Tapping a Potential for the Good of All.

Autor/in	Rabo, Annika
Titel	Tapping a Potential for the Good of All.
Quelle	(2000), (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Career Planning; Comparative Analysis; Developed Nations; Developing Nations; Economic Development; Education Work Relationship; Educational History; Educational Policy; Elementary Secondary Education; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Individual Development; Nationalism; Outcomes of Education; Postsecondary Education; Role of Education; Student Attitudes; Student Educational Objectives; Traditionalism; Vocational Education; Womens Education; Jordan; Sweden; Syria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Karriereplanung; Developed countries; Industriestaat; Industrieland; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Individuelle Entwicklung; Nationalismus; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Bildungsauftrag; Schülerverhalten; Traditionalismus; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; 'Women''s education'; Frauenbildung; Schweden; Syrien
Abstract	Historically, the spread of universal formal mass education in the West is closely linked to emergence of nation-states. This is also true of the Third World. The salient feature of education today is that it reflects a model of society in which citizens, including children, are seen as a potential to be tapped for development of the nation, as well as of its individual members. In Syria, education has expanded tremendously in scope and scale. The importance of education in Jordan can be shown by the simple fact that out of around 4 million inhabitants in 1991, almost 2 million were pupils. Comparison of essays written by students in Syria, Jordan, and Sweden shows that Middle Eastern pupils' essays reflect what they have been taught to see as desired and desirable goals, and the pupils stress unanimously their duty towards national development. Swedish pupils are very different. None seem to have any particular national aspiration; few have any clear educational plan. Pupils in Syria and Jordan are educationally geared toward higher education despite needs in vocational careers. The Middle East has a fairly low participation of its educated women in the work force. Swedish women are, according to educational authorities, too traditional in program choice in higher education. Swedish students are confident in their future plans, but Middle Eastern students feel cheated since jobs suited to their educational levels are not available. (12 endnotes) (YLB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC