Education and the Arab Spring : For Educators by Educators / edited by Hannah R. Gerber.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gerber, Hannah R., Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education.

Local Subjects:

Education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XXVI, 160 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2016.

Place of Publication:

Rotterdam : SensePublishers : Imprint: SensePublishers, 2016.

Summary:

Education and the Arab Spring: Resistance, Reform, and Democracy explores the current debate about education in the Middle East and North Africa post-Arab Spring. It draws from a variety of conceptual frameworks rooted in different disciplines and fields, such as education, religious and cultural studies, political science, and Arab studies. The book is, in part, a response to an increased demand since the Arab Spring – by universities, cultural institutions, think-tanks, education officials, policymakers and journalists – for a richer, deeper understanding of the role of education in post-Arab Spring states and societies. The book adds a unique and much-needed perspective to this field: its specific focus is on the Arab context, and its analysis is of issues of particular relevance to a changing world order. The great mix of experiences of the contributors attests to the excellent quality of this promising work. “It is not infrequent to hearsweeping but general criticisms of all aspects of educational systems in the Arab world – everything from textbooks to teaching methodologies have come under scrutiny. The authors of this collection seek to move the debate beyond generalities by providing detailed studies; while informed by a sense of the inadequacy of existing systems, they also provide an empirically rich analysis of existing systems.” – Nathan Brown, George Washington University, USA.

Contents:

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

Chapter Abstracts

Education, Democracy, and the Arab Spring: An Introduction

Section One: Classroom Issues and Teacher Professional Development Struggles Post-Arab Spring

Teaching for Democracy in Post-Arab Spring: Challenges & Opportunities

Arab Spring and Teacher Professional Development in Egypt: A Case Study

Section Two: Youth Education and the Seeds of Social Change

Democracy as Student Mobilization: How Student Unions Struggle for Change in Egypt

Vulnerability of the Tunisian Education System: A Pendulum Swing between Reality and Hope

Youth & Revolution: A Call to Reform Higher Education in Yemen

Section Three: Ideologies, Religion, and Education after the Arab Spring

Higher Education and Contestation in the State of Kuwait after the Arab Spring: Identity Construction & Ideologies of Domination in the American University of Kuwait

Non-Muslim Students and Religious Education in Egyptian Classrooms

Al-Azhar: The Challenge of Reforming Religious Education in Egypt

About the Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789463004718

9463004718

OCLC:

953834549