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PDF pending restorationTohidi, Nayereh – 1986
During the Iranian Revolution of 1979, millions of Iranian women left their homes and entered the public sphere, but their public presence was soon restricted with the ascension to power of the Ayatollah Khomeini. For Westerners the Iranian women's seemingly easy acceptance of the forced wearing of the veil (chador) appeared to be their ultimate…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Developing Nations, Females, Foreign Countries
Download full textFereshteh, M. Hussein – 1994
This paper examines the development of higher education in Iran in the 19th and 20th centuries. It examines the role of Christian missionaries in the creation of Darolfunun, the first Western-style Iranian college, founded in 1851. The University of Teheran, based on French models, was founded in 1934. While Western influence on education in Iran…
Descriptors: Christianity, College Administration, Educational History, Educational Trends
Peer reviewedMehran, Golnar – Comparative Education, 1999
Examines literacy education for women in postrevolutionary Iran and whether it empowers women. Discusses seemingly contradictory roles demanded of Muslim women (traditional wife and mother plus social and political supporter of revolutionary ideology) and the role of literacy education in linking women to the sociopolitical network. Analyzes…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Content Analysis, Cultural Maintenance, Empowerment
Peer reviewedMehran, Golnar – Comparative Education Review, 2003
Since the 1979 revolution, Iranian women have been expected to fulfill the traditional role of women under Islamic law while contributing to the modern needs of their country. Iranian women have access to a wide range of (gender-segregated) educational opportunities and are drawing on their relatively high levels of educational attainment to…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Employed Women, Empowerment
Fereshteh, M. Hussein – 1994
This review evaluates the writings and opinions of Americans and Iranians on relations and influences between institutions of higher education in Iran and the United States before and after the 1979 revolution. The review explores the arrival of modern western education in Iran, Egypt, and Turkey where a traditional education system had prevailed…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Role, College Students, Cross Cultural Studies
Mehran, Golnar – 1987
Social studies textbooks currently used in Iran have been rewritten since 1979 to achieve the socialization of children into current Islamic political thought. An analysis of the content of current social studies textbooks concludes that explicitly political textbooks are used to teach state approved values and appropriate political behavior while…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ideology, International Education, Islamic Culture
