Technological Education for Women as a Tool of Upward Social Mobility, with Reference to the Middle East.

Autor/in	Nashif, Taysir
Titel	Technological Education for Women as a Tool of Upward Social Mobility, with Reference to the Middle East.
Quelle	(2000), (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Access to Education; Adult Education; Adult Learning; Comparative Analysis; Cultural Context; Developing Nations; Economic Development; Educational Environment; Educational Needs; Educational Trends; Employment Opportunities; Enrollment Trends; Equal Education; Foreign Countries; General Education; Higher Education; Needs Assessment; Outcomes of Education; Position Papers; Role of Education; Salary Wage Differentials; Secondary Education; Sex Differences; Social Mobility; Socioeconomic Status; Technical Education; Technology Education; Trend Analysis; Womens Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Adult; Adults; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Adulte education; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Bildungsentwicklung; Berufschance; Beschäftigungschance; Ausland; Allgemein bildendes Schulwesen; Allgemeinbildung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Bedarfsermittlung; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Positionspapier; Bildungsauftrag; Sekundarbereich; Sex difference; Geschlechtsunterschied; Soziale Mobilität; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Technikunterricht; Technisch-naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Trendanalyse; 'Women''s education'; Frauenbildung
Abstract	Technological education is more effective than general education in improving social mobility. Remarkable gender disparities currently exist in overall enrollment in secondary and higher education in the Arab states. Encouraging more Arab women to enroll in technological education would lead to higher percentages of women in higher-paying jobs, with the attendant consequences of enhanced social status, security, and mobility. Because technological education is essentially devoid of social and cultural conditions, it weakens gender differentiation of roles. The 1979 Conference on Science and Technology for Development adopted a resolution on women, science, and technology that called on member states to facilitate the following changes: (1) equal distribution of the benefits of scientific and technological development and its applications in society; (2) participation of women in the decision-making process related to science and technology; and (3) equal access for women and men to scientific and technological training and to the respective professional careers. Especially in Arab countries, which have been witnessing a faster pace of urbanization and use of technology than elsewhere, technological education promises to give women a more pronounced presence in their countries' changing economic and social structures, thereby helping to change the patriarchal system that has hindered Arab women's mobility. (MN)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC