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

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Imprint:New York : Berghahn Books, 2012.
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12868594
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Other authors / contributors:Alayan, Samira, editor.
Rohde, Achim, 1969- editor.
ISBN:0857454617
9780857454614
0857454609
9780857454607
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:Education systems and textbooks in selected countries of the Middle East are increasingly the subject of debate. This volume presents and analyzes the major trends as well as the scope and the limits of education reform initiatives undertaken in recent years. In curricula and teaching materials, representations of the "Self" and the "Other" offer insights into the contemporary dynamics of identity politics. By building on a network of scholars working in various countries in the Middle East itself, this book aims to contribute to the evolution of a field of comparative education studies in thi.
Other form:Print version: 9786613717382
Standard no.:9786613717382