Modern Persia and her educational system

Introduction

I. Persia, The Country, The People
* Characteristics of the Country
* Economic Life
* History
* Cultural Contributions of Persia

II. Contact with the Western World — Its Bearing on the
* Life of the Country
* The Beginning of Contact
* The Revolution of 1906
* Rise of the New Persia under Pahlavi

III. Educational Traditions
* Religion
* Private Initiative
* Discipline
* French Influence
* Centralization
* Social Attitude toward Teachers and Children
* Pedagogical Traditions

IV. Administration of the Educational System
* The Minister of Education
* Permanent Departments
* The Civil Service Law
* Provincial Divisions of Persia
* Educational Finance
* The Higher Council of Education
* The Status of Private Schools
* Medical Inspection
* Textbooks
* Status of the Foreign Schools
* The State Examinations
V. The School System
* A. Preschool and Kindergarten Education

* B. Elementary Education
* The Curriculum
* Examinations
* Elementary School Teachers
* School Buildings
* The Maktabs

C. Secondary Education
* The Compulsory Military Service Law
* Organization and Curriculum
* The First Cycle
* The Second Cycle
* Examinations
* The Second Cycle Certificate
* The Secondary School Teachers
* Scholarships

D. Vocational Education

E. Higher Education
* Scholarships
* Higher Education in Foreign Countries
* Foreign Institution
* Religious Colleges

F. Physical Education

G. Adult Education

H. Persian Schools Abroad

I. Statistics

VI. Criticisms and Needs of Persian Education — Proposals for Meeting Those Needs

A. Ideals of the Persians
* Aims of Education

B. Objectionable Outcomes of the Present System of Education

* Belief in Fate
* Docility
* Individualism
* Contempt for Industrial Pursuits
* Superstitions

C. Defects of the Present System — Their Remedies

1. Administration
* The Higher Council of Education
* The Ministry of Education
a. Triple Authority
b. Bureaucracy
c. Lack of Stability and of Professional Experts

2. Curriculum and Method
3. Training of Teachers
4. Books, Equipment, and Buildings

D. Some of the More Important Needs
* Political
* Social
* Economic

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