Critical review of educational curricula in the schools of the Occupied Syrian Jawlan

Critical review of educational curricula in the schools of the Occupied Jawlan

"JAWLAN CULTURAL DAYS"

 

Dr. Munir Fakher Eldin raised questions about critical sociological theory that deals with education in modern society as essential to the reproduction of class power, in the context of settler colonialism. He discussed the contradiction between the symbolic fields of the colonial state, on the one hand, and the indigenous society, on the other hand. In particular how the latter attempts to dismantle the symbolic charge of settler colonial hegemony, and re-employ education in building a transgressive political identity. He then raised questions about the possible consequences of this contradiction? Dr. Yusri Hazran - who is currently who is currently conducting a new study on the Golan, and has previous critical writings on curricula and identity architectures - reviewed the process of developing educational programs for Druze schools since the 1970s. His analysis focused on three main themes: history, the Arabic language, and the Druze heritage. He discussed how this curriculum is designed to reproduce the consciousness of the Palestinian Arab Druze, as such, to internalize a Zionist identification, through what he calls, "Druzification" of consciousness and behavior. Wael Tarabieh briefly presented the topic of extracurricular education, the manufacture of youth movements and the role of civil society in combating ideological education programs, through parents' committees.