Truth against truth: American and Arab history school textbooks portrayal of the Arab–Israeli conflict
الملخص
Textbooks reflect a national consensus regarding the knowledge, values and perspectives that a
society wants conveyed to their students. Through textbooks, students are exposed to a dominant
narrative that presents an official story that shapes contemporary patriotism (Hein and Selden,
2000). This paper centers on how the narratives of textbooks portray the Arab Israeli conflict and
other relevant events. Textbooks from Iraq, Jordan, Egypt and the United States are examined to
determine what knowledge is transmitted to students about the Arab Israeli conflict. Findings
indicate that the conflict is oversimplified, important information is omitted and textbooks provide
limited narratives of the conflict. The authors of this study suggest the implementation of a
narrative-based approach to teaching history so that students are provided with opportunities to
develop a critical analysis of textbook knowledge and to discover that historical events are composed
of multiple narratives that should be examined.
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