Heritage Education : A tool of raising awareness in Egyptian Universities.

ISBN-13: 9783659383779 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 132 str.

Mahmoud Amer Ahmed Mohamed

Opis

Heritage is our legacy from the past, what we enjoy with today, and what we pass on to future generations; Egypt has a great civilization that is replete with inveterate, prosperous and unique heritage. However, we are suffering in Egypt from lack of awareness about the significance of Egyptian Cultural heritage. Since University Education is an important process of spreading learning and knowledge in society where the university students represent a gigantic force in development of society if they are used in correct frame, so the role of university being clarifying to employ those youth in raising awareness and protection of Cultural heritage in the way that attains the social good and the sought objectives of heritage therefore the aim of this book is to examine the theories of heritage and higher education, Heritage Education in Egyptian Higher Learning Institutions by examining university curricula and Volunteer culture and ideology with examples from other countries. The hypothesis searching the possibility of presenting efficient heritage education also similar experiences and workable alternatives are represented to activate education heritage in Egyptian universities.

O autorze

An archaeologist at Minister's scientific office (H.E. Prof.Dr.Khaled El Anany). Project Manager, the Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) 2015, grant to the Ministry of Antiquities for the Conservation Seti I Temple in Abydos. A member of Egypt's Heritage Task Force to raise awareness against illicit trespassing and excavations.