The politics of education reform in the Middle East : self and other in textbooks and curricula /: self and other in textbooks and curricula. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Samira Alayan & Achim Rohde ; with Sarhan Dhouib.
• Other Names: Alayan, Samira; Rohde, Achim, 1969-
• Contents: Educational reform in the Arab world: directives, mechanisms, and challenges in Lebanon, Syria, and Oman / Nemer Mansur Frayha -- Education reform in Oman: evolution of secondary school curricula / Salha Abdullah Issan -- Educational developments in Jordan from the 1950s until today: stages and characteristics / Mohammad Khalil Abbas -- Major trends of educational reform in Egypt / Iman Farag -- On the impossibility of teaching history in Lebanon: notes on a textbook controversy / Massoud Daher -- History textbooks in Egyptian schools: a tool for the representation of collective memory / Atef Botros -- Different layers of identity in Lebanese textbooks / Jonathan Kriener -- The philosophical foundations of education and the range of its implications for the content of civic education textbooks in Jordan / Mustafa Abu al-Sheikh and Yasser al-Khalailah -- Gender images in Jordanian textbooks in the subject field of social education / Naseema al-Khalidi -- Images of Europeans in Jordanian textbooks / Qasem al-Newashi -- History curricula and textbooks in Palestine: between nation building and quality education / Samira Alayan -- Bridging conflicts through history education?: a case study from Israel/Palestine / Achim Rohde.
• Publisher Details: New York : Berghahn Books
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 371.3/20917/4927; Textbooks -- Arab countries; Textbook bias -- Arab countries; Curriculum change -- Arab countries; Educational change -- Government policy -- Arab countries; EDUCATION -- Experimental Methods; EDUCATION -- Teaching Methods & Materials -- General; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General; Curriculum change; Educational change -- Government policy; Textbook bias; Textbooks; Arab countries; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 0857454617; 9780857454614
• Related ISBNs: 0857454609; 9780857454607
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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