Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-311) and index.
Contents:
Acknowledgements -- List of Photos -- Introduction. Natives and nonnatives in search of the new ; 'Dual society' and 'relational' theories : A compromise ; Historicizing Arab and Hebrew education ; Sources and structure of the book -- 1. Reframing the Pedagogical Map. Education in Late Ottoman Palestine ; Ever prepared : Hebrew education on the eve of the Great War ; Arab systems of education, reconfigured as a millet ; A mandate of their own : The Hebrew system -- 2. Roots of Educational Segregation. Mission schools and the sustainability of mixed education ; Rapprochement as lip service ; Crossing the lines ; Not that there is anything wrong with rapprochement ; Conclusion -- 3. Peeking over the Fence. Spying on educators : Arab education through the eyes of the Shai ; The mapping and classification of everything : The village files ; Insurgents, Nazis, Communists, and teachers ; Hotbeds of nationalism ; Conclusion -- 4. Writing History. Traveling knowledge : The production of Arabic textbooks in Palestine ; A small world indeed ; A small world into 'Olam Qaton ; Possible encounters ; 'Anabtawi and Miqdadi's 'New Arabs' ; Historiography and the Other ; Conclusion -- 5. We the Semites : Reading Ancient History in Mandate Palestine. Becoming Semites ; Adopting racial categories ; East, then West ; Colonization of Canaan ; Conclusion -- 6. Teaching History. Archaeology of the curriculum ; Tabulating Palestine ; The history syllabus ; The colourful Hebrew history syllabus ; No Other ; Pedagogy between centre and periphery ; Used, unused, and misused textbooks ; Conclusion -- 7. A Coalition of Good Will : History Instruction in Secondary Education. Shouted from the housetops : Matriculating in history ; Sola Scriptura -- 8. Learning History. Inventing an educational calendar ; Knowing the land ; Scouting the land ; Elusive voices : Students' essays in school journals ; Darkness surrounds the school ; Saving the drowning homeland ; Language and nation ; Our history, their history ; Missing Jews ; An alternative tomorrow, al-Ghad ; School journals in Hebrew ; Children's literature in Arabic ; High school journals and the darkness surrounding the Hebrews ; They are the East ; Making history ; Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary:
Educating Palestine, through the story of education and the teaching of history in Mandate Palestine, reframes our understanding of the Palestinian and Zionist national movements. It argues that Palestinian and Hebrew pedagogy could only be truly understood through an analysis of the conscious or unconscious dialogue between them. The conflict over Palestine, the study shows, shaped the way Arabs and Zionists thought, taught, and wrote about their past. British rule over Palestine promised the Jews a national home, but had no viable policy towards the Palestinians and established an education system that lacked a sustainable collective ethos. Nevertheless, Palestinian educators were able to produce a national pedagogy that knew how to work with the British and simultaneously promoted an ideology of progress and independence that challenged colonial rule.
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