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Education 2.0: Chronicles of Technological and Cultural Change in Egypt
- Linda Herrera (editor)
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| Title | Education 2.0 |
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| Subtitle | Chronicles of Technological and Cultural Change in Egypt |
| Contributor | Linda Herrera (editor) |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0489 |
| Landing page | https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/OBP.0489 |
| License | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
| Copyright | Linda Herrera. Copyright of individual chapters are maintained by the chapter author(s). |
| Publisher | Open Book Publishers |
| Publication place | Cambridge, UK |
| Published on | 2025-11-17 |
| ISBN | 978-1-80511-701-8 (Paperback) |
| 978-1-80511-702-5 (Hardback) | |
| 978-1-80511-703-2 (PDF) | |
| 978-1-80511-705-6 (HTML) | |
| 978-1-80511-704-9 (EPUB) | |
| Short abstract | Education 2.0 offers a compelling portrait of Egypt’s bold attempt to overhaul its public education system amid sweeping political and technological transformation. Drawing on extensive oral history interviews, this book traces the launch and rollout of the ‘New Education System’ initiated by the Ministry of Education in 2018, designed to modernize curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment in the digital age and change the ‘culture of learning’. The volume moves fluidly from macro-level state planning to the lived experiences of teachers and students, exploring the promises and pitfalls of top-down reform. |
| Long abstract | Education 2.0 offers a compelling portrait of Egypt’s bold attempt to overhaul its public education system amid sweeping political and technological transformation. Drawing on extensive oral history interviews, this book traces the launch and rollout of the ‘New Education System’ initiated by the Ministry of Education in 2018, designed to modernize curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment in the digital age and change the ‘culture of learning’. The volume moves fluidly from macro-level state planning to the lived experiences of teachers and students, exploring the promises and pitfalls of top-down reform. Conducted partly during the COVID-19 pandemic, the research captures Egypt’s first large-scale experiment with hybrid and distance learning. Interviews with key actors—from policymakers and tech developers to students and educators—reveal competing visions, unintended consequences, and the challenges of culturally transforming education systems in a middle-income country where private tutoring is rife, the sector is chronically under resourced, and politics overshadows policy. This book is essential reading for scholars, practitioners, and policymakers interested in education reform, digital transformation, and the role of the state in shaping learning futures in the Global South. It is also an excellent case study for courses in Middle East studies and comparative and international education. |
| Print length | 562 pages (xxx+532) |
| Language | English (Original) |
| Dimensions | 156 x 39 x 234 mm | 6.14" x 1.54" x 9.21" (Paperback) |
| 156 x 43 x 234 mm | 6.14" x 1.69" x 9.21" (Hardback) | |
| Weight | 1054g | 37.18oz (Paperback) |
| 1241g | 43.77oz (Hardback) | |
| Media | 59 illustrations |
| OCLC Number | 1552591252 |
| LCCN | 2025465539 |
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Contents
- Linda Herrera
- Linda Herrera
‘An Orchestra Without a Conductor’: The Need for Strategic Management of Egypt’s Education System
(pp. 65–80)- Tarek Galal Shawki
- Linda Herrera
‘We Break the Rules’: Interview with Deena Boraie
(pp. 99–112)- Linda Herrera
- Linda Herrera
- Linda Herrera
- Linda Herrera
- Linda Herrera
- Linda Herrera
A Life in Education from Academia to the World Bank: Interview with Juan Manuel Moreno
(pp. 187–204)- Linda Herrera
- Linda Herrera
- Linda Herrera
- Ebtehal Elghamrawy
- Linda Herrera
Nahdet Misr, Legacy Publisher for the New Arabic Textbooks: Interview with Dalia Ibrahim and Dahlia Fouad
(pp. 257–272)- Linda Herrera
Rewriting Arabic Books for a New Generation of Readers: Interview with Nevine El Souefi
(pp. 273–290)- Linda Herrera
- Nariman Moustafa
- Linda Herrera
- Linda Herrera
- Hany Zayed
Coordinating the State’s Knowledge Project: Interview with Mahmoud Dawoud and Mahmoud Hussein
(pp. 327–340)- Linda Herrera
- Linda Herrera
- Linda Herrera
Making Education Entertaining: Interview with Mai Magdy
(pp. 373–390)- Linda Herrera
- Hany Zayed
- Linda Herrera
- Nairy AbdElShafy
- Linda Herrera
- Heba Shama
‘Survival of the Fittest’: A High School Student’s Perspective on Learning, Ethics, and Why Students Cheat
(pp. 457–474)- Linda Herrera
- Mohamed Elsayed
- Menna Ahmed
- Linda Herrera
- Menna Ahmed
- Ayman Alhusseini
- Nevine El Souefi
Contributors
Linda Herrera
(editor)Professor in the Department of Education Policy, Organization and Leadership at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Linda Herrera, a social anthropologist with regional expertise in the Middle East and North Africa, is Professor in the Department of Education Policy, Organization and Leadership at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She was Director of the Education 2.0 Research and Documentation Project in Egypt and served as an international education advisor. Her research deals with education and power, critical youth studies, technology and society, and international education development. Her books include, 'Educating Egypt’ (American University in Cairo Press, 2022), 'Global Middle East’ (with A. Bayat, University of California Press, 2021), 'Revolution in the Age of Social Media' (Verso, 2014), 'Wired Citizenship’ (Routledge, 2014), 'Being Young and Muslim’ (with A. Bayat, Oxford University Press, 2010), and ‘Cultures of Arab Schooling’ (with C.A. Torres, SUNY Press, 2006).