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Jacqueline Sfeir

Jacqueline Sfeir (16 April 1956 – 5 April 2013) was a Palestinian expert in early childhood education.

Jacqueline Sfeir
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Northern Colorado
ThesisDevelopment and validation of the school entrance exam for the West-Bank of Jordan (1984)

Education

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Sfeir was a student in the first class when Bethlehem University started taking students in 1973.[1] Her doctoral work centered on pre-schooling and education.[2]

Career

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In 1985 Sfeir was a founder of the Early Childhood Resource Centre in Jerusalem; the goal of the group was to improve education for pre-school children.[3] She worked with teachers and parents to change the conditions under which children were educated.[4][5]

In 1989 Sfeir spoke of how drawings by Palestinian children reflected their upbringing during times of regional conflict.[6][7] In 2005, her presentation in British Columbia was questioned given her opposition to cooperation with Israel.[8]

In 2001, she was appointed to a five-year term as a member of the Pontifical Council for the Laity.[9][10] In 2005, she founded MaDad, an independent company that uses and develops the Holistic Integrated Approach, also referred to as holistic education, in its work with both local and regional actors who deal and interact daily with children.

In 2007 Sfeir was elected to receive a fellowship from the non-profit organization Ashoka.[11]

She died of cancer on 5 April 2013, at the age of 56.[12]

Publications

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  • Sfeir, Jacqueline (1984). Development and Validation of the School Entrance Exam for the West-Bank of Jordan. University of Northern Colorado, Department of Early Childhood Education.
  • Sfeir, Jacqueline (November 2005). "Education in Bethlehem". This Week in Palestine. No. 91. Archived from the original on 2012-03-18.
  • Sfeir, Jacqueline; Gilkes, Julia (2006). Challenges and Initiatives in Early Childhood Education. Arab Resource Collective.
  • Sfeir, Jacqueline (2006). النوع الاجتماعي والنظام التربوي الفلسطيني في المرحلة الأساسية: تقرير الدراسة التجريبية لفحص جدوى آلية بحث كمية نوعية للتحليل [Gender and the Palestinian educational system in the basic stage: Report of a pilot study to examine the feasibility of the amount of quality search mechanism for analysis] (in Arabic).
  • Sfeir, Jacqueline (October 2006). "The impact of the Israeli occupation on the education of Palestinian children – a young Palestinian teacher's profile". This Week in Palestine. No. 102. Archived from the original on 2007-02-11.
  • Adults and children learning, 2001:Pilot study to validate a qualitative/quantitative method to gender analysis of the Palestinian system of basic education (GAPSBE)
  • النوع الاجتماعي والنظام التربوي الفلسطيني في المرحلة الأساسية : تقرير الدراسة التجريبية لفحص جدوى آلية بحث كمية نوعية للتحليل (Gender and the Palestinian educational system in the basic stage: Report of the pilot study to examine the feasibility of a qualitative and quantitative research mechanism for analysis)

References

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  1. ^ Podsiadlo, John J (October 3, 1998). "Bethlehem University: A star shining in the East". America; New York. Vol. 179, no. 9. pp. 6–12 – via Proquest.
  2. ^ White, Patrick (1991). Children of Bethlehem : innocents in the storm. Internet Archive. Leominster : Gracewing. pp. 146–147. ISBN 978-0-85244-198-5.
  3. ^ Nicolai, Susan (2007). Fragmented foundations : education and chronic crisis in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Internet Archive. Paris : UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning; London : Save the Children UK. pp. 78–79. ISBN 978-92-803-1301-7.
  4. ^ Najjar, Orayb Aref; Warnock, Kitty (1992). Portraits of Palestinian women. Internet Archive. Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press. pp. 202–203. ISBN 978-0-87480-385-3.
  5. ^ Piper, Benjamin; Dryden-Peterson, Sarah; Kim, Young-Suk, eds. (2006). International education for the millennium : toward access, equity, and quality. Internet Archive. Cambridge, MA : Harvard Education Press. pp. 230–231. ISBN 978-0-916690-46-5.
  6. ^ Payne, Elizabeth (28 April 1989). "Palestinian children's art exhibit reveals depth of war suffering". The Ottawa Citizen; Ottawa, Ont. pp. A4 – via Proquest.
  7. ^ Kennedy, Janice (8 April 1989). "Life a struggle for children of the intifada". The Gazette; Montreal, Que. pp. B6 – via Proquest.
  8. ^ Yaffe, Barbara (2005-05-28). "Teachers' union plays host to anti-Israeli activist". The Vancouver Sun. p. 39. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
  9. ^ "Who We Are". Palestinian American Research Center. Archived from the original on 2021-09-11. Retrieved 2013-04-11.
  10. ^ Mahshi, Khalil; Bush, Kim (1989-12-01). "The Palestinian Uprising and Education for the Future". Harvard Educational Review. 59 (4): 470–484. doi:10.17763/haer.59.4.156766w31t075600. ISSN 0017-8055. At Bethlehem University, Jacqueline Sfeir and the teacher trainees are developing ... Sfeir noted how village women watched their children learning while playing and said: "This ...
  11. ^ "Jacqueline Sfeir | Ashoka". www.ashoka.org. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
  12. ^ http://www.alquds.com/obituary/20130406#.UWK__qKQWSo[permanent dead link]
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