TY - BOOK AU - Mutua,Kagendo AU - Sunal,Cynthia S. TI - Research on education in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Middle East, an historic overview SN - 9781593110468 : AV - LA1501 .R465 2004 PY - 2004/// CY - Greenwich, Conn. PB - Information Age Pub. KW - Education KW - Africa KW - Caribbean Area KW - Middle East N1 - Includes bibliographical references; Introduction : mapping and understanding the contexts / Kagendo Mutua and Cynthia Szymanski Sunal -- Linguistic difficulties in learning science concepts in a multilingual elementary school in Benin / Issaou Gado and Doris Simonis -- Taboo subject boldly bared : a feminist analysis of sexual harassment as a major hindrance to learning among high school girls in Kenya / Anne Kanga -- Science education reform in Rwanda : a window to understanding change though dilemmas / Jaya Earnest and David Treagust -- Historical amnesia? : the politics of textbooks in post-apartheid South Africa / Sasha S. Polakow-Suransky -- Beginning teaching in Jamaica : challenges and assistance / Tom Ganser -- The effects of critical thinking instruction on the critical thinking dispositions and critical thinking skills of students enrolled in ninth-grade English / Gayle V. Dancy-Benjamin and Suzy Green -- A comparison of public elementary school teachers' and parents' perception on actual and preferred parental involvement in St. Thomas / Valerie P. Charles-Welsh, Suzy Green, and Rita J. Howard -- Visions of reform in elementary science education in Cyprus / Lucy Avraamidou -- The instruction and acquisition of cognitive skills in Israel : difficulties and accomplishments / Billie Eilam -- A decade of science education research in Lebanon, 1992-2002 : issues and trends / Saouma B. BouJaoude and Fouad Abd-El-Khalick -- Education, the military, and politics in Turkey : transitions in Turkish education after the coup d'état of 1980 / Ismail Guven -- Teacher education in Turkey : issues and trends / Margaret Sands and Dannelle Stevens -- Teacher and teaching characteristics for acceptance : a unique synthesis / Michalis Koutsoulis -- Epilogue / Elizabeth Blue Swadener ER -