Career History: Prof. Nurit Peled-Elhanan
A lecturer in Language Education, Hebrew University and the David Yellin
Academic College.
e-mail: [email protected]
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
2015- Writing as Design – Multimodal writing of children. In: Archer, Arlene, and
Esther Breuer (eds.). Multimodality in Higher Education. In Gert Rijlaarsdam (Series
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
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.
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)
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