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Developing the Notion of Teaching in 'International Schools' as Precarious: Towards a More Nuanced Approach Based upon 'Transition Capital'
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Poole, Adam; Bunnell, Tristan – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2021
This paper is a response to a recently published article in this journal entitled 'Precarious privilege: personal debt, lifestyle aspirations and mobility among international school teachers' by Rey, Bolay, and Gez (2020. "Precarious Privilege: Personal Debt, Lifestyle Aspirations and Mobility Among International School Teachers."…
Descriptors: International Schools, Faculty Mobility, Teachers, Foreign Workers
International Mindedness as a Platform for Class Solidarity
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Bunnell, Tristan; Donnelly, Michael; Lauder, Hugh; Whewall, Samuel – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2022
There has been reference in literature to the concepts of a Transnational Capitalist Class and a Global Middle Class, but there has been little discussion of how education may form any sense of class solidarity for these groups. In national contexts, ruling class socialisation has been achieved through elite private schooling. But the notion of…
Descriptors: International Education, Social Class, Global Approach, Socialization
The Clustering in 'Global Universities' of Graduates from 'Elite Traditional International Schools': A Surprising Phenomenon?
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Bunnell, Tristan; Donnelly, Michael; Lauder, Hugh – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2021
Our paper reveals a significant under-reported emergent phenomenon: the graduates of the well-established 'Elite Traditional International Schools' worldwide are beginning to cluster in certain universities, in certain 'global cities'. As one might expect, New York and London are central to this clustering, alongside Boston, Toronto and Vancouver.…
Descriptors: Social Class, Advantaged, Selective Admission, Universities
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 Changing Landscape of International Schooling: Implications for Theory and Practice. Routledge Research in International and Comparative Education
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Bunnell, Tristan – Routledge Research in International and Comparative Education, 2014
The number of English-medium international schools that deliver their curriculum wholly or partly in the English language reportedly reached 6,000 in January 2012. It is anticipated this number will rise to over 11,000 schools by 2022, employing over 500,000 English-speaking teachers. The number of children being taught in these schools reportedly…
Descriptors: International Schools, International Education, Educational Change, Theory Practice Relationship