Education and the dangerous memories of historical trauma: Narratives of pain, narratives of hope

Curriculum Inquiry

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 125-154

  Zembylas, Michalinos ^a   Bekerman, Zvi ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 39649112156     PISSN: 03626784     EISSN: 1467873X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-873X.2007.00403.x     Document Type: Article

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