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International Schools and Education Futures in China and Beyond: Exploring Purpose, Identity and Social Contracts book cover

1st Edition

International Schools and Education Futures in China and Beyond Exploring Purpose, Identity and Social Contracts

Edited By Nicola Sum, Philip Wing Keung Chan, Jun Teng, Simon Beaumont, Grace Ji Copyright 2027
264 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Exhibiting theoretical and empirical contributions from eight countries and economies globally, including Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, China, Malaysia and Vietnam, this edited volume seeks to address the nature of social contracts within and across the international school sector. Reflecting the intellectual outcomes of the Beijing Normal University–Durham University–Monash University... Read more

Foreword 1
Xiaodong Zeng

Foreword 2
Catherine Montgomery

Introduction: Social contracts, cultures and complexities of international schooling
Nicola Sum, Philip Wing Keung Chan, Jun Teng, Simon Beaumont, Grace Xuecong Ji

1. Re-imaging the international schools in China in the retreating globalization era: A historical perspective
Jun Teng, Jiaxin Zhou 

2. Understanding Chinese teachers’ CPD in international schools: A case study of teachers’ belief and classroom instruction change through CPD
Wu DanLu 

3. How to develop a globally-competent Chinese adolescent at an international school?
Lucheng Wang 

4. Improving teaching practice through the development of strategies of instructional leadership in the International Bilingual schools in China
Song Jing

5. Students’ experiences of global competence in international schools in China
Teng Jun, Stephanie Hollings 

6. A review of teacher quality in Chinese international schools:  Context, challenges, and strategies
Jing Qu, Yuan Qu, Grace Xuecong Ji, Philip Wing Keung Chan 

7. Lessons from the burning mountain: Dünya and critical global citizenship education in an Azerbaijani International Baccalaureate International School
Nicholas Palmer, Gulnara Gaforova 

8. Teaching practical subjects through online in an Australian global school
Lu Yang, Simon Beaumont, Philip Wing Keung Chan 

9. Market positionings of English Medium Schools in the international school sector in Bangladesh: Strategies of purpose, image or identity
Nicola Sum 

10. Global pandemic effects on parents’ choice of international schools in Malaysia 
Mien Wee Cheng, Preedha R. Govindasamy, Sarah Sook Yian Chan 

11. Integration curriculum and international schools: Illustrating the policy implications for the future of the sector in Vietnam
Nguyễn Thi Quỳnh Lâm, Nicola Sum

12. The viewpoints of Australian independent school leaders, teachers and students on assisting international students
Philip Wing Keung Chan, Hongzhi Zhang, Grace Xuecong Ji

Biography

Nicola Sum is Senior Lecturer in Globalization, Education and Leadership, Faculty of Education, School of Education and Culture, Monash University, Australia.

Philip Wing Keung Chan is Senior Lecturer in Globalization, Policy, Governance and Artificial Intelligence in Education, Faculty of Education, School of Education and Culture, Monash University, Australia.

Jun Teng is Professor in the Institute of International and Comparative Education, Beijing Normal University, China.

Simon Beaumont is Regional Principal, OneSchool Global, Australia.

Grace Xuecong Ji is Assistant Lecturer, School of Education and Culture, Monash University, Australia.

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