Constructing International Schools as Postcolonial Sites

Autor/inn/en	Gibson, Mark T.; Bailey, Lucy
Titel	Constructing International Schools as Postcolonial Sites
Quelle	In: Globalisation, Societies and Education, 21 (2023) 3, S.405-416 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Gibson, Mark T.) ORCID (Bailey, Lucy)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1476-7724
DOI	10.1080/14767724.2022.2045909
Schlagwörter	International Schools; Postcolonialism; Foreign Countries; School Administration; Instructional Leadership; Discourse Analysis; Web Sites; Ethnicity; Role; Institutional Characteristics; Racial Differences; Equal Education; Barriers; Educational History; Malaysia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? International school; Internationale Schule; Post colonialism; Postkolonialismus; Ausland; Instruction; Leadership; Bildung; Erziehung; Führung; Diskursanalyse; Web-Design; Ethnizität; Rollen; Rassenunterschied; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte
Abstract	This paper explores the discursive construction of race in Malaysian international schools and its relationship with postcolonialism. In response to the expansion of international schooling, it analyses data from a study of international school leadership in Malaysia, a former colony, through a postcolonial lens. It draws on face-to-face interviews with twelve international school leaders, and discourse analysis of sample websites from Malaysian international schools. Malaysia is an ethnocracy, with three distinct racial groups, and ethnicity affects many aspects of life, including education, and it is suggested that international schools offer no exception to this. The data indicate four emergent themes, these being constructions of: school identity; educational expertise; leadership; and Malaysia itself. The authors posit that international schools in Malaysia operate as postcolonial sites. Despite the origins of international schools lying within a movement committed to equality, these institutions are implicated in the construction and replication of racial divisions. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01