Children's understanding of the war in Iraq: views from Britain and Bosnia

Roberts, Ron; Bećirević, Majda; Baker, Tracy

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“…Furthermore, it fulfils the important role of socializing future society members who are expected to take part in the conflict. Indeed, studies have shown that, compared with children living in areas uninvolved in conflict, children living in the context of conflict form a broad and realistic understanding of violent conflict, and especially of war (e.g., Blankemeyer, Walker, & Svitak, ; Miljević‐Ridjički & Lugomer‐Armano, ; Roberts, Bećirević, & Baker, ).…”

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Political socialization in kindergartens: Observations of ceremonies of the Israeli Jewish holidays and memorial days

Nasie

Bar‐Tal

2019

Euro J Social Psych

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This study investigated political socialization in Israeli‐Jewish kindergartens. Specifically, it examined the scope of conflict supporting and peace supporting themes that Jewish‐Israeli kindergarten teachers transmit to children during ceremonies of national events. Sixty‐eight observations in 17 state‐secular and state‐religious kindergartens were conducted during five ceremonies: Passover, Holocaust Day, Memorial Day for Israeli Fallen Soldiers, Independence Day, and Jerusalem Day. The findings reveal that teachers transmit messages that comply with the conflict supporting themes to the children. The most dominant themes were collective self‐perceived victimization, justness of one’s own goals, positive collective self‐image, ingroup security, and patriotism. These themes were more dominant in state‐religious than in state‐secular kindergartens. Thus, we found that the kindergarten teachers serve as agents of political socialization who transmit the hegemonic national narratives to the younger generation.

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Political socialization in kindergartens: Observations of ceremonies of the Israeli Jewish holidays and memorial days

Nasie

Bar‐Tal

2019

Euro J Social Psych

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“…First, it accelerates normative developmental social cognition: for example, in a context where threat is repeatedly associated with the rival group, information about the rival group is widely accessible, acquired and processed already at a very young age, accelerating the attainment of the prevalent knowledge and attitudes towards this group (Bar-Tal, 1996;Bar-Tal & Teichman, 2005). Studies have shown that, compared with children living in peaceful areas, children living in the context of conflict form a broad and realistic understanding of violent conflict, and especially of war (e.g., Blankemeyer et al, 2009Blankemeyer et al, , 2014Roberts et al, 2009). Bloody and protracted conflicts accelerate the acquisition of specific linguistic expressions, concepts, knowledge, and emotions.…”

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Ethno‐political socialization of young children in societies involved in intractable conflict: The case of Israel

Nasie

Tagar

Bar‐Tal

2021

Journal of Social Issues

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This paper presents an analysis of the ethno-political socialization of young children in the context of intractable conflict, drawing on the case of Israeli society. The analysis is based on the integrative developmental-contextual theory (IDCT), which proposes that in the context of intractable conflict, from a very early age onward, in-group members acquire a socio-psychological repertoire that consists of narratives, beliefs, attitudes, and emotions related to the conflict and to the rival group. IDCT highlights three central components that dictate the nature of this socio-psychological repertoire: children's normative developmental trajectory, the context in which the development takes place, and the ethno-political socialization that is performed by societal agents. We discuss the interaction between these components in socializing children's sociopsychological repertoire, and ways to change the course of socialization in the context of intractable conflict towards peace-oriented socialization.

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“…The reason behind this apprehension is that it focuses on "the 'body' as an object, rather than as a subject with feelings, emotions, rights, and, in short, humanity" (Altheide 2006a, 21). Two predominant approaches are used to study the effects of wars, either concentrating on the psychological effects wars have on people or considering people as active agents and interpreters of conflicts-using their own experiences and understandings of the wars (Roberts, Bećirević, and Baker 2009). I adopt the second approach to explore the war's effects on Canadian students.…”

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The Discourse of Fear: Effects of the War on Terror on Canadian University Students

Shahzad

2014

American Review of Canadian Studies

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This multimethod study is based on written narratives, demographic questionnaires, and interviews. I examine data collected from 99 students of a Canadian university to explore how the War on Terror has affected them. The findings are divided into four categories. The first category of the respondents is mute about the war's effects. The second shows a disjuncture between the respondents' lives and the war. The third reflects the effects on the Canadian soldiers' friends or relatives, and the final represents those who do not have personal connections to the war but feel deeply affected by it. The discourse of fear appears as the most prominent effect in the narratives of the respondents. The basic themes that emerged from the discourse of fear (racism, Islamophobia, and social control) are then developed and discussed as they pertain to the respondents. The findings have many implications for both researchers and educators.

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Children's understanding of the war in Iraq: views from Britain and Bosnia

Cited by 8 publications

References 26 publications

Political socialization in kindergartens: Observations of ceremonies of the Israeli Jewish holidays and memorial days

Political socialization in kindergartens: Observations of ceremonies of the Israeli Jewish holidays and memorial days

Ethno‐political socialization of young children in societies involved in intractable conflict: The case of Israel

The Discourse of Fear: Effects of the War on Terror on Canadian University Students

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