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Charis Boutieri - Learning in Morocco: Language Politics and the Abandoned Educational Dream - 9780253020512 - V9780253020512
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Learning in Morocco: Language Politics and the Abandoned Educational Dream

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Description for Learning in Morocco: Language Politics and the Abandoned Educational Dream Hardback. Series: Public Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JHMC; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 563.

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 ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Series
Public Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa
Number of Pages
292
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253020512
SKU
V9780253020512
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About Charis Boutieri
Charis Boutieri is Senior Lecturer in the Social Anthropology of the Middle East at King's College London.

Reviews for Learning in Morocco: Language Politics and the Abandoned Educational Dream
This book is aimed at anthropologists and other scholars of education and its role in development. It will be of interest to scholars of Morocco and the Middle East/North Africa region, particularly those interested in youth culture and in growing concerns in the region about the diminishing opportunities for young people in changing regional economies. Learning in Morocco joins a ... Read more

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