Schweitzer, Eluned Robert <br/><br/>
Promoting Social Cohesion through Education :   Case studies and tools for using textbooks and curricula / 
Eluned Robert Schweitzer. 
 - Washington, DC :  World bank Institute,  2006. 
 - vii, 154 p.:  27 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes bibliographic references and index 
<br/><br/>Foreword; Acknowledgments; Dedication; Contributors; Introduction; Part I. Divisive or Inclusive? Issues in Education and Social Cohesion; 1. Violence, Democracy, and Education: An Analytic Framework; 2. Education for Diversity: Investing in Systemic Change through Curriculum, Textbooks, and Teachers; Part II. Educating for Conflict or for Diversity? Case Studies; 3. Textbooks, Respect for Diversity, and Social Cohesion; 4. Textbooks in South Africa from Apartheid to Post-Apartheid: Ideological Change Revealed by Racial Stereotyping. 
<br/><br/>   This volume has three foci - the rationale for considering how aspects of education can affect social cohesion; case studies that review particular country experiences with curricula and textbooks; and practical guidelines and applications to help countries improve areas of education. 
<br/><br/><br/>English 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0-8213-6565-0/0978-0-8213-6465-9 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Multicultural education<br/>Cultural pluralism in textbooks
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>370.117 P94s