.
Subjects:
Multicultural education > Case studies.
Cultural pluralism in textbooks > Case studies.
Éducation interculturelle > Études de cas.
Diversité culturelle dans les manuels scolaires > Études de cas.
EDUCATION > Multicultural Education.
Cultural pluralism in textbooks
Multicultural education
Case studies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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