Addressing Religious Diversity through Children’s Literature: An “English as a Foreign Language” Classroom in Israel
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https://doi.org/10.18251/ijme.v17i2.911Keywords:
religious diversity, multicultural literature, critical literacy, stereotype, IsraelAbstract
Conflicts between different religious groups occasionally arise in my Christian and Muslim Israeli-Arab EFL students’ school and area. In an attempt to increase students’ knowledge of and respect for other faiths in the region, I conducted practitioner inquiry research in my religiously diverse Middle-Eastern classroom. Grounded in critical literacy, I used a book set of religion-based literature alongside critical literacy engagements to effect some change in students’ tolerance towards other faiths. This article describes my journey of exploring students’ reader responses to religion-based texts and issues.Downloads
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2015-06-28
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Hayik, R. (2015). Addressing Religious Diversity through Children’s Literature: An “English as a Foreign Language” Classroom in Israel. International Journal of Multicultural Education, 17(2), 92–116. https://doi.org/10.18251/ijme.v17i2.911
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