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Contributors from Saudi Arabia and other Arabian Gulf countries, including Kuwait, Bahrain, Egypt, and Qatar, offer overviews, case studies, and policy analysis on using education to transition Gulf countries from economies dependent on natural resources into knowledge societies. Of special interest is discussion of what happens when the modernist project confronts the traditional cultural values of the Gulf region. Other topics include the application of the Singapore Model in the Kingdom of Bahrain, integration of information and communication technologies in Egyptian teacher education, and Qatar's new international universities. The book is distributed in North America by Turpin Distribution. Annotation c2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)