The Global Imaginary of International School Communities by Heather A. Meyer (En

Description: The Global Imaginary of International School Communities by Heather A. Meyer While much attention is placed on global citizenship, international school communities experience degrees of isolation, limited mobility, over-protection and dependency on the school community– impacting their everyday lives, inside and outside the school. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This book offers a new perspective into the world of international schools and the lucrative industry that accompanies it. It examines how the notion of the global becomes a successful commodity, an important social imaginary and a valuable identity marker for these communities of privileged migrants and host country nationals. The author invites the reader on an ethnographic journey through an international school community located in Germany – illuminating the central features that define and maintain the sector, including its emphasis on globality, engagement with the concept of Third Culture Kid, and its wider contentious relationship with the local. While much attention is placed on global citizenship, international school communities experience degrees of isolation, limited mobility, over-protection and dependency on the school community– impacting their everyday lives, inside and outside the school. This book is guided by larger questions pertaining to the educationand mobilities of migrant youths and young adults, as well as the notion of what it means to be global today. Back Cover This book offers a new perspective into the world of international schools and the lucrative industry that accompanies it. It examines how the notion of the global becomes a successful commodity, an important social imaginary and a valuable identity marker for these communities of privileged migrants and host country nationals. The author invites the reader on an ethnographic journey through an international school community located in Germany - illuminating the central features that define and maintain the sector, including its emphasis on globality, engagement with the concept of Third Culture Kid, and its wider contentious relationship with the local. While much attention is placed on global citizenship, international school communities experience degrees of isolation, limited mobility, over-protection and dependency on the school community- impacting their everyday lives, inside and outside the school. This book is guided by larger questions pertaining to the education and mobilities of migrant youths and young adults, as well as the notion of what it means to be global today. Heather A. Meyer is a Teaching Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Teaching and Learning at Warwick University, UK. She specialises in interdisciplinary research and education and has worked in various educational contexts in the United States, Austria, Kuwait, Germany and the U.K. Author Biography Heather A. Meyer is a Teaching Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Teaching and Learning at Warwick University, UK. She specialises in interdisciplinary research and education and has worked in various educational contexts in the United States, Austria, Kuwait, Germany and the U.K. Table of Contents 1. Introduction.- 2. Constructing the Global Imaginary.- 3. Boundaries and the Exclusion of the Local.- 4. Mapping the Culture of International Schools.- 5. A Global Network.- 6. Transitioning Through the International School System.- 7. Moving Forward: Reconstructing the Global Imaginary. Feature Provides a deliberate, systematic review of the vast international school sector Uses the term, Global Imaginary in a new way to understand and advance the international school sector Contextualises how the idea of the global is systematically constructed as both an inclusive and exclusive concept that benefits the sector and impacts the communities it serves Details ISBN3030727432 Author Heather A. Meyer Language English Year 2021 ISBN-10 3030727432 ISBN-13 9783030727437 Format Hardcover DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-72744-4 Publisher Springer Nature Switzerland AG Edition 1st Imprint Springer Nature Switzerland AG Place of Publication Cham Country of Publication Switzerland Pages 245 Publication Date 2021-05-08 UK Release Date 2021-05-08 Illustrations XXI, 245 p. Edition Description 1st ed. 2021 Alternative 9783030727468 DEWEY 371 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:158470599;

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