Migration, Diversity, and Education

Beyond Third Culture Kids
2015. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-52465-2
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 251 Seiten, Format (B × H): 144 mm x 223 mm, Gewicht: 4336 g

The concept of Third Culture Kids is often used to describe people who have spent their childhood on the move, living in many different countries and languages. This book examines the hype, relevance and myths surrounding the concept while also redefining it within a broader study of transnationality to demonstrate the variety of stories involved.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dervin, Fred

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Allgemeines
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Vergleichende und Empirische Bildungsforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogische Soziologie, Bildungssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Bildungspolitik, Bildungsreform
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; Saija Benjamin and Fred Dervin PART I: MULTI-MOBILITY - MIXING THE GLOBAL AND THE LOCAL 1. Towards an Interdisciplinary Analysis of the Diversity of 'Third Culture Kids'; Danau Tanu 2. Conceptualising Four Ecological Influences on Contemporary 'Third Culture Kids'; Donna Velliaris 3. Boundaries and the Restriction of Mobility within Expatriate International School Communities: A Case Study from Germany; Heather Meyer PART II: MIGRANT CHILDREN: BELONGING OR LONGING TO BELONG? 4. Non-Place Kids? Marc Augé's Non-Place and Third Culture Kids; Christian Triebel 5. NatioNILism: The Space of Nation-less Belonging; Joanna Yoshi Grote 6. Talking About 'Home': Immigrant Narratives as Context for TCKs; Nicolas Le Bigre 7. 'Third Culture Kids' As Serial Migrants' Children: Understanding Some of the Impacts of a Highly Mobile Transnational Upbringing; Gabrielle Désilets PART III: BEING AND BECOMING IN TRANSITION: RUPTURES, CHANGES, COPING 8. Being Connected: A Friendship Comparison among U.S., International, and Third Culture College Students; Kyoung Mi Choi, Melissa Luke and Janine M. Bernard 9. Experiences of Polish and American Third Culture Kids; Agnieszka Tr?bka SECTION IV: MOBILITY AND BEYOND 10. Adventuring and Vagrancy: Justifying Location-Independence; Päivi Kannisto Afterword; Richard Pearce

Über Autor(innen)

Saija Benjamin, University of Helsinki, Finland Janine M Bernard, Syracuse University, USA Kyoung Mi Choi, Youngstown State University, USA Fred Dervin, University of Helsinki, Finland Gabrielle Désilets, Institut National de Recherche Scientifique Centre Urbanisation, Cultures, Sociétés, Canada Yoshi Joanna Grote, Sussex University, UK Päivi Kannisto, Tilburg University, The Netherlands Nicolas Le Bigre, University of Aberdeen, UK Melissa Luke, Syracuse University, USA Heather Meyer, University of Southampton, UK Richard Pearce, International Education consultant, UK Danau Tanu, University of Western Australia, Australia Adnieszka Tr?bka, Jagiellonian University, Poland Christian Triebel, King's College London, UK Donna M Velliaris, Eynesbury Institute of Business and Technology, Australia