Use of PRIME textbook discontinued
The textbook "Learning the Historival Narrative of the Other" offers the Israeli and Palestinian narratives of the Middle East conflict. It includes material on the genesis of the Zionist movement in the 19th century through events of the past decade. Each page in the book is divided into three sections of equal size. The Israeli narrative is presented on the right, the Palestinian narrative on the left, and down the middle are empty lines in which the students are asked to fill with their thoughts.
The work on the textbook was initiated by Professor Dan Bar-On of Ben-GurionUniversity of the Negev and Professor Sami Adwan of BethlehemUniversity, with input from numerous Israeli and Palestinian history teachers.
Last year a history teacher at Sha'ar Hanegev began using the textbook in specialized and expanded lessons for students who opted for the five-unit track. The class consisted of 15 11th-graders who will submit a final paper on the topic of their choice. The course work is in addition to the regular curriculum that is geared toward the matriculation exam.
Now the Education Ministry instructed the Sha'ar Hanegev high school to cease using the history text.
More Information:
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/education-ministry-bans-textbook-that-offers-palestinian-narrative-1.315838
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