Seeking the Educational Cure.

ANCIENT Egyptian education; EDUCATION; REFORMERS; EGYPTIAN politics & government; GOVERNMENT policy on schools; EDUCATION policy; EDUCATIONAL change; NINETEENTH century

EUROPE; EGYPT

This paper examines the development of European-style education in Egypt during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as Egyptian reformers and governments, in their desire to create relevant and effective educational institutions, began looking to Europe for inspiration. The resulting institutions utilized modern methods while preserving the local character of education, often straddling the line between the strictly European and Egyptian. With these compromises and negotiations, ultimately, one of the most influential legacies of European education was the belief in education as a "cure" for all the ills of modern Egyptian society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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