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Career History: Prof. Nurit Peled-Elhanan

A lecturer in Language Education, Hebrew University and the David Yellin

Academic College.

e-mail: nuritpeled@gmail.com

Fax: ++972-2-5700112, tel:++972-2-5700112, ++972-547-578703.

Address: 5a Hamitnahalim Bahar st. Ramat Motza,Jerusalem 90820

Education

1967: Graduated from high school – major: Languages (English and

French)

1971: B.A. from U.C.L.A major: French, Minor: History (Cum Laude)

1980-1981: Masters Degree in Comparative Literature from The

Hebrew University. Thesis: An analysis of the Hebrew and the American

translations to Racine’s Phedre. (Supervisor: Prof. Shimon Zandbank)

1994: Phd. from the Institute of Communication at the Hebrew

University in Jerusalem: Between Speech and Writing: the development of oral and

written text production by Israeli schoolchildren from 3d to 9th grade.(Supervised

by Prof. Shoshana Blum-Kulka)

July 1998 - Summer Institute of Systemic Functional Grammar with Prof. MAK

Halliday, Cardiff University.

2009- Associate Professor, David Yellin Academic College.

Fellowship

1997-1998-: Visiting Fellow at the Culture, Communication and Society group

In the Institute of Education, London University.

2003-2004: A Leverhulme Visiting fellow at the Institute of Education London

University. Culture, Communication and Society group.

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Awards:

1999: Donna de l'Anno – Woman of the Year: from the region of Val d'Aosta and

Rai, Italy.

2001: The Sakharov Prize for Human Rights and the Freedom of Thought,

Awarded by the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

2007: Prix de la Fondation Paul K. Feyerabend: "Un monde solidaire est possible.»

Geneva.

Publications

Edited Volumes (Hebrew)

Peled, N. and Valdan, Z. editors 1996: On the Way to Literacy, vol. 1: From

Speech to Writing: An anthology .Carmel Publishers, Jerusalem.

Peled, N. editor (2000): On the Way to Literacy: Vol.2: From Speech to Story.

Carmel Publishers, Jerusalem.

Authored Books

Peled-Elhanan N. (2012). Palestine in Israeli Schoolbooks. I.B. Tauris Publishers,

London.

Peled, N. 1998: Genres in Speech and Writing The Mofet Institute for research in

Education.(Hebrew).

Forthcoming books:

The teaching of scientific discourse (in preparation for Mofet Institute for

educational research)

Peer- reviewed articles in Hebrew in the last 4 years:

2013 :On the way to scientific literacy. In Mizimrat Hamakom - in honour of Mazal

Sheniak.. Magnes University Press.

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2012: They say our colour is sad: examples of racist discourse directed at Ethiopian

children in class and in school-books. In: Educational Circles. 3. November 2012.

2012: Ideological layout in History textbooks. In: Communication as Discourse, in

honor of Shoshana Blum-Kulka, Eds. Hamo, M. et al. Magnes Publishers, Hebrew

university, Jerusalem.

2010: The education of Hostility. In: Language, Identity and place. Eds. Zeev Dgani

et al.

Publications in peer-reviewed journals and books in English and French

Multimodal writing of children. In: Archer, Arlene, and –Writing as Design -2015

. In Gert Rijlaarsdam (Series Higher Education Multimodality inEsther Breuer (eds.).

Ed.), Studies in Writing. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill.

2014: Multimodal legitimation of Palestinians' state of exception in Israeli History

schoolbooks. in: Visual Communication. Degruyter Publishing House. Boston. Ma.

USA.

2014: La representation des palestiniens aux manuels scolaires israeliens. In:

L'histoire occultée des Palestiniens (1947-1953) Broché –

Ed. Sandrine Mansour-Mérien. Editions Preivat, Paris, France.

Peled-Elhanan, N. (2012). The Representation of 'others' in Israeli schoolbooks: A

multimodal analysis. Ub. Journal of International Cooperation in Education. Vol.

14. No. 2. Special Issue: comparative perspectices on textbook research and their

implications for quality education. October 2011.

Peled-Elhanan, N. (2012)- The intolerance of Israeli Education in: Kelly James Clark

(Editor). Abraham's Children: Liberty and Tolerance in an Age of Religious Conflict

Yale university Press.

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Peled-Elhanan, N. (2011)- THE PRESENTATION OF PALESTINIANS IN

ISRAELI SCHOOLBOOKS. In: EXAMINING EDUCATION, MEDIA, AND DIALOGUE

UNDER OCCUPATION: THE CASE OF PALESTINE AND ISRAEL. Editors: Ilham Nasser,

Lawrence N. Berlin, & Shelley Wong. Multilingual Matters. Bristol. Buffalo.

Toronto. 2011

Peled-Elhanan, N. (2010): Processes of Legitimation in Israeli History school-books.

In: Discourse and Society 21(4) 377–404

Peled-Elhanan, N. (2009): The Geography of Hostility and Exclusion: A Multimodal

Analysis . in: Journal of visual Literacy. Vol. 27/2. U.S.A University of Oklahoma

Press. Pp. 180-208.

Peled-Elhanan, N. (2009): The Establishment of Israeli Identity and Racist

Discourse. In: International Journal of Diversity. Australia. Common Grounds

Publishers.

Peled-Elhanan N. (2009). Layout as a punctuation of semiosis: the analysis of

ideological layout. in Visual Communication. Vol.8/1. London and Ny Sage

Publishers pp. 91-116.

Peled-Elhanan, N. (2007) When the other is neither seen nor heard: From teaching as

socialization to teaching as access and inclusion: Some examples form dialogue with

immigrant children in the Israeli multicultural class: In: Bamichlala 19- The College

Voice: Research, Essays and Literary Works, vol. no.8, Autumn 2007, Jerusalem.

The David Yellin Teachers College Pub (Hebrew).

Peled-Elhanan, N. (2008). The Denial of Palestinian National and Territorial identity

in Israeli schoolbooks 1996-2003 .in: Analysing Identities in Discourse. Eds.

M.Labarta-Postigo. Spain. John Benjamin publishers.Amsterdam//Philadelphia.

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Peled-Elhanan, N. 2008 - Education or Mind Infection? In: Mary Compton and Lois

Weiner, Editors The Global Assault on Teaching, Teachers, and their Unions:

Stories for Resistance pp. 201-213. PALGRAVE MACMILLAN™.New York and

Hampshire, England.

Blum-Kulka, Sh. and Peled, N. (2002). Child-directed "Ulpanit" the teaching of

Hebrew to new-comers. In: Claudia Ramer Ed. Festschrift for Willis Edmondson.

Peled-Elhanan, N. (2000): The Nature of Narrative School text, in: Peled, N ed.: On

the Way to Literacy, vol. II: From Speech to Story. Carmel Publishers, Jerusalem,

Israel. (Hebrew)

Articles in Refereed Journals and Invited Chapters in Edited Volumes before 2000

Peled, N. 1992: Interlanguage and error analysis: Some examples of

interlanguage of Russian speaking children. in Ole Al Hadaat, A magazine for

the study of Hebrew as a second language, no 2, September 1992 The Ministry of

Education. P.3-6 (Hebrew)

Peled, N. 1993: How do teachers and pupils conceive of writing tasks in: Ornan,U. ,

Touri, G & Ben-Shahar, R. Eds: Hebrew is A Living Language. eds, University of

Haifa Press.p. 35-63 (Hebrew)

Peled, N. 1993: Discourse in new-comers classes as enhancing or inhibiting

learning: Some examples from Hebrew classes to newcomers. Maxshavot

Ktuvot10-11 A Magazine for the study of language education, The Bet Berl

Institute Press.p.8-30 (Hebrew)

Peled, N. 1994: On spoken language: The characteristics of classroom discourse in:

Maxshavot Ktuvot 12-13 A Magazine for the study of language education, The Bet

Berl Institute Press.p.3-18. (Hebrew)

Peled-Elhanan, N. 1996: The Nature of Literacy development at school in: Shai, A.

and Burstein, R. Eds. Bamichlala – The College Voice: Research, Essays and

Literary Works, vol. no.8, Autumn 1996, Jerusalem. The David Yellin Teachers

College Pub. P. 114-176. (Hebrew)

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Peled, N. and Blum-Kulka, Sh. 1997: Dialogue in the Israeli classroom Xelkat

Lashon, 24. Seminar Levinsky Publishers. P. 28-61. (Hebrew)

Articles in non-refereed books and journals

2014: on The Symbolic elimination of Palestinian in Israeli culture and education.

In|: Snow white and the madness of truth. Eds. by Dror Feiler (Author), Gunilla

Sköld Feiler (Author). Ordfront Förlag publishers. Sweden.

Peled-Elhanan, N. (2009). Education et Racism. De l'Autre Cote. Editions La

Fabrique. Paris.

Peled-Elhanan, N. (2008) A lesson on indoctrination. In: Open Manifesto: some

thoughts on Graphic Design. Issue #4: Propaganda. Editor: Kevin Finn.

Origin: Kununurra Western Australia & Sydney New South Wales, Australia.

Peled-Elhanan, N. (2007): Jewish dissenters speak out. In: Middle East Policy vol. 14

no. 3 fall 2007: Ed Ann Joyce. Blackwell Publishing MA Malden.

Peled, N. (2006). Il Luogo Delle Differenze. In: Lingua Bene Commune. Studi e

Ricerche no. 6. Eds. Cosentino, V. et al. Troina, Italy. Citta Aperta Edizioni.

Recent Papers Presented in Conferences (2000-2012)

6.7.2015: 8th

Annual International Conference on Languages & Linguistics, 6-9 July

2015, Athens : Linguistic strategies of legitimation in Israeli school books.

3.6.2015: Language, Literature and Literacy: IATEME conference, Odense

university, Denmark: The development of multimodal writing.

May 12-15, 2015 : 16th International Academic Conference which was held in

in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The International Institute of Social and

Economic Sciences: The Geography of Hostility- a social semiotic multimodal

analysis of Israeli Geography school books

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February 14- 16, 2015: Twelfth International conference on the Interaction of

Linguistic Form and Meaning Columbia School Conference with Human

Behavior. Columbia University. New York, NY: Semiotic and discursive means of

legitimation in Israeli school books.

2014 July 12 – 12 : Strategies of legitimation in Israeli schoolbooks

Accounting for Combat-Related Killings 2rd CuWaDis-European-Group-Workshop

to advance the study of war, discourse and culture Goethe University,

Frankfurt/Main Casino, Campus Westend

15 - 16 September 2013: European Association of Israel Studies. EAIS Conference

2013: Israel between International Relations and Domestic Policies SOAS,

University of London | Representation of Others in Israeli School books.

Septembre 2013: Colloque : Représentations du conflit israélo palestinien dans les

manuels scolaires - Une analyse critique internationale organisée par l’AFPS avec la

CICUP et l’Institut de Recherches de la FSU. Palais du Luxembourg, salle

Monerville.

2012 April 25: Writing as Design – multimodal Genres in students' writing.

IATEM conference on writing. Israeli science academy.

August 2012-Representation of “others” in Israeli Schoolbook. Nineteenth

International Conference on Learning 14-16 August institute of Education London

University

April 2012 -EUROCLIO Annual Conference in Antalya. Special Event MENA

countries: Responsible and Innovative History Education in North Africa and

the Middle East- Stocktaking and Ways Ahead

April 2011: Building barriers to peace through education the European Association

for Commonwealth Literature and Language

Studies Annual Conference, Istanbul, 26 April. Istanbul,

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7. 2. 2012- L’histoire, un enjeu politique ?Les cours et les manuels d’histoire comme

lieux de tensions entre récits en Israël, en Palestine … et au Luxembourg.

Conférence-débat au Centre culturel et de rencontre abbaye Neumünster, Centre

Culturel de Rencontre abbaye Neumünster Luxembourg.

Feb. 2010: Genres of Legitimation in Israeli Schoolbooks1 Hebrew as a Living

Language. Oranim Teachrs College, Haifa, Israel.

November 14-16, 2007- The Semiotics of Racist Education. DUO- Dialogue

Under Occupation Al-Quds university, Abu-Dies. Occupaied Territories of

Palestine.

1-3 July 2008. Layout as Punctuation of Semiosis. Multimodality in Education.

London University, Kings-College.

July 3-6, 2007- The function of racist discourse in the establishment of Israeli

identity: Examples from Israeli classrooms for new-comers and from Israeli

textbooks. - 7th International Conference on Diversity in Organizations,

Communities & Nations. Amsterdam, The Netherlands

September 20-23. 2006. Journées d’études - Education et transmission en terre

de conflits. University of Paris 8(Saint-Denis): Coopération Paris 8 – Israël –

Territoires Palestiniens: The narrative of the Other – Analysis of Israeli and

Palestinian narratives in the joint History textbook: Learning to read the

Narrative of the other (PRIME Publishers).(co-presented with Dr. Sami

Adwan, Bethlehem University)

June 22-25. 2006: The Learning Conference, Montego Bay, Jamaica: Layout as a

punctuation of semiosis: the analysis of ideological layout in Israeli History

schoolbooks.

June 27.2006: (Key-note lecture) University of British Columbia- Peace

Education Conference: Social-Semiotic Analysis of the Israeli narrative as

presented in Israeli textbooks in History and Geography.

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11.5.2006: When the other is neither seen nor heard: dialogue with children in the

Israeli multicultural class: Dilemmas in the implication of literacy policies. In

commemoration of Zvi Lam conference, The David Yellin College,

2005 –Racist Discourse in Israeli schoolbooks of History and Geography : The

annual conference of the Israeli association for the study of language and society,

Bar-Illan university 16.6.2005.

2005- Processes of Legitimation: A critical multimodal and discourse analysis of

reports about massacres in Israeli schoolbooks of History. EARLI annual

conference, Nikosia, Cyprus, 23-27.8.2005.

2005- Language as Ideology - A critical multimodal analysis of Israeli schoolbooks.

Ilah annual conference, Jerusalem, The David Yellin College, 25.10.2005.

5.5.2004 – The Establishment of Israeli National and Terrirorial Identity in Israeli

textbooks, international CDA conference Valencia,.

July 5-10. 2004: The semiotics of ideology in Education: multimodal ways to

analyze textbooks. Summer Institute for Palestinian and Canadian teachers,

University of Manitoba. Canada

16.6.2003 – Language and ideology in schoolbooks: a critical discourse and

genre analysis of History, Geography and Science text books. The

annual conference of the Israeli association for the study of

language and society, Jerusalem 16.6.2003

2003 – Literacy profile as an instructive tool: the establishment of a

literacy profile of students through dialogue. Script, Zichron Yaakov.Israel

2001 – Language, Science and Ideology – A critical Analysis of verbal and visual

discourse of textbooks in the natural and social sciences – the annual conference of

SCRIPT –The Israeli Association for Literacy, Shfayim.

2001 - Dialogue and Motivation: SIGEARLI conference on motivation. University

of Moscow and the Vygotski Institute.

2000 - Ideology and the Discourse of Science – Israeli Textbooks in

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Geography. Paper presented in the annual conference: Literacy in changing

democracies, Culture, Communication and Society, The Institute of Education,

London University

Invited talks

Th December 4, 2013: The semiotics of Racist Representation in Israeli textbooks –

Lecture given for teachers in the School of Education, Haifa University.

December, 4 2013

September 8. 2011. Plenary talk: Intolerance in Israeli Education. “Abraham’s

Children: Liberty and Tolerance in an Age of Religious Conflict,” Berkley Center for

Religion, Peace and World Affairs, Georgetown University.

6-7 October 2010: The representation of Palestinians in Israeli schoolbooks of

History and Geography. "Education and Conflict: Perspectives from

Israel/Palestine" Georg-Eckert-Institute for International Textbook Research,

Braunschweig, Germany.

2003 - Israeli Textbooks: The European Parliament political committee on

Palestinian and Israeli Textbooks, Oct.23. Paris.(with Dr. Sami Adwan, Bethlehem

University)

2004 - Dialogue in the Israeli multicultural classroom – The institute of Education,

London University, 5.4.2004.

2004- Talking to children in times of War: The institute of Education, London

University, 10.6.2004.

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2007-. The Israeli Narrative: Paper presented in the EuroMed Conference,

Foundation of Three Cultures - Europe-Mediterranée-Golfe . Sevilla. Spain

16.2.2007: The semiotics of Racist Representation in Israeli textbooks – Lecture

given for teachers in the institute of Communication, The Hebrew University.

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Current research:

1. The Semiotics of Ideology in Education – a multimodal analysis of Israeli

schoolbooks in History, Civics and Geography. Mofet institute for Educational

Research, Israel.).

2. Dialogue in the Multicultural Class in Israel (1992-2010): An ongoing independent

research regarding the dialogue between teachers and immigrant children in Israel.

Previous research:

1. Language Education at home and at school : 1993-2004.

2. The development of oral and written text production at school 1994-1998

3. Semiotics of Ideologies in Israeli schoolbooks. 2004. Institute of Education,

London University.

Teaching Experience

2012 - Workshops for history teachers in Luxembourg and Italy.

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2, 6, 7 février 2012: Luxembourg- Institut de Formation continue, Luxembourg

2-6 september 2011: Liceo Statale Colle di Val D'Elsa ; Liceo Classico

Monmtepulciano.

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Courses given in Tel-Aviv University (MA in Language Education) (2002-2010)

-School-based literacy (to TESOL students)

-Multiliteracies in a multicultural society (Teacher-Certificate Students)

-Speaking, reading and writing in a second language. (M.A. students)

- The development of text production (for TESOL students)

Courses given at the Hebrew University 1995-2010

(M.A. Courses in the department of Language Education at the School of

Education in the Hebrew University)

- Reading and writing in elementary and high school .

-Communication with children in a multicultural society

-Language education at home and at school

Courses given at the David Yellin teachers college 1991-2010

B.E.D courses given in the department of Hebrew Language for 3d and 4th year

students of Primary and Secondary Education

-Dialogue with children in a multicultural society

-Writing Development in Elementary School

-Writing Development in junior-high school

-Reading Development in Elementary and Junior high School

-The development of story telling and story writing age 3-15

-Multiliteracies in a multicultural society

- Critical reading of schoolbooks

Work in other institutions 1990-2010

2002-2003: Ministry of Education: Head of Literacy domain for the Jerusalem

region.

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1994-2008: In service teachers training in Literacy, multiculturalism, multimodal

reading and writing and text analysis.

2006-2008: In service teachers for new comers: Teaching Hebrew as a second

language through the pedagogy of Access and inclusion in teaching immigrant

children.(given in Natanya, Jerusalem, Bet-Shemesh)

2008-2011: A Three year program for preschool teachers: Enhancing literacy through

the pedagogy of Access and Inclusion in the multicultural class.

Translations

Hessel, S. Indignez vous! (a paraitre, Editions Carmel)

G. Perec et R. Bober: Récits d'Ellis Island (Editions Babel)

Paulhan, J. Progrès en Amour Assez Lent. Lalie. Le guerrier applique (Editions

Carmel)

Jules Renard: Poil de Carotte (Editions Carmel)

Duras.M. Ecrire. Le Vice Consul. Le Ravissement de Lol. V. Stein (Editions Carmel)

Thierry Bokanowski. Sándor Ferenczi (Editions Tolaat Sfarim)

Valery, P. Monsieur Teste (in: Siman Kria, 1980)

Lessing, D. The Grass is Singing(Editions Zmora-Bitan)

Hazard, Sh. The Transit of Venus (Editions Zmora-Bitan)

R. McDonald: The Other Side of the Dollar (Editions Am Oved)