Title Education and the Arab Spring : resistance, reform, and democracy / edited by Eid Mohamed (Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Qatar, University of Guelph, Canada), Hannah R. Gerber (Sam Houston State University, USA) and Slimane Aboulkacem (Sam Houston State University, USA) ; foreword by Bessma Momani

Published Rotterdam : Sense Publishers, [2016] ©2016

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Description 1 online resource (xxv, 160 pages) : illustrations Contents Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter Abstracts -- Education, Democracy, and the Arab Spring: An Introduction -- Section One: Classroom Issues and Teacher Professional Development Struggles Post-Arab Spring -- Teaching for Democracy in Post-Arab Spring: Challenges & Opportunities -- Arab Spring and Teacher Professional Development in Egypt: A Case Study -- Section Two: Youth Education and the Seeds of Social Change -- Democracy as Student Mobilization: How Student Unions Struggle for Change in Egypt -- Vulnerability of the Tunisian Education System: A Pendulum Swing between Reality and Hope -- Youth & Revolution: A Call to Reform Higher Education in Yemen -- Section Three: Ideologies, Religion, and Education after the Arab Spring -- Higher Education and Contestation in the State of Kuwait after the Arab Spring: Identity Construction & Ideologies of Domination in the American University of Kuwait -- Non-Muslim Students and Religious Education in Egyptian Classrooms -- Al-Azhar: The Challenge of Reforming Religious Education in Egypt -- About the Contributors -- Index Summary Education and the Arab Spring: Resistance, Reform, and Democracy explores the current debate about education in the Middle East and North Africa post-Arab Spring. It draws from a variety of conceptual frameworks rooted in different disciplines and fields, such as education, religious and cultural studies, political science, and Arab studies. The book is, in part, a response to an increased demand since the Arab Spring â#x80;#x93; by universities, cultural institutions, think-tanks, education officials, policymakers and journalists â#x80;#x93; for a richer, deeper understanding of the role of education in post Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record In Springer eBooks Subject Education -- Middle East -- History -- 21st century EDUCATION -- Essays. EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions. EDUCATION -- Reference. Education Arabischer Frühling Demokratisierung Bildung Middle East Nordafrika Naher Osten Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Mohamed, Eid, editor Gerber, Hannah R., editor Aboulkacem, Slimane, author Momani, Bessma, writer of foreword ISBN 9789463004718 9463004718 9463004718

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