Travelling policy and local spaces in the Republic of Tajikistan: a comparison of the attitudes of Tajikistan and the World Bank towards textbook provision.

Autor/in	Bahry, Stephen A.
Titel	Travelling policy and local spaces in the Republic of Tajikistan: a comparison of the attitudes of Tajikistan and the World Bank towards textbook provision.
Quelle	In: European educational research journal, 4 (2005) 1, S. 60-78Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (1); PDF als Volltext (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Literaturangaben
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1474-9041
DOI	10.2304%2Feerj.2005.4.1.6
Schlagwörter	Erziehung; Pädagogik; Bildungsinhalt; Erziehungsziel; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Vergleich; Vergleichsuntersuchung; Einstellung (Psy); Meinung; Problemlösen; Akzeptanz; Bildungsreform; Bildungsberatung; Curriculumreform; Lehrbuch; Schulbuch; Muttersprachlicher Unterricht; Kommunismus; Finanzierung; Marktorientierung; Marktwirtschaft; Reform; Bildungsministerium; Weltbank; Sowjetunion; Tadschikistan
Abstract	For newly independent Central Asian republics a debate has arisen about how much of the aims, content and pedagogy of old Soviet-era curricula to retain, how much to revise or replace, and with what. There is a need to replace and revise textbooks, which are wearing out and outdated. Financial crisis has made the financial support of external funding agencies necessary to do so, allowing these agencies great influence on choice of appropriate aims, objectives and pedagogy to be embodied in new textbooks, and thus on educational change in Central Asia. However, attitudes towards strengths and weaknesses of the existing system, and thus the need for change, may differ between Central Asian educational authorities and external donors. Policies recommended by external agencies may be accepted, adapted, resisted or rejected by local educators for various reasons. This study compares attitudes towards textbook provision policy expressed in two normative texts on educational needs in Tajikistan: one produced by Tajikistan authorities and one by the World Bank. While both express the importance of textbook development for educational reform, clear differences in priorities for textbook development and attitudes towards existing aims, content and pedagogies are identified. These differences suggest the need for increased dialogue between local authorities and external donors. Further, such dialogue should be extended to other key stakeholders in the reform process. (DIPF/Orig.).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2005/2