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- IMPACT-SE
on "Overcoming UNESCO Shortcomings - Proposing A
New Methodology for Textbook Research"
Lecture at GEI-Colloquium - May 2, 2012 (PDF
Version, 36 kb)
Article I 3 of UNESCO constitution, states that "with
a view to preserving the independence, integrity and fruitful
diversity of the cultures and educational systems of the
States Members […] the Organization is prohibited
from intervening in matters which are essentially within
their domestic jurisdiction". Hence UNESCO monitoring
is limited to sending non-mandatory questionnaires to
which many member states do not respond, and it has no
way to verify any answers submitted. In 2010, IMPACT-SE
Institute, as an expert in schoolbook monitoring, was
put in contact by the Chirac Foundation with UNESCO officials
in charge of the Global Report “Education for All”
in view of supplementing its content, which is mostly
quantitative, with qualitative data referring to respect
of others, promotion of tolerance and peaceful resolution
of conflicts. This lecture focused on IMPACT-SE's methodology
of six research.
- IMPACT-SE
on German TV
March 15, 2011
IMPACT-SE's CEO Shelley Shandor Elkayam was interviewed
by a newscast on German television about the widespread
trend in Hamas education to deny the holocaust, as well
about the tendency in their school education to deny reality
and truth. Our point of view is that governmental authorities
do not promote cultural understanding and cooperation
by falsifying facts and by renaming sites which have been
well-accepted for 1,700 years. Click
here to see the video clip from the interview.
- IMPACT-SE Debates "School and Prejudices"
at the French National Assembly
February 10, 2011
The conference chaired by MP and former minister Bernard
Debré on the theme "School and prejudices
- Does school still contribute to combating biases and
prejudices?" took place at the French National Assembly
on the initiative of IMPACT-SE. The conference moderated
by IMPACT-SE representative Patrick Pilcer turned around
the testimonies of Yannick Trigance, Annick Azerhad, Edith
Cresson, Michel Payen and a paper on pedagogic schemes
for pinpointing and dispelling prejudices by Yohanan Manor.
Read more, listen
to the conference and access the materials.
Pour la version
française, cliquez ici.
- IMPACT-SE Presentation
at European Parliament
November 2008
IMPACT-SE presented some of its latest research at a breakfast
briefing at the European Parliament on November 11, entitled:
“The Way to Peace in the Middle East: the Role of
School Education and Cultural Tolerance through Schoolbooks.”
The presentation highlighted the contrast between the
two prevailing currents in Middle Eastern education in
the area of education for tolerance and peace, as evident
in recent IMPACT-SE reports and research: the extremist
curricula of Hamas and Saudi Arabia versus the more tolerant
stream represented by Tunisian and Israeli curricula.
The presentation was followed by a lively question and
answer session attended by Members of the European Parliament,
a representative of the European Commission, Egyptian
and Lebanese representatives and various civil society
activists. Much enthusiasm was expressed by several Members
of the European Parliament over the positive example embodied
in the Tunisian curriculum, laying the foundations for
future events at the European Parliament surrounding the
concept of education for peace and tolerance in the Middle
East.
Supporting document: PowerPoint
Presentation (pdf, 297 kb)
- IMPACT-SE at the
International Conference on Anti-Semitism: Anti-Semitism
in Middle Eastern Schoolbooks
November 6, 2008
IMPACT-SE gave a presentation entitled ‘The Jews’
Image in Current Middle Eastern Schoolbooks’ at
the International Conference on Anti-Semitism at the Centre
of Middle Eastern Studies, Faculty of Philosophy and Arts,
the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, the Czech Republic,
on November 6, 2008. The presentation, based on a decade
of research by IMPACT-SE on the schoolbooks of Egypt,
Saudi Arabia, Iran, Syria and the Palestinian Authority,
points to the following grave conclusions: a fierce anti-Jewish
campaign is being waged in Middle Eastern curricula with
clear racist and even murderous characteristics. Jews
are demonized, both as a nation and as individuals, at
times by using European anti-Semitic notions. A culture
of hate towards the Jewish people is being created in
Middle Eastern schools, and one can even say that the
minds of Arab and Iranian youngsters are being set for
a new Holocaust.
Supporting document: PowerPoint
presentation (pdf, 2.52 mb)
- IMPACT-SE's
Report on Iranian Textbooks Discussed on Iranian VOA Program
(Video)
March 25, 2008
IMPACT-SE participated in an hour long discussion on the
popular Persian program "Round Table," produced by Voice
of America (VOA), regarding the Iranian school curriculum
and IMPACT-SE's
report. Dr. Saeed Paivandi of Paris-8 University,
who just published a similar report regarding Iran's educational
system under the Islamic regime for the Freedom House,
also participated.
- Discussion Panel on "Iranian Textbooks: Preparing
Iran’s Children for Global Jihad"
Hudson Institute, Washington, DC, March 10, 2008
As debates rage about Iran’s nuclear intentions, educational
textbooks may serve as one of the more candid guides for
discerning this regime’s worldview and ideology. IMPACT-SE
researchers covered the Iranian
report’s detailed findings and discussed the implications
for the United States and the rest of the international
community.
Supporting document: PowerPoint
Presentation (pdf, 1.23 mb)
- "Attitudes toward Jews in schoolbooks issued
by the PA Ministry of Endowments & Religious Affairs"
Briefing, Jerusalem, Jan. 8, 2008
Eradicating incitement from Palestinian schools has been
a central theme in negotiations since the Oslo accords.
President Bush himself has demanded that educators "Teach
values and moral responsibility in schools." In light
of President Bush's visit to Israel and the Palestinian
Authority, CMIP is hosting this briefing to examine religious
textbooks for 7th-12th grade students in the West Bank
and the Gaza Strip.
Supporting documents:
- "Palestinian
School Books: Educating New Generations in Hate and Jihad?"
May 15, 2007
CMIP has monitored the seven-year process, examining the
attitude expressed in the books to the "other"
and to peace. The findings are extremely worrying: The
PA textbooks do not educate for peace with Israel. Rather,
they promote the ideal of a violent struggle for liberation
against Israel in its integrality.
- The Testimony
of an Iranian Woman: Ms. Ghazal Omid
By Ghazal Omid - Feb. 8, 2007
On February 8, 2007, Ms. Ghazal Omid--Human Rights, Women
Rights and political activist, author of Living in
Hell, and a Shi'a Islam scholar--presented her testimony
at the British House of Commons, as an Iranian woman who
had experienced the Iranian educational system. This is
the contents of her testimony.
- Conference
in French: "Les manuels scolaires palestiniens :
L'enseignement de la haine" ("Palestinian
Schoolbooks: Teaching Hate")
Video in French (83 mn) - Tel-Aviv, Dec. 2006
Plan de la conférence : Les critères de
lecture des manuels ; La présentation du rapport
à l'autre (09m 57s) ; Le contenu idéologique
des ouvrages ; Israël, responsable de tous les maux
(12m 05s) ; Une éventuelle lueur d'espoir ; Le
sionisme vu autrement (14m 28s) ; Question n°1 : Quel
est l'impact des manuels sur la jeunesse ? (06m 11s) ;
Question n°2 : La Shoah pourrait-elle être abordée
? (07m 01s) ; Questions n°3-4-5 : Le Hamas et l'évolution
islamiste des manuels (12m 49s)
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