A Vignette: "You're American?" Attempts to Reach Muslim High School Students in Germany

Autor/in	Dorfman, Dorinne
Titel	A Vignette: "You're American?" Attempts to Reach Muslim High School Students in Germany
Quelle	In: International Education, 37 (2008) 2, S.118-124 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0160-5429
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Muslims; News Reporting; Foreign Countries; High School Students; Teacher Student Relationship; Cultural Influences; Social Influences; Social Attitudes; War; Consciousness Raising; Arabs; International Relations; World Problems; Presidents; Cultural Pluralism; Student Attitudes; Germany; Iraq; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Muslim; Muslimin; News report; Reportage; Ausland; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Sozialer Einfluss; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Krieg; Bewusstseinsbildung; Arab; Araber; Internationale Beziehungen; Weltproblem; President; Präsident; Kulturpluralismus; Schülerverhalten; Deutschland; Irak; USA
Abstract	This article presents a story of how an American teacher in Berlin tried to reach out to her Muslim high school students. She relates how her students were always gracious to her but when they found out she was an American, they tend to avoid talking to her. She explains that the reputation the United States has earned over the past three years has warranted this rejection. For many Muslims and others worldwide, Bush's America conjures up images of torture at Abu Ghraib, pitiless incarceration at Guantanamo Bay, and rouses rage against a falsely justified war that has killed no less than 33,700 civilians and possibly over 100,000 total Iraqis. This volatile backdrop further compelled her to reach out to her Muslim students. To reach out to her students, she acted as a private citizen to share a critical perspective rarely heard in media coverage of Americans. (Contains 1 footnote.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10