Education for a knowledge society in Arabian Gulf Countries / / edited by Alexander W. Wiseman, Naif H. Alromi, Saleh Alshumrani

• Pubblicazione: Bingley, England : , : Emerald Group Publishing Limited, , 2014; ©2014
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (329 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.9260953
• Soggetto topico: Education and state - Persian Gulf Region; Technology - Study and teaching - Government policy - Persian Gulf Region; Knowledge economy - Persian Gulf Region; Economic development - Effect of education on - Persian Gulf Region; Labor supply - Effect of education on - Persian Gulf Region
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): AlshumraniSaleh; AlromiNaif H.; WisemanAlexander W.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: FRONT COVER; EDUCATION FOR A KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY IN ARABIAN GULF COUNTRIES; COPYRIGHT PAGE; CONTENTS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; CHALLENGES TO CREATING AN ARABIAN GULF KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY; THE (NON-)NATIONAL CONTEXT; THE CONFLICTING ASSUMPTIONS OF FUNCTIONAL AND CULTURAL APPROACHES TO CHANGE; THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY DILEMMA AND PROPOSED SOLUTIONS; INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP THROUGH STEM; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES; PART I: TRANSLATING THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY TO THE GULF; PHILOSOPHY, LANGUAGE POLICY AND THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY; PROLOGUE; INTRODUCTION; OBJECTIVES ; EDUCATION AND ISLAM - A REVIEW OF THE ACADEMIC COMMENTARYDEFINITION; ISLAMIC ARTS AND SCIENCE; PRAXIS; PRAGMATIC FAILURE AND COGNITIVE DISSONANCE; LANGUAGE POLICY; LANGUAGE POLICY SELECTION CRITERIA; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; EDUCATION, DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY IN QATAR: A CASE STUDY OF ECONOMIC AND KNOWLEDGE TRANSFORMATION IN THE ARABIAN GULF; INTRODUCTION; WHAT IS A KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY?; THE CULTURAL, SOCIAL, AND ECONOMIC MAKEUP OF THE STATE OF QATAR; THE FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM: ECONOMIC DEPENDENCE ON HYDROCARBONS; QATAR'S EVOLVING AND MATURING EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM ; HUMAN CAPACITY BUILDING: IS THE QATARI EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AND LABOR FORCE READY FOR THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY?CURRENT APPROACHES TO DEVELOPING QATAR'S KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; BUILDING A KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY ON SAND - WHEN THE MODERNIST PROJECT CONFRONTS THE TRADITIONAL CULTURAL VALUES IN THE GULF; INTRODUCTION; HISTORICAL BACKGROUND; ESSENTIALISM AND THE MIDDLE EAST; GLOBALISATION IN THE ARAB WORLD; CONTRASTING EPISTEMOLOGIES; EDUCATION AND THE SHOCK OF THE NEW; THE EDUCATION DEFICIT AND EMERGING CONCERNS OF THE GLOBAL NORTH; LOCAL PROBLEMS AND CONCERNS OVER SCHOOLING ; AN OPEN KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY IN THE MIDDLE EASTCONCLUSION; REFERENCES; FROM CENTRALIZED EDUCATION TO INNOVATION: CULTURAL SHIFTS IN KUWAIT'S EDUCATION SYSTEM; BACKGROUND; DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION IN KUWAIT; FAILURE TO INTERNALIZE; 2007-2013-SETTING THE STAGE; NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT (NCED); LESSONS LEARNED: CAN FAILED POLICY AND PROGRAM ADOPTION INFORM FUTURE DECISIONS?; REFERENCES; PART II: COMPARING KNOWLEDGE ECONOMIES IN THE GULF REGION ; THE "SINGAPORE OF THE MIDDLE EAST": THE ROLE AND ATTRACTIVENESS OF THE SINGAPORE MODEL AND TIMSS ON EDUCATION POLICY AND BORROWING IN THE KINGDOM OF BAHRAININTRODUCTION; THE CONTEXT OF BAHRAIN AND THE ARABIAN GULF; BAHRAIN, INTERNATIONAL ASSESSMENTS, EDUCATIONAL BORROWING: A MODEL FOR THE GULF?; BAHRAIN AND THE TIMSS ASSESSMENTS; BAHRAIN AND SINGAPORE: A MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE; THE EDUCATIONAL FUTURE FOR BAHRAIN AND THE WIDER GCC; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS' PERCEPTIONS TOWARD ONLINE ASSESSMENT: THE CASE OF THE FACULTY OF EDUCATION, UMM AL-QURA UNIVERSITY ; INTRODUCTION
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume investigates the agendas and initiatives for using education to transition Gulf communities from being dependent on natural resources into knowledge societies. This volume presents information, case studies and empirical research about the development of information-based economies across the Arabian Gulf as a whole.
• Titolo autorizzato: Education for a knowledge society in Arabian Gulf Countries
• ISBN: 1-78350-834-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910464365003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: International perspectives on education and society ; ; Volume 24.