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Berghahn Books The Politics of Education Reform in the Middle East Self and Other in Textbooks and Curricula 2012 Edition by Samira Alayan, Achim Rohde, Sarhan Dhouib
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 this region. Table of contents :- List of MapsList of TablesIntroductionAchim Rohde and Samira AlayanChapter 1. Educational Reform in the Arab World: Directives, Mechanisms, and Challenges in Lebanon, Syria, and OmanNemer Mansur FrayhaChapter 2. Education Reform in Oman: Evolution of Secondary School CurriculaSalha Abdullah IssanChapter 3. Educational Developments in Jordan from the 1950s until Today: Stages and CharacteristicsMohammad Khalil AbbasChapter 4. Major Trends of Educational Reform in EgyptIman FaragChapter 5. On the Impossibility of Teaching History in Lebanon: Notes on a Textbook ControversyMassoud DaherChapter 6. History Textbooks in Egyptian Schools: A Tool for the Representation of Collective MemoryAtef BotrosChapter 7. Different Layers of Identity in Lebanese TextbooksJonathan KrienerChapter 8. The Philosophical Foundations of Education and the Range of its Implications for the Content of Civic Education Textbooks in JordanMustafa Abu al-Sheikh and Yasser al-KhalailahChapter 9. Gender Images in Jordanian Textbooks in the Subject Field of Social EducationNaseema al-KhalidiChapter 10. Images of Europeans in Jordanian TextbooksQasem al-NewashiChapter 11. History Curricula and Textbooks in Palestine: Between Nation Building and Quality EducationSamira AlayanChapter 12. Bridging Conflicts through History Education? A Case Study from Israel/PalestineAchim RohdeNotes on ContributorsIndex