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MINORITY EDUCATION POLICY IN AZERBAIJAN AND IRAN

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  • Khazar Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

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  • 2002
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Abstract (2. Language): 
The world is moving in the direction of a new era. Great changes are occurring in almost every section of the world, and schools are in the middle of these difficulties, for it is the schools that are being called on to prepare youth for a future society, a society that will certainly be very different from yesterday’s society. Among the changes occurring throughout the world is the requirement that social justice is gained on the part of minority groups in societies. This is particularly difficult in countries such as Azerbaijan and Iran, where recent political revolutions have stressed a high degree of nationalism and national allegiance. The implications these revolutions have for schooling are particularly difficult because schools are expected to draw young people into their national mainstreams, but if social justice is to be served, schools must also provide minority groups within society with a sense of cultural identity and equity. Often, however, the agenda set for schools focuses almost exclusively on nationalism and cultural homogenization. This is what has happened in both Iran and Azerbaijan, where education has been instituted to ensure that all young people develop a sense of identity and allegiance to the nation state.
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1. William Sears, A Cry from the Heart: The Bahá’ís in Iran (Oxford: George Ronald, 1982). See chapter 12 for a discussion of the children in schools.
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16. Taken from the International Bureau of Education’s 2002 curriculum data set.
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20. From the ninth grade geography textbook, p. 20.
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