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1st Edition

Interpreting International Education In Honour of Professor Jeff Thompson

Edited By Mary Hayden Copyright 2022
    252 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    252 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    252 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge
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    This book addresses issues and challenges arising in the theory and practice of international education. Written by leading international experts in the field, it draws on up-to-date scholarship relating to this burgeoning area of study.

    The book reflects research that focuses on the increasing importance worldwide of the international schools sector. Acknowledging the seminal contribution made to development of the field by Professor Jeff Thompson, it discusses topical and fundamental questions relating to international education that are faced by researchers and practitioners. These include the aims of international education, its underpinning philosophy and values, the role of curriculum, the nature of pedagogy in this context and challenges for teaching and leadership. The volume is research-focused and comprises chapters from well-regarded experts based in 11 different countries who have academic and professional experience in teaching and researching international education.

    As a major contribution to this growing field of knowledge in a rapidly changing educational context, this book will be of great interest to academics, students and researchers in the field of international education worldwide, as well as those with research interests in comparative education and curriculum studies.

    List of Figures

    List of tables

    List of Contributors

    Acknowledgements

    Foreword

    George Walker

    Introduction- International Education: Setting the Scene

    Mary Hayden

    Part I: Interpreting International Education: Fundamentals and Concepts

    1. Virtues of Science and Internationalisation in Education

      2. Fazal Rizvi

    2. Five Lenses for Interpreting International Education in the 21st Century. Great Expectations or Brave New World?

      3. Terry Haywood

    3. Intercultural Learning as Difficult Knowledge

      4. Debra Williams-Gualandi

    4. The Role of Culture and Identity in International Education: a functional approach to some prospective problems

      5. Richard Pearce

    5. Educating for Wisdom

      6. Paul Regan

    6. Aspirations for International Education. We Live in a Copernican Moment

      7. Robert Sylvester

    7. Academies for Anywheres: international schools, the nation state and identity

      8.

      Nicholas Tate

    8. No Facts, Only Interpretations? Nietzsche’s perspectivism and educational assessment

      9. James Cambridge

      Part II: Interpreting International Education in Practice

    9. The 'Fundamental Dilemma’ of International Education Revisited

      10. Tristan Bunnell

    10. Freedom, Innovation and Change: the international dimension

      11. Chris Binge

    11. The Democratisation of International Education

      12. Ian Hill

    12. Values Added in International Education

      13. Malcolm McKenzie

    13. Leadership in International Schools: tensions and complexities

      14. Peter MacKenzie

    14. Preparing for Leadership? First – Understand your Culture and Context

      15. Darlene Fisher

    15. Where to Next? What Does the Future Hold for International Education?

             James MacDonald

    Conclusion- International Education: Moving Forward

    Mary Hayden

    Biography

    Mary Hayden is Professor of International Education at the University of Bath, UK.

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