Political Conflict Confronted through Prison Education: A Case Study of Israeli Teachers Working with Palestinian Prisoners

Autor/in	Ben-Tsur, Dalia
Titel	Political Conflict Confronted through Prison Education: A Case Study of Israeli Teachers Working with Palestinian Prisoners
Quelle	In: Journal of Correctional Education, 58 (2007) 2, S.108-128 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0740-2708
Schlagwörter	Terrorism; Correctional Education; Correctional Institutions; Foreign Countries; Language Teachers; Institutionalized Persons; Jews; Arabs; English (Second Language); Teacher Attitudes; Political Issues; Islam; Teacher Student Relationship; Political Attitudes; Israel; Palestine + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Terrorismus; Fürsorgeerziehung; Jugendstrafvollzug; Ausland; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Jew; Jude; Jüdin; Juden; Arab; Araber; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Lehrerverhalten; Politischer Faktor; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Palästina
Abstract	This paper explores a unique and controversial case of Israeli English-language teachers working with Palestinian inmates incarcerated in prisons around Israel for involvement in terrorist activity against Israelis. This phenomenon is profoundly complex as the prisoners in question have been convicted of terrorist crimes against Israeli soldiers and civilians. The teachers who enter the prisons to teach these inmates therefore in effect belong to the group targeted in the terrorist activity. This paper explores the Israeli teachers' perceptions of the inmates, the teachers' perceptions of the value of education for these prisoners and how these perceptions influence their decisions to go in to the prisons to assist these students with their academic studies. Beyond offering an understanding of the interplay between political confrontation and prison education in Israel, this paper opens up a discussion surrounding the increasingly relevant issue of prison education of Islamic terrorists worldwide and raises a number of questions regarding educational programmes for this particular prison population. (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10