Learning in Morocco: Language Politics and the Abandoned Educational Dream Contributor(s): Boutieri, Charis (Author) |
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ISBN: 0253020514 ISBN-13: 9780253020512 Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips)
Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: April 2016 Click for more in this series: Public Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Education | Comparative - Education | History - History | Africa - North |
Dewey: 370.9 |
LCCN: 2016302823 |
Series: Public Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa |
Physical Information: 1" H x 6.2" W x 9.1" L (1.10 lbs) 292 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - North Africa |
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Learning in Morocco offers a rare look inside public education in the Middle East. While policymakers see a crisis in education based on demographics and financing, Moroccan high school students point to the effects of a highly politicized Arabization policy that has never been implemented coherently. In recent years, national policies to promote the use of Arabic have come into conflict with the demands of a neoliberal job market in which competence in French is still a prerequisite for advancement. Based on long-term research inside and outside classrooms, Charis Boutieri describes how students and teachers work within, or try to circumvent, the system, whose contradictory demands ultimately lead to disengagement and, on occasion, to students taking to the streets in protest. |
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