CMIP CENTER FOR MONITORING THE IMPACT OF PEACE www.edume.org THE ATTITUDE TO 'THE OTHER' AND TO PEACE IN IRANIAN SCHOOL BOOKS AND TEACHER’S GUIDES October 2006 © 2006 All rights reserved. No part of the material protected by this copyright notice may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, scanning or by any information storage and retrieval system without written permission from the copyright owner, CMIP (R.A.) The Center for Monitoring the Impact of Peace, POB 40049, 1 Mevaseret-Zion, Israel ■
[email protected] CMIP CENTER FOR MONITORING THE IMPACT OF PEACE www.edume.org THE ATTITUDE TO 'THE OTHER' AND TO PEACE IN IRANIAN SCHOOL BOOKS AND TEACHER’S GUIDES Research, Translation and Editing By Dr. Arnon Groiss and Nethanel (Navid) Toobian English Editor: Dr. Gabriel Beiner Produced by: CMIP Staff © 2006 All rights reserved. No part of the material protected by this copyright notice may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, scanning or by any information storage and retrieval system without written permission from the copyright owner, CMIP (R.A.) 2 CMIP wishes to thank Prof. Eldad Pardo of the Hebrew University for his valuable comments on the first draft of this report. 3 Table of Contents Table of Contents…………………………………………………………….……p. 4 Overview…………..………………………………………………………….……p. 6 Introduction………………………………………..……………………………..p. 10 Chapter One: The Iranian Education System……………………………..…...p. 11 A. Structure and Figures……………………………………………………..…….p. 11 B. Subjects and Textbooks………………………………………………………...p. 12 C. Policy and Problems……………………………………………………….…...p. 14 Chapter Two: The Attitude to Other Religions……………………………..….p.