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The cultural, political, and pedagogical history of an elite Iranian engineering institution in the years directly preceding the 1979 Iranian revolution. In 1966, the Shah of Iran established Arya-Mehr University of Technology (AMUT), now known as Sharif University of Technology, as part of a larger campaign to modernize the nation. In 1979, AMUT engineering students played a critical role in the revolution that overthrew the Shah and his regime. In The authors present the cultural, political, and pedagogical history of AMUT, from its 1966 establishment up to its pivotal role in the 1979 revolution, while delving into the complex interplay of global, national, and Islamic values in STEM education. In the past several years, STEM education scholars have challenged the epistemological and ontological foundations of STEM education research and practice, while deepening the field''s engagement with questions of power, ethics, race, and justice. The case of AMUT presents the opportunity to contribute a Global South perspective to studies of the civic, cultural, and political functions and foundations of science and engineering education. Sharif University continues to be at the epicenter of politics in Iran.
List of contents
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: Political and Pedagogical History of Aryamehr University of Technology (1966-1979)
Chapter 2: The MIT-AMUT Partnership in Shaping a Regional STEM Leader
Chapter 3: Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr at AMUT: Bridging Science, Philosophy, and Controversy (1972-1975)
Chapter 4: The Rise of Faculty and Student Activism at AMUT
Chapter 5 : Gender Relations at AMUT
Chapter 6: Political Identities, Learning and Social Experiences of AMUT students
Conclusion
Epilogue
Bibliography
Appendix: Oral History Protocol
About the author
Sepehr Vakil is Associate Professor of Learning Sciences in the School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University.
Mahdi Ganjavi is a Lecturer in the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto.
Mina Khanlarzadeh is EUME Fellow at the Forum Transregionale Studien.
