The inner conflict: How Palestinian students in Israel react to the dual narrative approach concerning the events of 1948

Journal of Educational Media, Memory, and Society

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-77

  Eid, Neveen ^a,b  

^a Psychological Services Center   (Israel)

^b Evaluation Network   (Israel)

Author keywords

1948; Dual narrative approach; Dual narrative textbook; Israel; Narrative of the other; Palestinian National Authority; Palestinian Israeli; PRIME

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859354460     PISSN: 20416938     EISSN: 20416946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3167/jemms.2010.020104     Document Type: Article

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