Educational Policy, Reforms, and Change in the Middle East and North Africa Towards Social Justice, Equity, and Political Inclusion

Contents

About the Editors

List of contributors

Acknowledgements

1.           Educational Policy, Reforms, and Change in the Middle East and North Africa / Editorial Introduction

Khalid Arar, Selahattin Turan, Mohammed Elmeski, and Seher İşcan

Part I: In Search of Equity and Quality in Education

2.           Implementing and Improving Inclusive Strategies for Equity in Education:  Politics as Praxis in Turkish Educational Environment

 Hamit Özen, Pınar Yavuz, Taner Atmaca, and Metin Özkan

3.           Inclusive Education Policies in the Southwest Asia/North African Region: Toward Decolonizing the Concept

Rola Koubeissy, Gabrielle Montesano, and Ayman Qwaider

4.           Digitalization of Education in Morocco: Teachers’ Perspective

 Ali Ait Si Mhamed, Ali Bouabid, Hiba Ait Bassou, Rita Kasa, Aziz Mimoudi, and Arinze Ezirim

 5.          Recontextualizing Global Educational Policies into Tunisian Curricular Reforms: Tensions, Contradictions and Outcomes

 Fethi Helal

6.           School Turnaround in Centralized Systems of Education: A Case Study of a Bahrain Public School

Hala Al Khalifa

7.           Leading Homeschooling in the Gulf Region: Insights and Suggested Model

Rania Sawalhi and Fatma Al-Maadheed

8.           Barriers to Effective School Leadership Policies: Insights from Selected Arab Countries

Norma Ghamrawi, Tarek Shal, Najah A.R. Ghamrawi

Part II: Chaos, Conflict and Educational Policy

9.           Developing Higher Education Policies in the Jordanian and Saudi Universities: Supporting the Shift towards Entrepreneurial Education

Ahmad Mohamad Okleh Al Zbon

10.         Proposed Policies to Promote Higher Education in Yemen and the Troubled Regions in the Middle East and North Africa: Challenges and Prospects

Khalil Muhammad Al-Khatib and Mohammed Ali Al-Khateeb

11.         The Path to a Knowledge-Based Economy through Reforming Public K-12 Education: Educational Policies and Educator Professional Development in Saudi Arabia

Hana Alzandi and Julia Mahfouz

12.         Educational Policies in Wars, Conflict and Emergencies: Cases from the MENA Region

 Khalid Arar, Soheil H. M. Salha, and Ahmed Tlili

13.         A Critical Political Economy Analysis of Education Policy and Leadership in the Kurdistan Region in Iraq: The Intersection of Class, Capital, and Identity

Nidal Al Haj Sleiman

14.         Private and International School Policies in Arab Countries: Rethinking Educational Equity and Cultural Identity

Rania Sawalhi and Ghaith Hawari

15.         The 100-Year Journey of Gender Equality in Educational Policymaking in Türkiye (1923-2023): Advancements in Turkish Women’s Education

 F. Melis Cin, Ceyda Akıllı, and Elif Aydoğdu

Part  III: Results and Conclusions

16.         Educational Policy, Reforms, and Change in the Middle East and North Africa: Takeaways and Prospects

Khalid Arar, Selahattin Turan, Mohammed Elmeski, and Seher İşcan

Biography

Khalid Arar is Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy at the College of Education, Texas State University, USA.

Selahattin Turan is Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy at the College of Education, Bursa Uludağ University, Türkiye.

Mohammed Elmeski is a Senior Education Policy Advisor at the Office of the Prime Minister, Morocco.

Seher İşcan is Assistant Professor of Educational Administration and Policy at Pamukkale University, Türkiye.