International Students in Transnational Spaces

Wu examines how national and transnational forces and discursive logic mediate international secondary school students' educational routes and life trajectories. This insightful book will be of interest to a wide range of education stakeholders, as well as scholars and researchers in comparative and international education.

Autorentext

Xi Wu is Associate Professor at School of Education, Soochow University, Jiangsu, China. She has a PhD in Educational Studies from University of Western Ontario, Canada.

Inhalt

1. Introduction 2. Theoretical Discussion on Transnational Cultural Logics and International Students' Subjectivity and Agency 3.Internationalization of Education and Chinese International Students' Transnational Experiences 4. Introducing an Ethnographic Study 5. Eleven Chinese International Secondary School Students' Stories 6. Chinese International Secondary School Students' Academic and Language Learning in Transnational Spaces 7. Chinese International Secondary School Students' Intercultural Learning, Social Lives in Transnational Spaces, and Aspirations for the Future 8. The Influences of Intersecting Cultural Logics on International Students' Transnational Routes 9. Reflections on Chinese International Secondary School Students' Aspirations, Learning, and Becoming 10. Implications for Different Stakeholders in International Education