Fearful symmetry: Palestinian and Jewish teachers confront contested narratives in integrated bilingual education

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 507-515

  Bekerman, Zvi ^a   Zembylas, Michalinos ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Bilingual education; Collective memory; Cross cultural dialogue; Historical narratives; Multicultural education; Reconcilation; Teacher training

Indexed keywords

EID: 76349117691     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2009.06.010     Document Type: Article

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