Overview
- This book questions education during the time of conflict, social unrest, and political transition in Egypt, revealing a wide range of discourses and actions from diverse perspectives based on original researches and empirical examinations.
- The book chapters tackle the perspectives and roles of different stakeholders in maintaining or changing the status quo of education and society in Egypt during the time of the revolution and its aftermath.
- The contributors offer indigenous knowledge, articulating the dialectics of education for citizenship, global values, peace-building, women's and students' empowerment, teacher professional development, and university quality.
Part of the book series: Comparative and International Education: A Diversity of Voices (CIEDV)
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Since the 25th January 2011 revolution, Egyptians experienced and engaged in a daily debate. Controversially, some argued that the conflict and revolts in Egypt, and the Arab region, were neither coincidental, nor the result of a “domino effect” of collective actions by oppressed people against autocratic regimes. Rather, these revolts were the result of mobilization efforts made over decades by several activist groups, as well as national and international non-governmental organizations. Contrary to this view, others claim that despite the rapid economic growth of Egypt in the 2000s, there was a wide gap in the distribution of wealth and economic return, which left the majority of Egyptians suffering from poverty and high rate of unemployment, especially among youth. Obviously, while national and international economic and political dynamics dominated the daily debate, education remains the forgotten arena amidst conflict. With the exacerbation of conflict between militant extremists and modern states in the region, and most recently in many European countries, it became more important than ever before to understand the dialectics of education in conflict in different local contexts, starting in this book by the Egyptian context.
The book focuses on education in Egypt during the time of the revolution as perceived by university students, youth activists, educational professionals, government officials and civil society organizations. Its chapters reveal the tension, contradiction and/or coherence among different players as related to their respective role in education for civic engagement, national identity, global citizenship, peace-building, teacher professional development, and women's and students’ empowerment. The book illustrates the dialectics of education in conflict by articulating diverse meanings and perspectives given by Egyptian stakeholders when describing their actions and reality(ies) during the time of the revolution and its aftermath.
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Dialectics of Citizenship Education and Youth Movement for Peacebuilding
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Dialectics of Education for Global Citizenship and Women’s Empowerment
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Dialectics of Teacher Professional Development and Educational Quality
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Education during the Time of the Revolution in Egypt
Book Subtitle: Dialectics of Education in Conflict
Editors: Nagwa Megahed
Series Title: Comparative and International Education: A Diversity of Voices
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-206-0
Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: SensePublishers-Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-94-6351-206-0Published: 13 November 2017
Series ISSN: 2214-9880
Series E-ISSN: 2214-9899
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: CLXXIV, 8
Topics: Education, general