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Challenging the Internationalisation of Education: A Critique of the Global Gaze book cover

1st Edition

Challenging the Internationalisation of Education A Critique of the Global Gaze

By Lucy Bailey Copyright 2024
178 Pages
by Routledge

178 Pages
by Routledge

178 Pages
by Routledge
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This book presents a searing critique of the global take on education, questioning why the idea that education should be international has come to dominate the field and positing that the discourse of internationalisation has altered the way we conceptualise education. Using diverse examples from the Middle East, the UK and South-East Asia, the book gathers insights from international... Read more

1. Introduction: Two faces of internationalisation  2. The international turn in education: A short history  3. The global education industry: Selling learning abroad  4. Policy borrowing in international contexts: West knows best  5. Preparing students for a globalised world: Global classroom  6. Travel and the construction of excellence: International schools  7. Refugee education: Permanently excluded  8. Imperial professors and academic tourists: Paid to be white  9. Certification and curriculum in international contexts: Colonialism by degrees  10. Conclusion: The global gaze

Biography

Lucy Bailey is an Associate Professor and Acting Dean, Bahrain Teachers College, University of Bahrain, Bahrain.

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