Feeling Close from a Distance: Peace Encounters via Internet Technology

Autor/in	Yablon, Yaacov B.
Titel	Feeling Close from a Distance: Peace Encounters via Internet Technology
Quelle	In: New Directions for Youth Development, (2007) 116, S.99-107 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1533-8916
DOI	10.1002/yd.237
Schlagwörter	Jews; Democracy; Arabs; Internet; Peace; Interpersonal Relationship; Computer Mediated Communication; Youth Programs; After School Programs; Consciousness Raising; Cultural Pluralism; Grade 10; High School Students; Intercultural Programs; Foreign Countries; Israel + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Jew; Jude; Jüdin; Juden; Demokratie; Arab; Araber; Frieden; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Computerkonferenz; Jugendsofortprogramm; After school education; After-school programs; Program; Programs; Programme; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Programm; Bewusstseinsbildung; Kulturpluralismus; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Ausland
Abstract	In regions of intractable conflicts, daily circumstances and overall reality allow very narrow opportunities to bring members of conflict groups together in order to modify their social relationships. Internet-based communications were the backbone of a three-month program designed to address the Jewish-Arab conflict between Israeli Jewish youth and Arab youth to enable students to discuss issues such as equality, democracy, tolerance, and peace. This afterschool program, known as "Feeling Close from a Distance" is based mainly on Internet interaction between the groups, but also includes face-to-face meetings at both the start and the end of the program and guided group discussions for each side separately. This program was designed for tenth-grade Israeli Jewish and Arab students from four schools (two Jewish and two Arab) and took place after the end of school day three times a week for three months. The virtual world of the Internet provides the base for a meaningful interaction while affording a sufficient feeling of safety for personal disclosure and intergroup contact. Using school facilities, and especially computers and Internet infrastructure, enabled all students to participate. As an afterschool program, such intergroup interaction received much attention and support, and students who were not part of it showed interest and were curious about it. Such community support in peace encounters plays an important role in the success of any peace program and enhances the discussion of peace among all students in the school. (Contains 14 notes.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10