Educational Policy, Reforms, and Change in the Middle East and North Africa

Khalid Arar is Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy at the College of Education, Texas State University, USA.Selahattin Turan is Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy at the College of Education, Bursa Uludağ University, Türkiye.Mohammed Elmeski is a Senior Education Policy Advisor at the Office of the Prime Minister, Morocco.Seher İşcan is Assistant Professor of Educational Administration and Policy at Pamukkale University, Türkiye.

• ContentsAbout the EditorsList of contributorsAcknowledgements1. Educational Policy, Reforms, and Change in the Middle East and North Africa / Editorial IntroductionPart I: In Search of Equity and Quality in Education2. Implementing and Improving Inclusive Strategies for Equity in Education: Politics as Praxis in Turkish Educational Environment3. Inclusive Education Policies in the Southwest Asia/North African Region: Toward Decolonizing the Concept 4. Digitalization of Education in Morocco: Teachers’ Perspective5. Recontextualizing Global Educational Policies into Tunisian Curricular Reforms: Tensions, Contradictions and Outcomes 6. School Turnaround in Centralized Systems of Education: A Case Study of a Bahrain Public School7. Leading Homeschooling in the Gulf Region: Insights and Suggested Model8. Barriers to Effective School Leadership Policies: Insights from Selected Arab CountriesPart II: Chaos, Conflict and Educational Policy9. Developing Higher Education Policies in the Jordanian and Saudi Universities: Supporting the Shift towards Entrepreneurial Education10. Proposed Policies to Promote Higher Education in Yemen and the Troubled Regions in the Middle East and North Africa: Challenges and Prospects11. The Path to a Knowledge-Based Economy through Reforming Public K-12 Education: Educational Policies and Educator Professional Development in Saudi Arabia12. Educational Policies in Wars, Conflict and Emergencies: Cases from the MENA Region13. A Critical Political Economy Analysis of Education Policy and Leadership in the Kurdistan Region in Iraq: The Intersection of Class, Capital, and Identity14. Private and International School Policies in Arab Countries: Rethinking Educational Equity and Cultural Identity15. The 100-Year Journey of Gender Equality in Educational Policymaking in Türkiye (1923-2023): Advancements in Turkish Women’s EducationPart III: Results and Conclusions16. Educational Policy, Reforms, and Change in the Middle East and North Africa: Takeaways and Prospects