Education in West Central Asia

by Mah-E-Rukh Ahmed (Editor), Colin Brock (Editor)

Overview

Education in West Central Asia is a comprehensive critical reference guide to education in the region. With chapters written by an international team of leading regional education experts, the book explores the education systems of each country in the region. With chapters covering Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, the book critically examines the development of education provision in each country as well as local and global contexts. Including a comparative introduction to the issues facing education in the region as a whole and guides to available online datasets, this handbook will be an essential reference for researchers, scholars, international agencies and policy-makers at all levels.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781623560294
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	06/20/2013
Series:	Education Around the World
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	352
File size:	461 KB

About the Author

Mah-E-Rukh Ahmed is a Post-doctoral Research Student at the University of Hull, UK.
Mah-E-Rukh Ahmed is a Post-doctoral Research Student at the University of Hull, UK.
Colin Brock was Honorary Professor of Education at the University of Durham, UK, and Visiting Professor of Geography at the University of Loughborough, UK. He was also UNESCO Chair of Education as a Humanitarian Response at the University of Oxford, UK.

Table of Contents

Series Editor's Preface Colin Brock (Durham University, UK)
1. Global Overview Mah-E-Rukh Ahmed (University of Hull, UK)
2. Afghanistan: The Development of Formal Education Sprogmai Akseer (University of Toronto, Canada)
3. Afghanistan: Adult Literacy in 'Historical Moments' Yukitoshi Matsumoto (Waseda University, Japan)
4. Iran: Women and Higher Education Goli Rezai-Rashit (University of Western Ontario, Candada)
5. Iran: Three Dimensional Conflicts Keiko Sakurai (Waseda University, Japan)
6. Iran: The Meaning of the Islamization of the School Saeed Paivandi (Universiity of Tehran, Iran)
7. Kazakhstan: Developing Ethnic Components in the Content of Higher Education Muhtarova Shakira Mukashovna (Karaganda Sate University, Kazaknstan)
8. Kyrgyz Repulic: Redefining Education and Labour Markets Rakhat Zholdoshalieva (University of Toronto, Canada)
9. Pakistan: Girls' Primary Education Mah-E-Rukh Ahmed (University of Hull, UK)
10. Pakistan: Lost Boys Maria Khwaja (Istanbul International Community School, Turkey)
11. Pakistan: Curriculum and Construction of National Identity Naureen Durrani (University of Sussex, UK)
12. Pakistan: Target Revision in Education Policy Sajid Ali (Aga Khan University, Pakistan)
13. Tajikistan: Reconfiguring a Soviet-Era Education Structure to Serve Post-Soviet Needs Sarfaroz Niyozov (University of Toronto, Canada) and Juma Bulbulov (Institute of Professional Development, Tajikistan)
14. Tajikistan: The Case for the Institute for Professional Development Juma Bulbulov (Institute of Professional Development, Tajikistan) and Sarfaroz Niyozov (University of Toronto, Canada)
15. Turkmenistan: Reframing the Education System Maral Meredova (Independent Researcher, Turkmenistan)
16. Uzbekistan: An Overview Laliya Yakhyaeva (Florida Gulf Coast University, USA)
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