Science Education in Arab States: Bright Future or Status Quo?

Autor/inn/en	Dagher, Zoubeida R.; BouJaoude, Saouma
Titel	Science Education in Arab States: Bright Future or Status Quo?
Quelle	In: Studies in Science Education, 47 (2011) 1, S.73-101 (29 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-7267
Schlagwörter	Illiteracy; Arabs; Educational Change; Foreign Countries; Science Teachers; Science Education; Science Curriculum; Textbooks; Religion; Teacher Education; Educational Research; Educational Policy; Jordan; Lebanon; Morocco; Oman + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Analphabetismus; Arab; Araber; Bildungsreform; Ausland; Science; Teacher; Teachers; Science teacher; Wissenschaft; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Libanon; Marokko
Abstract	This paper describes the current state of science education in Arab states and anticipates some of the challenges faced by those states as they reform their science education. After discussing problems of illiteracy, access and quality we provide contextual information about the structure of the educational systems and describe recent efforts to reform them. We focus on issues pertaining to science curriculum and textbooks, language, religion, student learning in science, science teacher education and science education research and summarise the challenges and opportunities for research faced in each area. We conclude the paper by proposing a set of policy and research recommendations that could aid in the development of lasting solutions for recurring problems. (Contains 2 tables and 16 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10