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urn:uuid:86c64385-5b9f-47b7-8cbd-fbd9c1960f53 03 15 9781805117049 00 EB E101 10 01 01 Education 2.0 Chronicles of Technological and Cultural Change in Egypt 1 B01 Linda Herrera Linda Herrera, a social anthropologist with regional expertise in the Middle East and North Africa, is Professor in the Department of Education Policy, Organization and Leadership at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She was Director of the Education 2.0 Research and Documentation Project in Egypt and served as an international education advisor. Her research deals with education and power, critical youth studies, technology and society, and international education development. Her books include, 'Educating Egypt’ (American University in Cairo Press, 2022), 'Global Middle East’ (with A. Bayat, University of California Press, 2021), 'Revolution in the Age of Social Media' (Verso, 2014), 'Wired Citizenship’ (Routledge, 2014), 'Being Young and Muslim’ (with A. Bayat, Oxford University Press, 2010), and ‘Cultures of Arab Schooling’ (with C.A. Torres, SUNY Press, 2006). 01 eng 00 562 03 10 EDU034000 23 Education 23 Egypt 04 LA1646 10 EDU043000 23 Education reform 23 Digital transformation 10 EDU039000 10 EDU016000 23 Public education 23 Hybrid learning 10 SOC042000 23 Distance learning 01 06 03 00 Education 2.0 offers a compelling portrait of Egypt’s bold attempt to overhaul its public education system amid sweeping political and technological transformation. Drawing on extensive oral history interviews, this book traces the launch and rollout of the ‘New Education System’ initiated by the Ministry of Education in 2018, designed to modernize curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment in the digital age and change the ‘culture of learning’. The volume moves fluidly from macro-level state planning to the lived experiences of teachers and students, exploring the promises and pitfalls of top-down reform. Conducted partly during the COVID-19 pandemic, the research captures Egypt’s first large-scale experiment with hybrid and distance learning. Interviews with key actors—from policymakers and tech developers to students and educators—reveal competing visions, unintended consequences, and the challenges of culturally transforming education systems in a middle-income country where private tutoring is rife, the sector is chronically under resourced, and politics overshadows policy.This book is essential reading for scholars, practitioners, and policymakers interested in education reform, digital transformation, and the role of the state in shaping learning futures in the Global South. It is also an excellent case study for courses in Middle East studies and comparative and international education. 04 00 Acknowledgements Contributor Biographies List of Figures List of Abbreviations 1. Introduction: Learning from Egypt’s Historic Education 2.0 Reforms Linda Herrera I: ORAL HISTORIES OF EDUCATION POLICY INNOVATION AND CHANGE 2. Becoming and Being the Minister of Education: Interview with Tarek Shawki Linda Herrera 3. ‘An Orchestra Without a Conductor’: The Need for Strategic Management of Egypt’s Education System Tarek Shawki (Edited by Linda Herrera) 4. The Road to the Egyptian Knowledge Bank: Interview with Tarek Shawki Linda Herrera 5. ‘We Break the Rules’: Interview with Deena Boraie Linda Herrera 6. Rethinking Assessments for the Digital Age: Interview with Deena Boraie Linda Herrera 7. Envisioning a New Curriculum for the Primary Stage: Interview with Nelly El Zayat Linda Herrera 8. Advocating for Children with Special Needs: Interview with Ingy Mashhour Linda Herrera 9. Media Messaging about Education Reform: Interview with Yousra Allam Linda Herrera 10. UNICEF’s Life Skills Framework Comes to Egypt: Interview with Manar Ahmed Sharouda Linda Herrera 11. A Life in Education from Academia to the World Bank: Interview with Juan Manual Moreno Linda Herrera 12. The World Bank’s Involvement in Education Reform: Interview with Amira Kazem Linda Herrera 13. Redesigning the Curriculum for the Twenty-First Century: Interview with Nawal Shalaby Linda Herrera 14. Discovery Education and Private Sector Partnerships: Interview with Emily Waters Ebtehal Elghamrawy and Linda Herrera 15. Nahdet Misr, Legacy Publisher for the New Arabic Textbooks: Interview with Dalia Ibrahim and Dahlia Fouad Linda Herrera 16. Rewriting Arabic Books for a New Generation of Readers: Interview with Nevine El Souefi Linda Herrera 17. National Geographic Learning Joins Education 2.0: Interview with Tom Kelley Nariman Moustafa and Linda Herrera 18. Motivations for the Digital Transformation of Education: Interview with Ahmed Daher Linda Herrera and Hany Zayed 19. Coordinating the State’s Knowledge Project: Interview with Mahmoud Dawoud and Mahmoud Hussein Linda Herrera 20. The Dream of Developing a Knowledge Bank for All: Interview with Majed M. Al Sadek Linda Herrera 21. Building the Knowledge Bank from Scratch: Interview with Mohamed El-Araby Linda Herrera 22. Making Education Entertaining: Interview with Mai Magdy Linda Herrera 23. Digital Transformation and the Changing EdTech Landscape in Egypt Hany Zayed II: TEACHER AND STUDENT PERSPECTIVES 24. The Learning Journey of a High School Student from the Historic Class of 2021 Linda Herrera and Nairy AbdElShafy 25. The Rise, Fall, and Aftermath of Take-Home Research Projects Linda Herrera and Heba Shama 26. ‘Survival of the Fittest’: A High School Student’s Perspective on Learning, Ethics, and Why Students Cheat Linda Herrera 27. Teachers in Search of Their Identity: A View from Ismailia during Times of Change Mohamed Elsayed and Menna Ahmed 28. Primary School Teachers Leverage Social Media for Professional Development Linda Herrera, Menna Ahmed Saieed, and Ayman Alhusseini 29. A New Curriculum and a Pandemic: Primary Teachers’ Strategies Nevine El Souefi Index Open Book Publishers 01 Open Book Publishers 04 01 20251117 02 WORLD 06 15 9781805117018 06 15 9781805117025 06 15 9781805117032 06 15 9781805117056 06 15 9781805117049 WORLD 09 Open Book Publishers 20 02 5.99 GBP WORLD