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Offers a rare glimpse into schools in contemporary Egypt.

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Author:   Linda Herrera ,  Carlos Alberto Torres
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.308kg
ISBN:  

9780791469026

ISBN 10:   0791469026
Pages:   220
Publication Date:   26 October 2006
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction: Possibilities for Critical Education in the Arab World Linda Herrera and Carlos Alberto Torres 1. Islamization and Education: Between Politics, Profit, and Pluralism Linda Herrera 2. The Production and Reproduction of Culture in Egyptian Schools Kamal Naguib 3. Subsistence Education: Schooling in a Context of Urban Poverty Ahmed Youssof Saad 4. A Great Vocation, a Modest Profession: Teachers' Paths and Practices Iman Farag 5. What are Teachers Transmitting? Pedagogic Culture in Rural Egypt Fadia Maugith 6. The Colors of Change: Participation and Praxis in Egyptian Education Linda Herrera Conclusion: The Struggle for Democratic Education in the Arab World Carlos Alberto Torres Contributors Index

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This book represents a much-needed addition to the thin qualitative literature on schooling in Arab countries. Detailed classroom observations, along with interviews with school directors, teachers, and students, present an invaluable portrait of the processes that form the culture of schooling. This is a solid ethnographic study of Middle Eastern schools and, as such, should be treasured. -- Gregory Starrett, author of Putting Islam to Work: Education, Politics, and Religious Transformation

""This book represents a much-needed addition to the thin qualitative literature on schooling in Arab countries. Detailed classroom observations, along with interviews with school directors, teachers, and students, present an invaluable portrait of the processes that form the culture of schooling. This is a solid ethnographic study of Middle Eastern schools and, as such, should be treasured."" -- Gregory Starrett, author of Putting Islam to Work: Education, Politics, and Religious Transformation

"""This book represents a much-needed addition to the thin qualitative literature on schooling in Arab countries. Detailed classroom observations, along with interviews with school directors, teachers, and students, present an invaluable portrait of the processes that form the culture of schooling. This is a solid ethnographic study of Middle Eastern schools and, as such, should be treasured."" -- Gregory Starrett, author of Putting Islam to Work: Education, Politics, and Religious Transformation"

Author Information

Linda Herrera is Senior Lecturer in Development Studies at the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague. Carlos Alberto Torres is Professor of Social Sciences and Comparative Education at the University of California at Los Angeles. His many books include Social Theory and Education: A Critique of Theories of Social and Cultural Reproduction (coauthored with Raymond Allen Morrow), also published by SUNY Press.

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