Precarity and insecurity in international schooloing : new realities and new visions / by Tristan Bunnell and Adam Poole.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bunnell, Tristan, author.

Poole, Adam, author.

Series:

Emerald points.

Emerald points

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International schools--Cross-cultural studies.

International schools.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

United Kingdom : Emerald Publishing, 2021.

Summary:

The arena of International Schooling is growing rapidly and changing in nature. The number of schools delivering a curriculum wholly or partly in English outside an English-speaking nation reached 12,000 in 2020. China and the Middle East is the emerging centre of activity, and local parents are the main customers.

Contents:

Chapter 1. The continuous growth : the emergent natural stage of anomie

chapter 2. The normal negative sociology : the condition of precarity and insecurity

chapter 3. Precarity and insecurity in practice : evidence from mainland China

chapter 4. Towards a positive sociology : the role of 'resilience'

chapter 5. The new concept of 'transition capital' : a positive coping strategy

chapter 6. The emerging research agenda : towards a 'sociology of international schooling'.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-80071-593-5

OCLC:

1257666706