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Title: Towards the improvement of practice teaching in Lebanon : educating today's teachers for the 21st century
Other Titles: Teacher education in the Euro Mediterranean region
Authors: Fathallah, Ihsan
Keywords: Teachers -- Training of -- Lebanon
Education -- Lebanon
Comparative education
Issue Date: 2002
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc.
Citation: Fathallah, I. (2002). Towards the improvement of practice teaching in Lebanon : educating today's teachers for the 21st century. In R. G. Sultana (Ed.), Teacher education in the Euro Mediterranean region (pp. 153-176). New York: Peter Lang Publishing Inc.
Abstract: Education as a social process is intimately connected with several other features and aspects of life, with current events, with the heritage of the past, and the aspirations of the people. In order to appreciate the present practice teaching schemes in Lebanon and the views and experiences of student teachers in this study, it is essential to provide an overview of the socio-economic context, issues, and problems in which the drama of education is played out. The Lebanese Republic is a small country that lies on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. The total area of the country is 10,452 square kilometers (4,500 square miles) and its population is approximately four million. The country's main sources of income are agriculture, light industry, and tourism. Though Lebanon is identified worldwide as an Arab country, yet it is perceived by its people to have two distinct cultural heritages: ArabMoslem and Western-Christian. This uniqueness has enabled the Lebanese to establish a cordial relationship with both the East and the West. Because of its strategic location, Mediterranean climate, and fertile soil, Lebanon has been subjected to numerous invasions since the earliest times by the Assyrians, Babylonian, Persians, Greeks/Macedonians, Romans, Arabs, Christian Crusaders, Mamlukes, Ottoman Turks, French, and the Israelis.
URI: https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/37681
ISBN: 0820462160
Appears in Collections:Teacher education in the Euro-Mediterranean region

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