International Schooling

Privilege and Power in Globalized Societies

Lucy Bailey (Bahrain Teachers College, Bahrain)

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Bloomsbury Academic
21 October 2021

Organisation & management of education; Independent schools, private education

International schooling has expanded rapidly in recent years, with the number of students educated in international schools projected to reach seven million by 2023. Drawing on the author’s extensive experience conducting research in international schools across the globe, this book critically analyses the concept of international schooling and its rapid growth in the 21st century. It identifies the forces driving this trend, asking to what extent this is an enterprise that meets the needs of a global elite, and examining its relationship to national systems of education. The author demonstrates how wider social inequalities around socio-economic difference, ethnicity, ‘race’ and gender are reproduced through international schooling and examines the theory that ‘international’ curricula are in fact Western curricula.

Presenting research from diverse countries including Russia, Malaysia, the UAE, the UK, and Bahrain, the author explores ways in which international schools adapt to local cultural contexts and examines the views of parents, students, teachers and school leaders towards the education that they provide.

By: Lucy Bailey (Bahrain Teachers College Bahrain)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 440g
ISBN: 9781350169999
ISBN 10: 1350169994
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 21 October 2021
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction 1. Globalisation, Education and the International Schools Movement 2. Conceptualising the International School 3. The Micro-Politics of International Schools 4. Teaching in International Schools 5. Internationalism or Westernisation? 6. Educating for Global Citizenship 7. Inequalities in the International School 8. International Education and International Schools Conclusion: What Future for International Education? References Index

Lucy Bailey is Associate Professor and Head of Education Studies at Bahrain Teachers College, University of Bahrain, Bahrain. She is the author of Third Culture Teacher (2019) and lead author of Access to Higher Education: Refugees’ Stories from Malaysia (2018).

Reviews for International Schooling: Privilege and Power in Globalized Societies

Lucy Bailey invites stakeholders in international schools to critically examine their likely contribution to global inequality and, equipped with this perspective, suggests pathways to support agendas for progressivism and equity in education. This lucid book should be essential reading for all international school stakeholders whether educators, parents, governors, or investors. * Darren Bryant, Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Education Policy and Leadership, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong * The distinction of international schools and their breath-taking growth appears to have outstripped professional safeguards and lived ethics. While the optics of the industry remain pedantically mired in systemised injustices and inequities, Lucy Bailey takes firm aim at a sector in need of a soul, not a mission statement. Bravo! * Dr Alexander Gardner-McTaggart, Lecturer in Educational Leadership, The University of Manchester, UK * Integrating her own research with a comprehensive review of recent literature, Lucy Bailey's International Schooling... is a vital resource for enhancing understandings of international schooling. Juxtaposing analytic angles and empirical vignettes, Bailey offers a set of core registers and significant fault lines for studying this heterogenous and dynamic movement. * Paul Tarc, Associate Professor, Western University, London, Canada *