Deliberate Course. Mary Ann Zehr.
by Zehr, Mary Ann; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 18Institutions. Publisher: Education Week, 2005ISSN: 1522-3256;.Subject(s): Amman (Jordan) | Education -- Jordan | Educational change | Jordan -- Politics and government | Technology -- Study and teachingDDC classification: 050 Summary: This article examines Jordan's "ambitious, five-year plan to improve public, or government, schools....This small Arab country, which has remained politically stable in a region that has frequently erupted into violence, is two years into its plan. Called Education Reform for the Knowledge Economy, its goal is to prepare young people to be competitive in the Middle East's job market." (EDUCATION WEEK) Also included is a discussion of how, "as Jordan strives to turn its education system into a model for the Middle East, the path it charts must cross modern methods with centuries of tradition."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Deliberate Course, June 15, 2005; pp. 24-29.
This article examines Jordan's "ambitious, five-year plan to improve public, or government, schools....This small Arab country, which has remained politically stable in a region that has frequently erupted into violence, is two years into its plan. Called Education Reform for the Knowledge Economy, its goal is to prepare young people to be competitive in the Middle East's job market." (EDUCATION WEEK) Also included is a discussion of how, "as Jordan strives to turn its education system into a model for the Middle East, the path it charts must cross modern methods with centuries of tradition."
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