Shaping a nation: an examination of education in Pakistan

The key to transforming a society into what it should be is apparently linkedinextricably to education. This book draws the attention of readers to the implications of formal education for the state as a powerful tool that can convert the mindset of the masses. The book is particularly pertinent in view of how education is being used and misused in Pakistan, especially with reference to religious education. All of the contributions in this volume focus on particular aspects of education across Pakistan. Some are ethnographic and anthropological, some historical, some pedagogical, some are clearly influenced by social policy agendas. They seek to identify a number of very real and complex sets of issues involved in providing high quality and mass education across Pakistan. Thus, this volume portrays a range of views on how education in Pakistan is, what it could be, and perhaps most importantly what it ought to be. INDICE: Publisher's Acknowledgements; General Editor's Introduction; Society, Culture and Politics: Examining Education in Pakistan; Stephen Lyon andIain R. Edgar; 1.: Rural Realities Observed: Future Perspectives and the Right to Education in a Coastal Village in Pakistan; Afke DeGroot; 2.: Putting Social Engineering on the Back Burner: Teaching Priorities in Formal Education inRural Punjab, Pakistan; Stephen Lyon; 3.: The Madrasa at Deoband: A Model forReligious Education in Modern India; Barbara Metcalf; 4.: Pedagogy, Power andDiscourse: Transformation of Islamic Education; Aziz Talbani; 5.: Islamic Education and Conflict: Understanding the Madrassahs of Pakistan; Saleem H. Ali; 6.: What role for Islam today? The Political Islamisation of Pakistani Society; Marie Lall; 7.:. A Tale of Two Communities; Rubina Saigol; 8.: Textbooks andthe Construction of Militarism in Pakistan; Ayaz Naseem; 9.: Ruled by the Pen: Literacy, Orientalism and the Colonial Order in Punjab; Nadeem Omar Tarar; 10.: Primary Education Service Delivery in Punjab through Public-Private Partnerships; Uzma Hussain; 11.: The Education System in Pakistan with Special Reference to Inequality; Tariq Rahman; Social Justice and Access to Education: A Case Study of Pakistan; Rukhsana Zia; Notes on Contributors; Bibliography; Index

• ISBN: 978-0-19-547709-2
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 350
• Fecha Publicación: 20/05/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés