Author： Bazna Maysaa
Publisher： Routledge Ltd
ISSN： 1476-7732
Source： Globalisation, Societies and Education, Vol.7, Iss.3, 2009-09, pp. : 275-287
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Abstract
This qualitative study investigates the interaction between local and imported knowledges in a specific case of transnational importation; the whole-sale importation of the American medical learning disabilities (LDs) model in Kuwait. A discourse analysis of the narratives of local educators at the only school for LDs in the country reveals a belief in the value of the imported model over their personal, experiential and cultural knowledge in the education of students identified with LDs. I conclude that importation needs to be a conscious act or the result would be the total loss of local culture.
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