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Odeh, Ibrahim Assad – Interchange, 1994
Author of an article on educating an industrialized middle class in Arab-Islamic countries responds to a critique by reemphasizing the need for a nonacademic technological institute to produce a middle class of highly qualified technicians. The article argues that vocational and technical education must be planned by the state. (SM)
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Influences, Developing Nations, Educational Change

Odeh, Ibrahim Assad – Interchange, 1994
Discusses existing systems of industrial education in Arab-Islamic countries, surveys Arab-Islamic culture, examines existing models in relation to their cultural appropriateness, and proposes a model for a kind of industrial university, the Djamiat Al-Sinah, which would be devoted to the culture specific vocational/industrial education of…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Influences, Curriculum Design, Developing Nations