Case studies and tools for using textbooks and curricula Schweitzer, Eluned Robert creator text xx Washington, DC World bank Institute 2006 monographic und

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vii, 154 p.: 27 cm. 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. 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. Eluned Robert Schweitzer. Includes bibliographic references and index English Multicultural education Cultural pluralism in textbooks 370.117 P94s 0-8213-6565-0/0978-0-8213-6465-9 251212 20260803094101.0