Research on education in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Middle East
Subtitle: an historic overview
By: edited by Kagendo Mutua and Cynthia Szymanski Sunal.
Contributors: Mutua, Kagendo, 1966-; Sunal, Cynthia S.
Series: Research on education in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Middle East
Publisher: Information Age Pub.
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Greenwich, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 313
Subjects: Education -- Africa.; Education -- Caribbean Area.; Education -- Middle East.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: Introduction / Kagendo Mutua and Cynthia Szymanski Sunal; Linguistic difficulties in learning science concepts in a multilingual elementary school in Benin / Issaou Gado and Doris Simonis; Taboo subject boldly bared : a feminist analysis of sexual harassment as a major hindrance to learning among high school girls in Kenya / Anne Kanga; Science education reform in Rwanda : a window to understanding change though dilemmas / Jaya Earnest and David Treagust; Historical amnesia? : the politics of textbooks in post-apartheid South Africa / Sasha S. Polakow-Suransky; Beginning teaching in Jamaica : challenges and assistance / Tom Ganser; The effects of critical thinking instruction on the critical thinking dispositions and critical thinking skills of students enrolled in ninth-grade English / Gayle V. Dancy-Benjamin and Suzy Green; A comparison of public elementary school teachers' and parents' perception on actual and preferred parental involvement in St. Thomas / Valerie P. Charles-Welsh, Suzy Green, and Rita J. Howard; Visions of reform in elementary science education in Cyprus / Lucy Avraamidou; The instruction and acquisition of cognitive skills in Israel : difficulties and accomplishments / Billie Eilam; A decade of science education research in Lebanon, 1992-2002 : issues and trends / Saouma B. BouJaoude and Fouad Abd-El-Khalick; Education, the military, and politics in Turkey : transitions in Turkish education after the coup d'état of 1980 / Ismail Guven; Teacher education in Turkey : issues and trends / Margaret Sands and Dannelle Stevens; Teacher and teaching characteristics for acceptance : a unique synthesis / Michalis Koutsoulis; Epilogue / Elizabeth Blue Swadener.