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Malmö högskola
LärarutbildningenIndivid och samhälle
Examensarbete
10 poäng
Clashes and Educationin Timor Leste
Sofia Fleischhacker & Sofie Uhlin
Lärarexamen 200 poäng Examinator: Jan-Anders AnderssonSamhällsvetenskap och lärandeHöstterminen 2004, Kurs LL1506 Handledare: Lena Persson
 
Abstract
The purpose of this qualitative thesis is to describe and analyse the implementation of an education system in the newly independent state, Timor Leste. One question to bediscussed is whether an emergency phase is still going on in the development of afunctioning school system, or if Timor Leste already reached a capacity building phase?Via the participant’s answers in field observations and interviews, the study analyses theclashes between generations, social classes and different levels in relation to the choiceof Portuguese as an official language and the international environment in the country.The thesis concludes that a lot of work remains in creating a fully functioning educationsystem.We enjoyed the writing- and hope you will enjoy the reading!
 Key words
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Timor Leste, education system, language, clash, Portuguese.
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Contents
Abbreviations..................................................................................................................5
 
Important definitions.....................................................................................................6
 
1. Introduction................................................................................................................8
 
1.1 From Malmö to Dili - a one year project................................................................8
 
1.2. Purpose of the study...............................................................................................9
 
1.3. Questions to be answered.......................................................................................9
 
1.4. Literature................................................................................................................9
 
1.5. Disposition of the thesis.......................................................................................10
 
2. Basic knowledge of Timor Leste.............................................................................12
 
2.1 The education system in Timor Leste....................................................................14
 
3. Methodology and material.......................................................................................17
 
3.1. Methodology literature.........................................................................................17 
 
3.2. Qualitative method...............................................................................................18
 
3.3. Limitations............................................................................................................18
 
3.4. Criticism of our sources.......................................................................................19
 
3.5. Types of interviews...............................................................................................19
 
3.6. Interview participants..........................................................................................21
 
3.7. The field observations and field participants.......................................................24
 
3.8. Reliability and validity.........................................................................................25
 
4. Analysis and concluding discussion........................................................................28
 
4.1. Institutional and individual answers....................................................................28
 
4.2. Is the emergency phase really over?....................................................................29
 
4.3. The implementation of Portuguese and other foreign languages – for better or worse?.........................................................................................................................34
 
5. Finally…....................................................................................................................40
 
5.1 Thoughts about the future in Timor Leste.............................................................40
 
Bibliography and references........................................................................................44
 
 Literature.....................................................................................................................44
 
 Reports........................................................................................................................44
 
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