Educational Media on the Middle East Conflict and Israel-Related Antisemitism: Types of Specialized Tools for Civic Education in Germany
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Israel-related forms of antisemitism belong to the most widely distributed patterns of this hatred. Despite the broad covering of the Middle East conflict in the German public discourse, this subject is not prominently represented in the education system (teacher training, school books, etc.). To address teachers’ insecurities and make specific didactical offers, a range of pedagogical handouts has been published since the 2000s. However, the didactical characteristics and appropriateness of these materials have not been analyzed on a broader scale. This paper offers a rare documental focus, as it presents the results of work with a research corpus that includes 195 scenarios of civic education on the topics of the Middle East conflict and Israel-related antisemitism, for which the approach of Qualitative Content Analysis has been used. Based on this research, a typology of didactical approaches has been developed, taking into account didactical and content-related dimensions. This typology can be used to precisely identify and address currently existing lacunae in antisemitism-related education. In addition, this paper discusses the specific contributions of educational materials of each type to antisemitism prevention as well as their non-intended effects.
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Antisemitism: Education against Teaching and Pedagogy Main Topic: Antisemitism Antisemitism: Israel-Related Curriculum and Schoolbooks
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8(2)
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47-62
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Link to article (paywalled), Educational Media on the Middle East Conflict and Israel-Related Antisemitism: Types of Specialized Tools for Civic Education in Germany
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Educational Media on the Middle East Conflict and Israel-Related Antisemitism: Types of Specialized Tools for Civic Education in Germany. 2026: 47-62. https://archive.jpr.org.uk/10.26613/jca/8.2.196
