The Crypto-Growth of "International Schooling": Emergent Issues and Implications

Autor/in	Bunnell, Tristan
Titel	The Crypto-Growth of "International Schooling": Emergent Issues and Implications
Quelle	In: Educational Review, 74 (2022) 1, S.39-56 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1911
DOI	10.1080/00131911.2021.1907316
Schlagwörter	International Schools; Private Schools; Public Schools; Elementary Secondary Education; Global Approach; Educational Development; Educational Policy; Government Role; Language of Instruction; English (Second Language); Foreign Countries; Educational Finance; Politics of Education; Advanced Placement Programs; Thailand; Qatar; Malaysia; Singapore; Asia; China; United Kingdom; Burma; Vietnam + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? International school; Internationale Schule; Private school; Privatschule; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Globales Denken; Bildungsentwicklung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Ausland; Bildungsfonds; Educational policy; Katar; Singapur; Asien; Großbritannien
Abstract	The diverse arena of International Schooling concerned with schools delivering a non-local curriculum in English largely outside an English-speaking nation, has grown enormously during the current wave of globalisation. Traditionally, the arena of "International Schools" played an intended ideological and pragmatic role, albeit in a rather discrete and peripheral manner which in practice facilitated an exclusive schooling experience for a limited and already privileged transnational elite clientele. Its growing appeal and access to a wider, localised clientele is now a key source of tension. A period of fast-paced, reactionary policy-making in areas such as China, Malaysia, Myanmar, Vietnam, and Qatar, has quickly and rather quietly ushered in a new, diverse provision of private international schooling, supported by a complex global package of commercially-driven support-agencies and backed by private equity. Further, a body of state-backed "Public International Schools" are discretely beginning to appear, offering an entirely new arena of activity. Moreover, there is evidence that much of this is occurring without national debate or awareness, creating a newer and more complex form of "crypto-growth". The arena of International Schools now competes directly within the national sphere of education, raising both their political profile and critical discussion about their emergent purpose and intentions. The role now seems much more blurred and problematic, and tensions are beginning to appear at a local and national level adding to the sense of insecurity and precarity. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01