National governments confront different challenges to the goal of creating model citizens, as well as different ambitions in the type of citizen that they wish to create. The United States government faces a tension in determining the role of education in shaping the social orde…
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In contrast to other African regions, Somalia is composed of inhabitants who are members of a rather homogenous group that share a similar ethnicity. Somali's are categorized as Muslims and share a similar culture, language and practices. However, one of the most devastating civ…
Through an analysis of Social Studies textbooks of the government primary school curriculum of Bangladesh, this thesis highlights the role of the education system in pushing poor and ethnic minority children out of school. The texts and graphics are analyzed in order to examine …
The word 'democracy' today generally signifies a liberal form of democracy, which provides citizens with both a public sphere in which they have their say in running their affairs, and a private sphere where basic negative freedoms are enshrined. Globalization and the knowledge …
The present study aims to elucidate the determinant factors that affect environmental attitudes (EA) of senior high school students in Turkey and the origins of these EAs. Over nine hundred students from different school types, neighborhoods, geographical regions, social-economi…
The current study examines the reconstruction of Turkish social studies/history curriculum and assesses how well the program conforms to the established EU directions and norms. The purpose of this study is to reconcile the issues of Turkish accession, the implementation of Euro…
Problem. This study was conducted to identify the incidence of specific Iranian middle-class social and moral values in the content of children's story books. Four questions were used as research guides: (1) To what extent are Iranian middle-class social and moral values present…
The purposes of this study were to identify the major principles of the national ideology of Turkey which the leadership sought to establish and perpetuate after gaining independence; and, to ascertain, through content analysis, the degree to which these values were reflected in…
This dissertation presents a comparative study of Turkish and Egyptian education between 1910 and 1952, focusing on the dissemination of state-supported conceptions of nationalism, regime loyalty, civic virtue, and the social order appropriate to modernizing societies. I do this…
The purpose of this study is to relate the expansion and development of literacy and adult education in Iran to the broader context of the Iranian political economy, during the 1962-1979 period. In addition, a brief historical analysis of the development of education in relation…
This hermeneutically crafted qualitative study examines how six university-educated middle-class Pakistani Muslim women negotiate the competing expectations of traditional Muslim culture and the emancipated ethos of the university. It uses Robert Kegan's constructive-development…
The unrealistic struggle associated with the ethnocentric thinking that is steering the relationship between the Muslim World and the West has, to a large extent, distorted Islam and the ideals of the West along with its version of democracy. This action research study was condu…
Despite international students' growing presence in counseling related programs in the United States of America (U.S.), their unique difficulties and needs that merit attention, and their significant contributions in bringing global perspectives into higher education, there is a…
Peace has become more illusive than ever in India. The problem of violence in its various garbs increased after India became an independent nation in 1947. This research is an exploration on the role of religion and the place of peace in India today; particularly in light of the…
The purpose of this study is to explore how the Arabic novel can and does challenge the conventional characterization of what constitutes constructive Middle East historiography. The thesis draws on a case study of undergraduate history course syllabi in order to highlight a num…
This analysis addresses the subject of nahda , or renaissance, in Jordanian history, civics, religion, and literature textbooks from the 1970s to 2009. "Nahda " is a keyword in the textbooks signifying both the historical period of Arab modernist thought and nationalism in the l…
When people today think of the end of the world, whether from a secular or religions, serious or fictional perspective, the role of human agency and responsibility in how apocalyptic events occur is often of central concern. In many cases, humans believe that we have some contro…
Computer-based learning (CBL) is referred to as any teaching method that makes use of computers for information transmission or input (Mercer, 2019). This includes any information being conveyed through computer applications such as websites, laptops, interactive games, videos, …
Globally oriented content and perspectives are urgently needed in United States secondary classrooms as the world continues to become more interconnected. U.S. secondary students are typically exposed to global topics in world history courses. There is limited research on the in…