Perspectives on Engineering Education Quality in Tunisia After 50 Years of Statehood

Perspectives on Engineering Education Quality in Tunisia After 50 Years of Statehood 

The chapter begins with backgroimd information on the Tunisian EE system. It proceeds with a description of the research design and methods and a description of the people and questions that comprise the dataset. The study then details themes that emerge from respondents interviews, begiiuiing with their references to historical touch points, their view of the curriculum, the theme of regulation, and the theme of tension between internal and external pressures. Respondents address internationally comparative issues such as the French inheritance in Tunisia s system. 

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Abdulwahed et al. (eds.). Advances in Engineering Education in the Middle East ondNorihAfrica, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-15323-0 16 

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