[etni] Re: Mistake to reject disengagement novel

Judy G. wrote:
>According to the curriculum one of the goals of teaching literature
> is to expose students to the English speaking culture OUTSIDE
> of Israel that is foreign to them.  Expose them to British,
> American, Australian, South African culture through stories and
> novels.   For this reason I, too, do not see the value of including
> the disengagement novel as English literature for the bagrut.

Judy, we appear to be looking at two different documents, regarding the 
Ministry guidelines.
According to the Ministry site, the following appears in the new curriculum:

Domain of Appreciation of Literature and Culture, and Language
   - Appreciation of Literature and Culture - Levels of Progression

Proficiency Level
- Pupils gain cultural, historical and social insight from reading unadapted 
literary texts.
- Pupils develop critical perspectives toward different cultural values and 
norms.

First of all, I don't see anything here limiting this only to cultures 
OUTSIDE of Israel.
Secondly, while it is definitely worthy to have our students gain cultural, 
historical and social insight into cultures in other countries, why should 
we miss an excellent opportunity of having them gain such social insight 
into a culture foreign to most of them in their own country, a relatively 
short distance from where they live?

What are we afraid of?




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