12 November 2012

The Future of Iran - Educational Reform: Workshop Papers

Papers commissioned for the Legatum Institute's The Future of Iran workshop on educational reform are available below.

The Future of Iran is a project designed to encourage Iranians to begin thinking about the challenges they will face if, or when, they suddenly find themselves in a position to carry out major political, social and economic reforms.

	Education in the Islamic Republic of Iran and Perspectives on Democratic Reforms [PDF] By Saeed Paivandi, Professor in the Department of Education, University of Lorraine in Nancy, France
	Women and Education in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Repressive Policies, Unexpected Outcomes [PDF] By Goli M. Rezai-Rashti, Professor of Education, University of Western Ontario
	Learning from Post-Communist Transitions: The Case of Educational Reforms in Central-Eastern Europe [PDF] By Cesar Birzea, Professor of Education & Policies, National School for Political & Administrative Studies in Bucharest, Romania
	In the Here and Now: Civic Education in Advance of Democratic Transition [PDF] By Mariam Memarsadeghi, Co-founder and Co-director for the E-Collaborative for Civic Education (Tavaana)
	Iran Academia: The Institute for Social Sciences and Humanities [PDF] By Raha Bahreini, Co-founder of Iran Academia: The Institute for Social Sciences and Humanities
	Educational Reform in Iran, Human Rights Perspectives [PDF] By Nazila Ghanea, Lecturer in International Human Rights Law, University of Oxford
	Civic Education in South East Europe and Turkey: Reflections on recent policy and practice [PDF] By Ted Huddleston, Consultant in civic and citizenship education; Associate, Citizenship Foundation in London

For more information about the workshops click here.

For more information about The Future of Iran programme, click here.

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