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Outsourced Concerted Cultivation: International Schooling and Educational Consulting in China
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Ying, Ma; Wright, Ewan – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2023
This article examines the strategies of a 'new rich' class in China to transmit advantages to their children through admission into highly ranked overseas universities. In-depth interviews were conducted with parents (n = 16) and students (n = 60) at international high schools that cater to the local population in Shenzhen. The findings…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Class, Advantaged, College Admission
The Elite Nature of International Schooling: A Theoretical Framework Based upon Rituals and Character Formation
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Bunnell, Tristan – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2021
The well-established yet under-theorised body of 'Traditional International Schools' warrant much greater sociological analysis and inquiry as 'elite' educational institutions. This paper uses Basil Bernstein's "Sociology of the School" to discuss the 'expressive culture' of such schools, representing an idealised model of conduct,…
Descriptors: Advantaged, International Schools, Ceremonies, Values Education
The Reproduction of Privilege: Young Women, the Family and Private Education
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Maxwell, Claire; Aggleton, Peter – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2014
The paper examines processes of cultural production and reproduction among members of the elite and upper-middle classes. Drawing on findings from a study of private education in England, it explores the utility of a conceptual framework to examine how practices in and across different sites may be reproductive of various forms of…
Descriptors: Advantaged, Social Class, Private Education, Guidelines