Freirean Dialogue for Peace Education: A Promising Pedagogy for Grassroots Peace in the Middle East

The relatively few studies focused on the inter-ethnic/inter-religious encounter/dialogue initiatives between Israel and Palestine emphasize the failure of these efforts in promoting tolerance and mutual respect. However, with all the tools of the 21st century to change the recurrent history, we have every reason to be hopeful for a peaceful future. This paper presents an overview of Arab-Jewish dialogue projects in order to reveal future directions towards achieving critical dialogue as a foundation for peace education from the grassroots. For this purpose, the dialogue encounters in the Israel and Palestine are portrayed as they are operated by non-governmental organizations, international third-party interventions, and schools. Next, drawing from a number of dialogue scholars, the notion of Freirean dialogue is presented. Finally, Freirean dialogue is proposed as an effective pedagogy in order to eliminate the barriers undermining dialogue between the two groups for a grassroots peace movement.

BARIŞ EĞİTİMİ İÇİN FREİRE DİYALOĞU: ORTA DOĞU'DA KÖKLÜ BARIŞI İÇİN UMUT VEREN BİR PEDAGOJİ

İsrail ile Filistin arasındaki etnik/dinler arası karşılaşma/diyalog girişimlerine odaklanan nispeten az sayıda çalışma, bu çabaların hoşgörü ve karşılıklı saygıyı teşvik etmedeki başarısızlığını vurgulamaktadır. Bununla birlikte, 21. yüzyılın tarihi değiştirecek tüm araçlarıyla, barışçıl bir gelecek için umutlu olmak için her türlü nedenimiz bulunmaktadır. Bu makale, halkın arasından yeşerecek ve sürdürülebilir barış eğitimi için bir temel olarak eleştirel diyaloğu etkin şekillerde uygulamaya yönelik imkanları ortaya çıkarmak için Arap-Yahudi diyalog projelerine genel bir bakış sunuyor. Bu amaçla İsrail ve Filistin'deki diyalog karşılaşmaları, sivil toplum örgütleri, uluslararası üçüncü taraf müdahaleleri ve okullar tarafından işletildiği şekliyle tartışılmaktadır. Daha sonra, önde gelen diyalog akademisyenlerinin uluslararası alanyazında kabul gören yaklaşımlarından hareketle, Freire diyaloğu kavramı sunulmaktadır. Son olarak, Freire diyaloğu, halkın arasında filizlenecek bir barış hareketi için iki grup arasındaki diyaloğu zayıflatan engelleri ortadan kaldırmak doğrultusunda etkili bir pedagoji olarak önerilmektedir.

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  • ISSN: 1309-0682
  • Yayın Aralığı: Yılda 4 Sayı
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