PhD.
Abstract
Educational Strategy for facing the interior challenges of
National Security
A
Future Study
Dr
Ahmed El-Zeki
Introduction
The issue of security has been
imposed on man since his existence on earth. Up till now, the
problem of security has become one of the serious issues of the
modern time especially with consequent variables, which threaten
the modern man’s security. In addition, the concept of security
has not been restricted to the military matters but it includes
economic, social, cultural and political sides. Countries of the
world have begun to realize the importance of education in
keeping national security and facing its challenges.
Statement of the problem
With the social, economic,
cultural and political variables in Egypt and the world as a
whole, the role of education is magnified as a reliable factor
in achieving stability and security for consolidating social and
economic development and coping up with the advanced societies.
Out of this arises the research problem, which can be stated in
the following question:
What
is the prospective role of education in facing the interior
challenges of national security in Egypt?
Out of this question arise the
following minor questions:
1-What is meant by educational
strategy, its characteristics, elements and how to build it up?
2- What is meant by national
security, its elements, levels and bases?
3- What are the most important
interior challenges which face national security in Egypt?
4- How is Delphi technique – as
one of the future studies techniques – used to identify and face
those challenges?
5- What are the main features of
the prospective educational strategy for facing the interior
challenges of national security in Egypt?
Objectives of research:
The research aims at preparing a
theoretical framework about the concept of national security
(its bases, elements, levels), the most important interior
challenges facing national security in Egypt, the concept of
educational strategy (its characteristics, elements and how to
build it up) and techniques of future studies (especially Delphi
Technique). The research also aims at preparing an educational
strategy for facing the interior challenges of national security
in Egypt.
Method and tools of research:
The descriptive method is
used in this research because it is most suitable for the nature
and aims of the research. Also the Delphi questionnaire is used
throughout three rounds to reach a consensus among a group of
experts about the most important interior challenges facing
national security in Egypt, and also about the suggested
educational roles of education in facing these challenges.
Sample of research:
The sample includes a selected
group of teaching staff members in the Faculties of Education,
Economy and Political Sciences , Arts in addition to some
members of the Parliaments , some members of Education and
Security Committees in the Public Council in Damietta , experts
from the Police and the National Security Authority and experts
from the Ministry of Education . This sample has been chosen to
apply the Delphi questionnaire.
Steps of research:
The research follows the following
steps:
1-Assigning the research problem,
importance, aims, method and tools.
2- Review of literature related to
the thesis.
3-Analyzing the concepts of
educational strategy and national security.
4-Showing the international
variables and interior challenges threatening national security.
5- Analyzing the concept of future study focusing on Delphi
Technique.
6- Applying the field study by
Delphi Technique throughout three rounds.
7- Presenting a suggested
educational strategy for facing the interior challenges of
national security in Egypt.
Results of research:
The research concludes that there
is close relationship between national security and the
education system, which is considered as one of the strong
pillars of national security. Out of the theoretical and field
study, the research designs a prospective educational strategy
for facing the interior challenges of national security in
Egypt. This strategy
consists of the following elements:
q
Philosophy of
strategy,
q
Aims of strategy,
q
Main features of
strategy,
q
Principles of
strategy,
q
Bases of
strategy,
q
Elements of
strategy.
This step includes the social,
cultural, political and economic sides of the strategy. Each
side consists of a group of recommendations and suggestions
which education should undertake to face the challenges of
national security.
Parties concerned with implementing and evaluating the strategy:
This step concentrates on the role
of family, formal education institutions, religious institution,
mass media and political parties in implementing the roles and
recommendations of the strategy.
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