Democratic Civics Education and Patriotism: Can They Go Together?

The goal of the study has been to see whether patriotic representations can be found in Israeli high school civics studies, based on the new civics’ curriculum. A content analysis of the second edition of the Being Citizens in Israel textbook, which is based on the new curriculum, shows that there were eight instances of patriotic representations. The abovementioned findings show that the book contains a relatively small number of patriotism-related utterances and that the styling and phrasing used are constructivist – patriotism which supports its own nation but also respects and protects the social rights of others.