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Education for a knowledge society in Arabian Gulf Countries / / edited by Alexander W. Wiseman, Naif H. Alromi, Saleh Alshumrani
| Education for a knowledge society in Arabian Gulf Countries / / edited by Alexander W. Wiseman, Naif H. Alromi, Saleh Alshumrani |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bingley, England : , : Emerald Group Publishing Limited, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (329 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.9260953 |
| Collana | International Perspectives on Education and Society |
| 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. |
| ISBN | 1-78350-834-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464365003321 |
| Bingley, England : , : Emerald Group Publishing Limited, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Education for a knowledge society in Arabian Gulf countries [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Alexander W. Wiseman, Naif H. Alromi, Saleh Alshumrani
| Education for a knowledge society in Arabian Gulf countries [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Alexander W. Wiseman, Naif H. Alromi, Saleh Alshumrani |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bingley, England : , : Emerald Group Publishing Limited, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (329 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.9260953 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
AlshumraniSaleh
AlromiNaif H WisemanAlexander W. <1968-> |
| Collana | International perspectives on education and society |
| Soggetto topico |
Education - Administration - General
Educational strategies & policy Organization & management of education 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 |
| ISBN | 1-78350-834-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Challenges to creating an Arabian Gulf knowledge economy / Alexander W. Wiseman, Naif H. Alromi, Saleh Alshumrani -- Philosophy, language policy and the knowledge society / Arfan Ismail -- Education, development and sustainability in Qatar : a case study of economic and knowledge transformation in the Arabian Gulf / Alan S. Weber -- Building a knowledge society on sand : when the modernist project confronts the traditional cultural values in the Gulf / Michael Lightfoot -- From centralized education to innovation : cultural shifts in Kuwait's education system / Ilene K. Winokur -- 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 Bahrain / Daniel John Kirk -- Postgraduate students perceptions toward online assessment : the case of the faculty of education, Umm Al-Qura university / Mohamed Abdelraouf Attia -- New horizons of integrating ICTs in Egyptian initial teacher education / Hanan Salah EL-Deen Mohamed EL-Halawany -- The impact of socioeconomic status on students achievement in the Middle East and North Africa : an essay using the TIMSS 2007 database / Donia Smaali Bouhlila -- Making the transition to a knowledge economy and knowledge society : exploring the challenges for Saudi Arabia / Fiona Patrick -- University roots and branches between "glocalization" and "mondialisation" : Qatar's (inter)national universities / Justin J.W. Powell -- Strategically planning the shift to a Gulf knowledge society : the role of big data and mass education / Alexander W. Wiseman. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789109903321 |
| Bingley, England : , : Emerald Group Publishing Limited, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Education for a knowledge society in Arabian Gulf countries / / edited by Alexander W. Wiseman, Naif H. Alromi, Saleh Alshumrani
| Education for a knowledge society in Arabian Gulf countries / / edited by Alexander W. Wiseman, Naif H. Alromi, Saleh Alshumrani |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bingley, England : , : Emerald Group Publishing Limited, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (329 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.9260953 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
AlshumraniSaleh
AlromiNaif H WisemanAlexander W. <1968-> |
| Collana | International perspectives on education and society |
| Soggetto topico |
Education - Administration - General
Educational strategies & policy Organization & management of education 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 |
| ISBN | 1-78350-834-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Challenges to creating an Arabian Gulf knowledge economy / Alexander W. Wiseman, Naif H. Alromi, Saleh Alshumrani -- Philosophy, language policy and the knowledge society / Arfan Ismail -- Education, development and sustainability in Qatar : a case study of economic and knowledge transformation in the Arabian Gulf / Alan S. Weber -- Building a knowledge society on sand : when the modernist project confronts the traditional cultural values in the Gulf / Michael Lightfoot -- From centralized education to innovation : cultural shifts in Kuwait's education system / Ilene K. Winokur -- 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 Bahrain / Daniel John Kirk -- Postgraduate students perceptions toward online assessment : the case of the faculty of education, Umm Al-Qura university / Mohamed Abdelraouf Attia -- New horizons of integrating ICTs in Egyptian initial teacher education / Hanan Salah EL-Deen Mohamed EL-Halawany -- The impact of socioeconomic status on students achievement in the Middle East and North Africa : an essay using the TIMSS 2007 database / Donia Smaali Bouhlila -- Making the transition to a knowledge economy and knowledge society : exploring the challenges for Saudi Arabia / Fiona Patrick -- University roots and branches between "glocalization" and "mondialisation" : Qatar's (inter)national universities / Justin J.W. Powell -- Strategically planning the shift to a Gulf knowledge society : the role of big data and mass education / Alexander W. Wiseman. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814875003321 |
| Bingley, England : , : Emerald Group Publishing Limited, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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