Education and the reverse gender divide in the Gulf States : embracing the global, ignoring the local / Natasha Ridge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ridge, Natasha.

Series:

International perspectives on education reform

International Perspectives on Education Reform

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Education--Middle East.

Women.

Women--Education.

Middle East.

Physical Description:

vii, 216 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Teachers College, Columbia University, [2014]

Summary:

In this groundbreaking work, the author provides a close examination of the relationship between gender and education in the Gulf Cooperation Countries (GCC) and reveals that women's participation and achievement in education is rapidly outpacing that of men's. Ridge refers to this situation as a "reverse gender divide" and examines the roots and causes of this imbalance, as well as implications for the future. Based on timely material that is largely unavailable to other scholars, the book further describes how GCC countries, in their desire to be perceived as modern nation states, have enacted and embraced education policies that leave no space for local policymakers to acknowledge boys' deficits and challenges. In addition to the important implications for educational policy and practice, the author also explores wider social and political issues, such as the impact on the workforce and future sustainable development in the region.

Contents:

1. Oil and the expansion of education in the Gulf

2. The rise of women in the Gulf

3. The quest for modernity: gender, education, and development

4. Leaving the boys behind

5. Placating the populace: nationalization, gender, and the threat to education

6. The value of education beyond work: implications for gender

7. The future of gender, education, and development in the Gulf.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780807755389

0807755389

9780807755617

0807755613

9780807773048

0807773042

OCLC:

875054354