Education for citizenship in the Arab world : key to the future / Muhammad Faour and Marwan Muasher.
نوع المادة : نصالسلاسل:Working papers (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)الناشر:Washington, DC : Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2011وصف:27 pages : illustrations ; 28 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 21-26).
"October 2011."
Introduction -- Education reform in Arab countries : the failure so far -- Citizenship education : concepts and definitions -- Citizenship education : a key element of education reform -- Status of citizenship education in some Arab countries -- Challenges to citizenship education in Arab countries -- Conclusion.
Any romantic notions in the West that the 2011 Arab uprisings could create instantaneous democracy in countries that have succeeded at toppling their leaders are already shattering. In the absence of strong political parties and viable civil society structures in most of the Arab world, these uprisings are proving to be only the first step in a process that will not follow a clear path and will take years to unfold. Much trial and error will take place and the region will experience multiple ups and downs before stable political and economic systems take hold. Looking beyond the euphoria of the moment thus requires changes not only to the political structure and individuals -- electoral law, constitutions, leaders -- but also serious and sustained changes to the countries' educational systems. The current education reform efforts in the region heavily focus on such "technical" aspects as building more schools, introducing computers to schools, improving test scores in mathematics and sciences, and bridging the gender gap in education. While necessary and important, the reform's current emphasis misses a basic human component: students need to learn at a very early age what it means to be citizens who learn how to think, seek and produce knowledge, question, and innovate rather than be subjects of the state who are taught what to think and how to behave. These attributes are essential if the region is to move away from its traditional reliance on "rents" in the form of oil and outside assistance, and toward the kind of system that empowers its citizens with the requisite skills to build self-generating, prosperous economies and achieve a quality of life that can come through respect for diversity, critical thinking, creativity, and exercising one's duties and rights as an active citizen.