14.013 - Collaboration as an Antidote to Contested Spaces in Education: The Case of Northern Ireland, Israel, and Los Angeles

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

The role of education in divided societies has been debated for many years and is reflected in different organizational arrangements as opposed to the recognition and promotion of diversity and cooperation within society.
This session looks at contested spaces in education as lived out in 3 international contexts: Northern Ireland, Israel, and Los Angeles, California. The session will explore the challenges and opportunities within each location as well as similarities and differences across geographical areas. By means of a comparative approach the session aims to promote and improve the relations between and across disadvantaged interface areas/ contested space across the globe.

Sub Unit

• International Relations Committee

Chair

• Shane P. Martin, Loyola Marymount University

Papers

• The Sharing Education Programme in Northern Ireland - Tony M. Gallagher, Queen's University; Gavin Duffy, Queen's University - Belfast; Mark A. Baker, Queen’s University - Belfast

• Shared Education Between Jewish and Palestinian Arab Citizens in Israel - Shany Payes, Mandel Leadership Institute; Tony M. Gallagher, Queen's University

• Convening in Contested Spaces: The Education Success Project - Maureen Kindel, The Education Success Project; Mary K. McCullough, Loyola Marymount University; Victoria L. Graf, Loyola Marymount University; Magaly Lavadenz, Loyola Marymount University; Yvette King-Berg, Project GRAD Los Angeles

Discussant

• Tony M. Gallagher, Queen's University