Images of Identity: Self and Other in School Textbooks of the Palestinian Authority

On June 1, 2011, EDST presented Dr. Samira Alayan speaking on “Images of Identity: Self and Other in School Textbooks of the Palestinian Authority.” The study analyzes representations of self and “Other” in ministry-approved history textbooks for secondary level in Palestine. Samira Alayan holds a PhD in the sociology of education from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and is a research fellow at the Georg Eckert Institute for International Textbook Research, Braunschweig, Germany. Her research focuses on education in the Middle East in conflict and post-conflict settings.

If you want to learn more about the topic, read the abstract (.pdf) and the event poster.

Guest speaker: “Globalization and Educational policies"

The Department of Educational Studies was pleased to present a talk by visiting guest speaker, Professor Abdeljalil Akkari of the University of Geneva, Switzerland where he is an associate professor in the Department of Education. Professor Akkari’s talk, “Globalization and Educational policies: The challenge of diversity,” explored two-tiered educational systems emerging from educational policies. His main research interests now focus on teacher education and reforms of educational systems in a comparative perspective. The talk was arranged by Dr. André Mazawi of EDST.

A detailed description of the event is on our website.

Killam Teaching Prize awarded

EDST Professor André Mazawi was awarded the Killam Teaching prize last week at UBC’s convocation ceremonies.

Pictured below (L–R) are Dr. Michelle Stack, Dr. Deirdre Kelly, Dr. André Mazawi, Dr. Claudia Ruitenberg, Dr. Garnet Grosjean, and Dr. Shauna Butterwick.