1st Edition

Arab Education in Transition A Source Book

272 Pages
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge

The operation of schools in the Arab world is a topic about which very little is known in the West. This volume, first published in 1991, provides information about the Arab school and thus contributes to an understanding of what is taught, by whom, and under what conditions. It seeks to define the interaction between traditional elements and innovative forces impinging on the Arab school, as... Read more

1. The Arab Society in Transition  2. Educational Policy Issues Revisited  3. The Formal Curriculum: Tradition and Change  4. Arabization: A Key to Change  5. The Hidden Curriculum in Arab Schools  6. Education and Social Change  7. Towards the 21st Century  8. Annotated Bibliography

Biography

Byron G. Massialas, Samir Ahmad Jarrar