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After years of military interventions, the current situation in Afghanistan is highly ambivalent and partially contradictory – especially regarding the interplay of development, peace, security, education, and economy. Despite numerous initiatives, Afghanistan is still confronted with a poor security and economic condition. At the same time, enrollment numbers in schools and universities as well as the rate of academics reached a historical peak.
This volume investigates the tension between these ambivalent developments. Sociologists, political and cultural scientists along with development workers, educators, and artists from Germany and Afghanistan discuss the idea that education is primary for rebuilding a stable Afghan state and government.
Uwe H. Bittlingmayer (Prof. Dr. phil.) teaches Sociology at the Institute of Sociology, University of Education Freiburg (Germany).
Anne-Marie Grundmeier (Prof. Dr. rer. pol.) teaches and researches in the field of cultural sciences at the Institute of Everyday Life Culture, Sports and Health at the University of Education Freiburg.
Reinhart Kößler (Prof. Dr. phil.) was director of the Arnold Bergstraesser Institute in Freiburg and is Visiting Professor and Research Associate at the Institute of Reconciliation and Social Justice at the University of the Free State, South Africa.
Diana Sahrai (Prof. Dr.) teaches inclusive education at the Institute for Special Needs Education, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, School of Education, Basel.
Fereschta Sahrai teaches and researches Conflict Analysis, Conflict Resolution and Peace-Building at the Department of Peace and Conflict Studies at the University for Peace in Costa Rica and teaches inclusive education at the Institute for Special Education and Psychology, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland.
Frontmatter 1
Outline 5
Preface 9
If you Want Peace, Educate for Peace 11
Introduction: Education and Development in Afghanistan between History, Expansion, Hope and Disillusions 15
Development - Analytical Value and Ideological Baggage of an Elusive Term 47
Local Languages and Their Role in Education for Development in Afghanistan 63
Highly Motivated, Transnational, Heterogeneous, and Barely Interconnected 79
Schools on the Frontline 101
Crisis and Reconstruction in Teacher Education in Afghanistan 2002 - 2016 143
Macro-Trends and Dynamics of Change in the Afghan Public Education Sector 157
Private Higher Education in Afghanistan 175
Teacher Education at the Faculty of Education at Herat University 193
Training Teachers in Peace Education in Afghanistan 201
From Education in Emergencies to Facilitating Change in Afghanistan's Teacher Education System 219
Private Scholarships for Students from Poor Families at Herat University 237
The Project of the German-Afghan Initiative with Nomads and Semi-Nomads in the Province of Herat 245
How Afghan Embroiderers from Laghmani Discover Writing as a Tool for Communication 255
History Alive 271
The Visual Heritage of Afghanistan 281
Afghanistan Today - Perspectives of an Afghan Living in Exile 295
More Schools for Afghanistan 299
Access to Education as an Essential and Urgent Need 303
List of Authors 309