Research on education in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Middle East, an historic overview

A historical overview of research on education in Africa, the Caribbean and the Middle East. Topics covered include: the challenges and assistance of beginning teaching in Jamaica; learning cognitive skills in Israel; and a feminist analysis of sexual harassment among high school girls in Kenya.

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Other Authors Mutua, Kagendo, 1966- (Editor), Sunal, Cynthia S. (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Pub., 2004.
SeriesResearch on education in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Middle East.
Subjects
Education > Africa.
Education > Caribbean Area.
Education > Middle East.
Education > History.
History of education.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781068182495
DOI10.1108/978-1-60752-537-0
Physical Description1 online resource (vi, 313 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : mapping and understanding the contexts / Kagendo Mutua and Cynthia Szymanski Sunal
  • Linguistic difficulties in learning science concepts in a multilingual elementary school in Benin / Issaou Gado and Doris Simonis
  • Taboo subject boldly bared : a feminist analysis of sexual harassment as a major hindrance to learning among high school girls in Kenya / Anne Kanga
  • Science education reform in Rwanda : a window to understanding change though dilemmas / Jaya Earnest and David Treagust
  • Historical amnesia? : the politics of textbooks in post-apartheid South Africa / Sasha S. Polakow-Suransky
  • Beginning teaching in Jamaica : challenges and assistance / Tom Ganser
  • The effects of critical thinking instruction on the critical thinking dispositions and critical thinking skills of students enrolled in ninth-grade English / Gayle V. Dancy-Benjamin and Suzy Green
  • A comparison of public elementary school teachers' and parents' perception on actual and preferred parental involvement in St. Thomas / Valerie P. Charles-Welsh, Suzy Green, and Rita J. Howard
  • Visions of reform in elementary science education in Cyprus / Lucy Avraamidou
  • The instruction and acquisition of cognitive skills in Israel : difficulties and accomplishments / Billie Eilam
  • A decade of science education research in Lebanon, 1992-2002 : issues and trends / Saouma B. BouJaoude and Fouad Abd-El-Khalick
  • Education, the military, and politics in Turkey : transitions in Turkish education after the coup d'état of 1980 / Ismail Guven
  • Teacher education in Turkey : issues and trends / Margaret Sands and Dannelle Stevens
  • Teacher and teaching characteristics for acceptance : a unique synthesis / Michalis Koutsoulis
  • Epilogue / Elizabeth Blue Swadener.

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