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Facing the challenges of children and youth with special abilities and needs on the fringes of Omani society
No full textAdequate services for people with special abilities and needs are very limited and are yet to be developed in the Sultanate of Oman. They are mostly located in urban centers and, therefore, out of reach for the majority of people with special abilities and needs, given the fact that there is a high prevalence of disabilities in rural areas due to intermarriage. This lack of attention to the situation of children with special abilities and needs raises serious questions for the government and local authorities as to the nature of their responsibilities for disadvantaged children, youth, and adults. The aims of this descriptive study are twofold: to outline the beliefs, reactions, and coping strategies adopted by caretakers and professionals within support services; and to depict the conditions and characteristics of the social support system. The available information published mostly in Arabic is complemented by the views and experiences of professionals working in various organizations. The findings show that systematic monitoring of the prevalence of various disabilities in the community is critical and closely linked to the need for development of more adequate services. In addition, it shows that awareness of the rights of children, youth, and adults with special abilities and needs must be improved in order to counter stigma-related discrimination and to assure access of people to special needs services.Children Youth and adults with special abilities and needs Community services Child/human rights Stigma-related discrimination Training institutions Monitoring of centers Prevalence of special needs in the Sultanate of Oman
«Frontières du desert». Le diable de l’éducation: une bénédiction et une malédiction
Full text linkObservations and insight into Muslim and Gulf State Nations after years of serving as an onsite, teacher and consulting professor in education and Psychology are presented. The dramatic increase in literacy in Saudi Arabia and the problems associated with a country adjusting to this change are analyzed. The consequences of an illiterate, nomadic, tribal nation discovering colossal wealth and its influence on their traditions and economy are described. Unique insight into the struggle of newly-educated women to achieve greater freedom and opportunity in a culture known for its gender-based political ideology is offered. Gender barriers to university education and subsequent employment, and the tactics used to maintain them, are identified in some detail. The practical problems in teaching students from tribes in which truth and knowledge are secondary to desert survival through unchallenged leadership and loyalty are presented. The consequences of a government system in which there is no separation between State and religion are discussed. The importance of feminine values in a world where their absence could be devastating is explained in detail. The information contained herein can provide insight for countries changing from nomadic, tribal institutions to integrated, industrialized nations during the 21st Century.Tras años de haber trabajado in situ como consultora y profesora de educación y psicología, se presentan las observaciones y reflexiones realizadas acerca de las naciones musulmanas y del Golfo. Se analiza el notable incremento del alfabetismo en Arabia Saudí y los problemas asociados a un país que se está ajustando al cambio. Se describen las consecuencias de una nación analfabeta, nómada y tribal que está descubriendo una riqueza colosal, así como la influencia en sus tradiciones y economía. Se presta especial atención a la batalla de las mujeres recientemente educadas para obtener mayor libertad y oportunidades en una cultura conocida por su ideología política basada en el género. Se identifican las barreras de género presentes en la educación universitaria y en el empleo y las tácticas utilizadas para mantenerlas. Se detallan los problemas que aparecen a la hora de enseñar a los estudiantes de las tribus, pues para ellos prima la supervivencia en el desierto a través del liderazgo indiscutible y la lealtad sobre el conocimiento y la verdad. Se discuten las consecuencias de un sistema de gobierno en el que no existe separación entre el estado y la religión. Se explica en profundidad la importancia de los valores femeninos, cuya ausencia podría ser devastadora. La información aquí plasmada proporciona una forma de entender el cambio que están viviendo estos países, pasando de una cultura nómada y tribal a una sociedad integrada e industrializada del siglo XXI.Les résultats présentés dans la recherche suivante découlent d’observations relatives aux États musulmans du Golfe Persique obtenues après des années d’exercice sur place en tant qu’enseignant et professeur consultant en sciences de l’éducation et en psychologie. L’analyse porte sur la forte hausse de l’alphabétisation en Arabie Saoudite et les problèmes d’adaptation que cela engendre pour ce pays. elle décrit également les conséquences de la confrontation d’une nation illettrée, nomade et tribale avec une immense prospérité et son influence sur son économie et ses traditions. Elle propose une analyse unique de la lutte des femmes ayant eu nouvellement accès à l’éducation pour davantage de liberté et de perspectives au sein d’une culture connue pour son idéologie patriarcale. Les obstacles mis aux femmes pour accéder à l’université ou plus tard à une embauche seront étudiés à l’aide d’exemples précis, tout comme les stratégies emplo yées pour maintenir ces obstacles. Sont également présentés les problèmes pratiques rencontrés dans l’enseignement à des étudiants issus de tribus pour qui la vérité et la connaissance sont secondaires par rapport à la survie dans le désert grâce à des valeurs telles que la loyauté et le pouvoir. Il en découle une discussion sur les conséquences d’un système gouvernemental qui ne connaît pas la séparation entre l’État et la religion. On expliquera en détail l’importance des valeurs féminines dans un monde où leur absence pourrait être dévastatrice. Les présentes informations peuvent apporter un certain regard pour des pays passant du statut d’institutions nomades et tribales à celui de nations industrialisées et intégrées au cours du 21ème siècle
Enseñanza & teaching : revista interuniversitaria de didáctica
No full textResumen basado en el de la publicaciónTítulo, resumen y palabras clave en inglés, español y francésSe analiza el notable incremento
del alfabetismo en Arabia Saudí y los problemas asociados a un país que se está
ajustando al cambio.
Se describen las consecuencias de una nación analfabeta, nómada y tribal que
está descubriendo una riqueza colosal, así como la influencia en sus tradiciones y
economía. Se presta especial atención a la batalla de las mujeres recientemente educadas para obtener mayor libertad y oportunidades en una cultura conocida por su
ideología política basada en el género. Se identifican las barreras de género presentes
en la educación universitaria y en el empleo y las tácticas utilizadas para mantenerlas.ES
Migrantinnen und Migranten im politischen Abseits: Ein Pilotprojekt zur Partizipation von Minderheitengruppen in Südtirol
No full textACHIEVEMENTS AND CHALLENGES IN THE EDUCATIONAL REALM IN SAUDI ARABIA
Full text linkOften the greatest symbol of national education is a university. While the first University in Saudi Arabia was King Saud University in Riyadh est. 1957, Saudi Aramco has served as a ―defacto university‖ setting for thousands of Saudi‘s from all over the Kingdom. While for years there were just a handful of government universities catering to a minority of high school graduates, the number of private universities is helping to take up the slack such as Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University in the Eastern Province which opened its doors in 2006 and was the first to enroll both male and female students in separate facilities. Those modern higher education institutions are being surrounded by a conservative Muslim society that holds many challenges one of which is the waste of the female potential for the societal development. With a reported unemployment rate for women of 21.7% and of men 7.6%, there is a large discrepancy in gender differentiated unemployment. It is often pointed to three conditions that must be met before women can be fully integrated into the wage labor force: need, opportunity and ability. While in the educational realm women are gaining grounds, Saudi Arabia remains a very traditional, conservative society where school to work transition remains a major challenge. However, in order to fully implement the concept of Saudization these traditional gender roles need to be renegotiated
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Conclusion
No full textIn the conclusion of this volume the authors insist on a new model of inclusion conceived as a process that cannot ignore, as a pre-requisite, the need for solid cooperation in education and culture with and within the Muslim world. Without such a pre-requisite, any integration effort could end up being perceived by many Muslim immigrants as a threat to their identity. A re-thought multilateral approach is recommended in order to bridge the gap between Muslim identities and European citizenship schemes. The necessary coordination between Europe and the educational, economic and financial institutions of neighbouring Muslim countries is emphasized as an essential step towards the need to enhance human development in immigrant communities and to manage interculturalism in an effective way. This is indicated as a huge challenge, but the authors argue that the concept of a new pattern of constructive co-existence in our European societies is a crucial one: this is a pattern able to prevent those crises that have been emerging when efforts to either manage or manipulate Islam have involved host countries and hosted communities
The Middle East at a crossroad: An educational revolution
No full textAbstractDrawing from a four-year study the current state of educational opportunities for women in the Arabian Gulf in the early twentyfirst century is discussed. The aim is to shed light on the ways in which traditional, tribal Muslim societies view accommodating new educational infrastructures and age-old traditions. The educational realm is a stage for the dilemma of reconciling traditional religious practices and the values of a globalized, modern life. A divergence exists between the Arabian Gulf's rapidly changing national culture and the deeply traditional ways providing women with new opportunities to create and to become connected while simultaneously limiting them
Migration and Integration Challenges of Muslim Immigrants in Europe. Debating Policies and Cultural Approaches
No full textAs the impetus of globalization continues to gather pace, more and more people leave their homes pursuing dreams of a better life for themselves and their families. Muslim immigrants converging on Europe from widely divergent communities scattered throughout North Africa, the Middle East and South-East Asia, represent a great variety of local cultures and traditions. Trans-Mediterranean networks form the basis of migration routes and are key factors in the destinations of these migrants and in the overall process of immigration, be this towards Europe or other Muslim countries. South-North fluxes intertwine with South-South fluxes, among which the Gulf Arab countries stand out as a prime destination, not only for low-skilled labour. Different situations emerge, within a variegated discourse on co-existence, integration, assimilation and the preservation of identity. The adoption of this transnational dimension incorporating both destination, and points of origin, enables the investigation of migration to move beyond a purely Eurocentric approach. Thus, different national patterns are analyzed with a focus on a number of significant case-studies. By debating policies and cultural approaches the aim is to add innovative scholarship to the challenge of integration. Cross-cultural pluralism on the part of the nation states comprising the European Union is one avenue for moving the dialogue between different cultural frameworks towards a more compatible form
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