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Author:   André E. Mazawi (University of British Columbia, Canada) ,  Ronald G. Sultana (University of Malta, Malta)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.940kg
ISBN:  

9780415800341

ISBN 10:   041580034
Pages:   424
Publication Date:   17 December 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Editorial Introduction: Situating the 'Worlds' of Arab Education: Critical Engagements -Andre E. Mazawi & Ronald G. Sultana Part I: Contested Policyscapes 2. Privatizing Education in the Maghreb: A Path for a Two-Tiered Education System -Abdeljalil Akkari 3. TVET Reforms in the Arab Region: The 'Push' and 'Pull' in Policy Development -Borhene Chakroun & Eva Jimeno Sicilia 4. The Contested Terrain of Educational Reform in Egypt -Fatma Sayed 5. Pressure Groups, Education Policy and Curriculum Development in Lebanon: A Policy Maker's Retrospective and Introspective Standpoint -Nemer Frayha Part II: Re-calling Voices 6. Education and Ethnography: Insiders, Outsiders, and Gatekeepers -Linda Herrera 7. Performing Patriotism: Rituals and Moral Authority in a Jordanian High School -Fida Adely 8. Doing 'Identity Work' in Teacher Education: The Case of a UAE Teacher -Matthew Clarke 9. To Educate an Iraqi-Jew: Or What Can We Learn From Hebrew Autobiographies about Arab Nationalism and the Iraqi Education System (1921-1952) -Orit Bashkin Part III: Suspended Visibilities 10. The Human Right to Education in Arab Countries: An International Law Perspective -Sawsan Zaher 11. Inclusive Education and Children with Disabilities in the Gulf Cooperation Council Member States -Sara Ashencaen Crabtree & Richard Williams 12. The Teaching of Amazigh in France and Morocco: Language Policies and Citizenship Between Pedagogy and Power Politics -Abdelouahad Mabrour & Khalil Mgharfaoui 13. Educational Provision and spatial Dis-[O]rientation Among Pastoralist Communities in the Middle East and North Africa -Steven C. Dinero 14. Citizenship, Difference and the Schooling of Muslim Children in Malta -Louise Chircop Part IV: Knowledge Imaginaries 15. Nationalism, Islamic Political Activism, and Religious Education in the Arab Region -Rukhsana Zia 16. Higher Education and Differentiation Based on Knowledge: Algeria's Aborted Dream -Hocine Khelfaoui 17. Going International: The Politics of Educational Reform in Egypt -Iman Farag 18. Arab Youth, Education and Satellite Broadcasting -Imad Karam Part V: Geopolitical Predicaments 19. American Dreams of Reinventing the 'Orient': Digital Democracy and Arab Youth Cultures in a Regional Perspective -Omar El-Khairy 20. Palestinians, Education, and the Israeli Industry of Fear -Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian 21. War, State Collapse and the Predicament of Education in Iraq, Nabil Al-Tikriti 22. Representations of Arabs in Iranian Elementary School Text Books -Golnar Mehran

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A timely contribution to the field of international and comparative education![this book] is highly recommended for courses in international and comparative education. Many of the chapters will make welcome additional readings for courses in the anthropology/sociology of education. Moreover, the book will be of value to policy analysts as well as education researchers planning on conducting fieldwork in the Arab region. --Teachers College Record

A timely contribution to the field of international and comparative education...[this book] is highly recommended for courses in international and comparative education. Many of the chapters will make welcome additional readings for courses in the anthropology/sociology of education. Moreover, the book will be of value to policy analysts as well as education researchers planning on conducting fieldwork in the Arab region. --Teachers College Record

Author Information

Andre Elias Mazawi is associate professor in the Department of Educational Studies at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. He is also an associate fellow at the Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Educational Research at the University of Malta. Ronald G. Sultana is professor in the Department of Education Studies at the University of Malta, where he also leads the Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Educational Research. He is the founding editor of the Mediterranean Journal of Educational Studies.

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