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The Education of an Industrial Middle Class in Arab-Islamic Countries.
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Odeh, Ibrahim Assad – International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift fuer Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue Internationale de Pedagogie, 1993
Suggests a model of industrial education for the Arab world to help create an industrial middle class. Reviews existing Eurocentric industrial training models and proposes a synthesis of these models with Arab-Islamic culture in a kind of "industrial university," the Djamiat Al-Sinah. Illustrates the proposed curriculum with a…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Industrial Arts Teachers, Islamic Culture
Response to Ovey N. Mohammed.
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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
The Education of an Industrial Middle Class in Arab-Islamic Countries.
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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