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Timor-Leste: Transforming Education Through Partnership in a Small Post-Conflict State

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Authors:
  1. Jude Butcher

    1. Australian Catholic University, Australia

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  2. Peter Bastian

    1. Australian Catholic University, Australia

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  3. Margie Beck

    1. Instituto Católico para a Formação de Professores, Timor-Leste

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  4. Tony D’arbon

    1. Australian Catholic University, Australia

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  5. Youssef Taouk

    1. Australian Catholic University, Australia

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  • Making a difference in education in a post-conflict small state requires the partners understanding the challenge, having a shared vision, collaborating in terms of responsibilities and roles, and being attentive to changes in accountabilities within and across jurisdictions.

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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    1. Introduction

      • Jude Butcher, Peter Bastian, Margie Beck, Tony D’arbon, Youssef Taouk
      Pages 1-6

  3. Understanding the Challenge

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. Timor-Leste

      • Jude Butcher, Peter Bastian, Margie Beck, Tony D’arbon, Youssef Taouk
      Pages 9-22

    3. Timor-Leste

      • Jude Butcher, Peter Bastian, Margie Beck, Tony D’arbon, Youssef Taouk
      Pages 23-38

  4. Committing to the Partnership

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 39-39
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    2. History of the Partnership

      • Jude Butcher, Peter Bastian, Margie Beck, Tony D’arbon, Youssef Taouk
      Pages 41-61

    3. Scope of the Partnership

      • Jude Butcher, Peter Bastian, Margie Beck, Tony D’arbon, Youssef Taouk
      Pages 63-71

  5. Transforming Education

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73
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    2. Domains and Responsibilities in the Partnership

      • Jude Butcher, Peter Bastian, Margie Beck, Tony D’arbon, Youssef Taouk
      Pages 75-89

    3. Evaluating the Partnership

      • Jude Butcher, Peter Bastian, Margie Beck, Tony D’arbon, Youssef Taouk
      Pages 91-100

    4. Conclusion

      • Jude Butcher, Peter Bastian, Margie Beck, Tony D’arbon, Youssef Taouk
      Pages 101-108

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 109-119
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About this book

This book argues that development aid in small post-conflict states, particularly in the educational field, benefits from a commitment to a shared vision, fostering co-operative relationships and working within local capacity, credibility, and attentiveness to immediate and longer-term development goals. It uses Timor-Leste as its case study of a faith-based partnership in the development of the Instituto Católico para a Formação de Professores (ICFP) at Baucau. The people of what was then East Timor voted overwhelmingly for independence in 1999 and the nation building, including reforming education, in this post-conflict small state began. The book reports how, through the commitment of the partners to capacity building and transforming education, East Timorese staff have assumed positions of responsibility in the Institute. ICFP has received very positive accreditation reports from the national authority in terms of its vision, courses, staff and student quality, and infrastructure. The significance of the challenge and what has been achieved in this teacher education institute is studied against the history of the East Timorese people and the educational policies of their former colonial powers. The history, scope and responsibilities of the partnership reveal how the partners were of one mind in terms of foundational values, institutional deliverables, infrastructure and sustainability for the Institute. This educational capacity building and its outcomes are testimony to the relevance of the development principles of the Paris Declaration and the Accra Accord as well as to the partners’ shared vision as faith-based people and organisations and their commitment to Catholic social teaching.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Australian Catholic University, Australia

    Jude Butcher, Peter Bastian, Tony D’arbon, Youssef Taouk

  • Instituto Católico para a Formação de Professores, Timor-Leste

    Margie Beck

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Timor-Leste: Transforming Education Through Partnership in a Small Post-Conflict State

  • Authors: Jude Butcher, Peter Bastian, Margie Beck, Tony D’arbon, Youssef Taouk

  • Series Title: Comparative and International Education: A Diversity of Voices

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-884-8

  • Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: SensePublishers-Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2015

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-6209-884-8Published: 03 February 2015

  • Series ISSN: 2214-9880

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-9899

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 120

  • Topics: Education, general

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