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Issues of gender, equality, education, and national development in the United Arab Emirates

Gender, Equality and Education from International and Comparative Perspectives

ISBN: 978-1-84855-094-0, eISBN: 978-1-84855-095-7

Publication date: 19 May 2009

Abstract

In recent years, interest in educational issues in the Muslim world has grown rapidly. This interest runs parallel with a media-led exploration of all things Muslim and the ideas that are fundamental to the tenets of Islam. This trend in examining the educational issues that exist in countries that are predominantly Islamic in history, culture, and belief, is part of a wider awareness of the educational elements of a globalized system of commerce, communication, education, and modernization. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has embraced many facets of globalization, striving to become a regional power and a new financial and commercial hub in the Middle East and a high-tech center in a globally oriented society. Along with other Arab nations, the UAE has recognized the strategic role played by education in national development and modernization.

Citation

Kirk, D. and Napier, D. (2009), "Issues of gender, equality, education, and national development in the United Arab Emirates", Baker, D.P. and Wiseman, A.W. (Ed.) Gender, Equality and Education from International and Comparative Perspectives (International Perspectives on Education and Society, Vol. 10), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 301-331. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-3679(2009)0000010012

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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