Tunisia: Coming Soon
January 20th 2008 15:03
I've recently started a PhD program in Social Foundations of Education-- my area focus has been on international education, which I'm still trying to hone further to perhaps a region or country, or a specific issue (such as HIV/AIDS education or some similar global problem). One project I've become involved in is an educational partnership between my university and the University of Tunisia.
One international issue that I've been studying recently is colonial and post-colonial governments and the way that a colonizer's infrastructure (systems of government and other government services) are carried over even after the colonized country has become independent. Often these systems don't fit the new country, and efforts are sometimes, but not always, made to restructure.
Tunisia is one such case. The French system of education has until recently been in place in higher education in Tunisia, and the university is working to establish a more appropriately Tunisian system of education that reflects the nation's own identity, behaviors, and values rather than imposed French ones that remain as relics of the colonial past. It's a long and difficult process to restructure such a large piece of the government as education, but for something that is so integral in forming the minds and cultures of younger generations, few would argue that it's worth it.
One international issue that I've been studying recently is colonial and post-colonial governments and the way that a colonizer's infrastructure (systems of government and other government services) are carried over even after the colonized country has become independent. Often these systems don't fit the new country, and efforts are sometimes, but not always, made to restructure.
Tunisia is one such case. The French system of education has until recently been in place in higher education in Tunisia, and the university is working to establish a more appropriately Tunisian system of education that reflects the nation's own identity, behaviors, and values rather than imposed French ones that remain as relics of the colonial past. It's a long and difficult process to restructure such a large piece of the government as education, but for something that is so integral in forming the minds and cultures of younger generations, few would argue that it's worth it.
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