Title:
Education in Arab countries of the Near East : Egypt, Iraq, Palestine, Transjordan, Syria, Lebanon / by Roderic D. Matthews and Matta Akrawi.
Author:
Matthews, Roderic D. (Roderic Donald), 1899-
Akrawi, Matta, 1901-1982.
Matta Akrawi.
American Council on Education.
General Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part One: Egypt -- Organization and administration of the educational system -- Public education for children below secondary-school age -- Secondary and vocational education -- Higher education and educational missions -- Institutions for teacher training -- Al-Azhar and its institutions of Muhammadan learning -- Private and foreign schools -- Part Two: Iraq -- Organization and administration of the educational system -- Public primary education -- Secondary and vocational education -- The education of teachers -- Higher education and educational missions -- Private and foreign schools -- Part Three: Palestine -- Organizational and administration of the government (Arab) educational system -- Public and private schools for Arabs -- The Hebrew educational system -- The Jewish schools and their programs -- Part Four: Transjordan -- Organization and administration of the educational system -- The schools of Transjordan -- Part Five: Syria -- Public elementary, secondary, and vocational schools -- Higher education and the education of teachers -- Private and foreign schools -- Part Six: Lebanon -- Organization and administration of the educational system -- Public education -- French schools -- American and British schools -- Lebanese schools -- Part Seven: Interpretation -- Educational and cultural change in the Arab world.
Publisher:
American Council on Education,
Publication Place:
Washington, D.C. :
Subject:
Education -- Middle East.
Contents:
Part One: Egypt -- Organization and administration of the educational system -- Public education for children below secondary-school age -- Secondary and vocational education -- Higher education and educational missions -- Institutions for teacher training -- Al-Azhar and its institutions of Muhammadan learning -- Private and foreign schools -- Part Two: Iraq -- Organization and administration of the educational system -- Public primary education -- Secondary and vocational education -- The education of teachers -- Higher education and educational missions -- Private and foreign schools -- Part Three: Palestine -- Organizational and administration of the government (Arab) educational system -- Public and private schools for Arabs -- The Hebrew educational system -- The Jewish schools and their programs -- Part Four: Transjordan -- Organization and administration of the educational system -- The schools of Transjordan -- Part Five: Syria -- Public elementary, secondary, and vocational schools -- Higher education and the education of teachers -- Private and foreign schools -- Part Six: Lebanon -- Organization and administration of the educational system -- Public education -- French schools -- American and British schools -- Lebanese schools -- Part Seven: Interpretation -- Educational and cultural change in the Arab world.
Physical Description:
xxiv, 584 pages : illustrations ;
Publication Date:
1949.