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Description

1. x, 172 pages; 25 cm.

Summary

1. A revolution in education and literacy has taken place throughout the Third World within a generation. The vast majority of parents in developing nations are illiterate, while the majority of children, by the time they reach their teens, have enough formal education to assure more or less permanent literacy. To be sure, the quality of this education, the duration of the schooling experience and the equality of educational opportunity for males and females, rich and poor, urban, town and rural dwellers varies considerably from country to country. However, the fact remains that for the first time in history, formal education has become available to the majority of mankind. The consequences of this new state of affairs must surely be significant. For example, children have the means quickly to acquire more knowledge than their parents possess, which might call into question traditional relationships of respect and honor accorded to older people, based on their greater life experience and knowledge of the ways of the world. Or, as new jobs or occupational roles become available in societies, the superior education of the young might give them competitive advantage over their elders in access to new jobs, higher pay, or other means to enhance the quality of life of their families. Are these changes taking place? To date there have been very few attempts to answer this question, which makes James Allman's study of the impact of formal schooling on Tunisian youth of interest to educators and planners throughout the developing world. -- From JSTOR http://www.jstor.org/stable/218264 (May 2, 2013).

Series statement

1. Social, economic and political studies of the Middle East ; v. 28

Uniform title

1. Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East ; v. 28.

Subject

1. Education > Tunisia
2. Social mobility > Tunisia
3. Occupations > Tunisia
4. Mobilité sociale
5. Education
6. Développement économique et social
7. Education
8. Occupations
9. Social mobility
10. Erziehung
11. Landesentwicklung
12. Soziale Mobilität
13. Onderwijs
14. Ontwikkelingseconomie
15. social mobility
16. youth
17. educational development
18. economic and social development
19. history
20. young workers
21. independence
22. survey
23. educational level
24. occupational status
25. income
26. school leaver
27. community
28. educational policy
29. statistical table
30. Mobilité sociale > Tunisie
31. Enseignement > Tunisie
32. mobilité sociale
33. jeunesse
34. développement de l'éducation
35. développement économique et social
36. histoire
37. jeune travailleur
38. indépendance
39. enquête
40. niveau d'enseignement
41. statut professionnel
42. revenu
43. jeune en fin de scolarité
44. communauté
45. politique éducative
46. tableau statistique
47. movilidad social
48. juventud
49. desarrollo educativo
50. desarrollo económico y social
51. historia
52. joven trabajador
53. independencia
54. encuesta
55. nivel educativo
56. posición profesional
57. ingreso
58. egresado escolar
59. comunidad
60. política educativa
61. cuadros estadísticos
62. Tunisie
63. Tunisia
64. Tunesien
65. Tunisia
66. Tunisie > Conditions économiques > 1956- ..
67. Tunesien
68. Túnez

Genre/Form

1. bibliography.
2. reference.
3. bibliographie.
4. référence bibliographique.
5. bibliografía.
6. referencia.

Contents

1. Introduction ---- Part I. historical perspectives on social mobility, education and development in Tunisia. 1. Social mobility in Tunisia: an historical overview --- 2. Social mobility and development in independent Tunisia --- 3. Education in independent Tunisia ---- Part II. Social mobility, education and development in three Tunisian communities. 4. The three communities: socio-economic and educational background --- 5. School attainment and leaving --- 6. School leavers: their social and economic functions --- 7. Mass education and social mobility: a path model --- 8. Social mobility, education and development: some comparative perspectives.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Note

1. Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

1. Bibliography: p. [161]-169.