From Traditional to Formal Education in the Lower Arabian Gulf, 1820-1971

Davidson, Christopher M.

doi:10.1080/00467600701430020

From Traditional to Formal Education in the Lower Arabian Gulf, 1820-1971

Davidson, Christopher M.

Authors

Christopher M. Davidson

Abstract

This article charts the development of education in the lower Arabian Gulf from its traditional beginnings in the nineteenth century to the provision of more formal schooling and eventually a ministry of education following Britain's withdrawal from the region in 1971. In order to provide a better understanding of the complexities and relative advances and setbacks to this development, special emphasis is placed on the social, economic and political context of education's trajectory; including the lower Gulf's dependent relations with its Imperial protector and its reliance on foreign educational aid from Kuwait.

Citation

Davidson, C. M. (2008). From Traditional to Formal Education in the Lower Arabian Gulf, 1820-1971. History of Education, 37(5), 633-643. https://doi.org/10.1080/00467600701430020

Journal Article Type	Article
Publication Date	Sep 1, 2008
Deposit Date	Mar 23, 2011
Journal	History of Education
Print ISSN	0046-760X
Electronic ISSN	1464-5130
Publisher	Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	37
Issue	5
Pages	633-643
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1080/00467600701430020