Education in Central Asia

Denise Egéa is Professor Emeritus and former Director of the French Education Center for Research, Louisiana State University, USA. She holds the position of Professor, Graduate School of Education, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan. She is a Fellow in the Philosophy of Education Society, a Phi Kappa Phi Scholar, and an Officier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques. Her main research interests include Ethico-political issues in education; diversity and equity; languages, cultures, intercultural communication; and human, cultural, and linguistic rights. She has over 100 publications, including two main books: Derrida & Education and Levinas and Education.

• Chapter 1. Introduction – Central Asia: “The Land beyond the River”.- Chapter 2. Variations in Educational Quality in Kyrgyzstan by District and Language of Instruction: An Analysis of 2017 National Scholarship Test Results.- Chapter 3. Understanding Language-in-Education Policy in Kazakhstan: “Trilingual” in Policy, Bilingual in Practice?.- Chapter 4. Educational Reforms in Turkmenistan: Good Framework, Bad Content?.- Chapter 5. Gender and Education in Tajikistan in the Pre-Soviet, Soviet, and Post-Soviet Eras .- Chapter 6. Improving Funding for Higher Education Institutions in Uzbekistan Based on Best Practices.- Chapter 7. Issues of Globalization and Higher Education in Tajikistan.- Chapter 8. A Narrative Study of International Students’ Sense of Belonging in Kazakhstan: Implications for Higher Education Institutions.- Chapter 9. Urban Education and Teacher Policy in the Kyrgyz Republic.- Chapter 10. Descendants of Altynay: Education as an Opportunity and Urban Idealisation in Present-day Kyrgyzstan.- Chapter 11. Urban Education: Challenges and Possibilities.