I look forward to reading the report The educational curricula of preparatory and high schools are nationalistic and lack respect for diversity, according a study the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) published on Tuesday...the study indicated that educational curricula have been rigid over the past decade, reflecting a strong nationalist discourse employing a simplistic narrative to create a constructed, homogenising Egyptian character”. It noted that the 25 January Revolution that ousted former president Hosni Mubarak, is not portrayed as an uprising against this post-1952 system, but rather as opposition against distinct wrongdoings in the last 10 years of Mubarak’s rule. The study argued that a nationalist discourse in education poses several problems, one of which is the homogenising effect of nationalism, overshadowing ethnic or other differences and, as a result, challenge tolerance and diversity. Nationalist narratives are often a clear attempt to create obedient citizens who adhere to existing power structures and who do not question authority”
Posted on: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 08:32:44 +0000
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