Reforming Iraqi Journalism and Mass Communication Higher Education
Abstract
Journalism and mass communication higher education in Iraq is well established but largely isolated from global developments since the 1970s. In the post–Iraq war period, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) implemented a multiyear project to work with the leadership of Iraqi higher education to help update the curriculum in journalism and mass communication in that country. This project adapted the UNESCO Model Curricula for Journalism Education to the evolving higher education environment in Iraq. The authors were funded by UNESCO to help facilitate the adoption and adaptation of the model curriculum to the unique situation in Iraq.
Faculty Members
- Peter D. Laufer - University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA
- John V. Pavlik - Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
- Ramzi T. Ataya - Ataya Consulting, Beirut, Lebanon
- David P. Burns - Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD, USA
Themes
- Journalism Education
- Adaptation to Local Contexts
- Global Collaboration in Education
- Higher Education Reform
- Curriculum Development
Categories
- Education research
- Multidisciplinary interdisciplinary sciences, other
- Interdisciplinary computer sciences nec
- Multidisciplinary interdisciplinary sciences
- Education
- Interdisciplinary computer sciences
- Teacher education
- Higher education evaluation and research
- History philosophy of science, technology and society
- Curriculum and instruction
- Teacher education, specific subject areas
- Multidisciplinary interdisciplinary sciences nec