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Publication Date: 2017-Aug
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How an Antipodean Perspective of International Schooling Challenges Third Culture Kid (TCK) Conceptualisation
Fanning, Sean; Burns, Edgar
Journal of Research in International Education, v16 n2 p147-163 Aug 2017
This article recounts the story of Jack's primary and secondary schooling career across several countries and eventual relocation and tertiary education in Victoria, Australia. His narrative is described here as an antipodean educational trajectory. What is meant by antipodean education is contrasted to the long established concept of the third culture kid (TCK). There are overlaps in these concepts. The argument is made, however, that Jack's travelling and multiple education cultural mix gives him a different sense of himself that is not fully accounted for in the TCK literature. Global movement of people for employment and other reasons such as politics, governmental or service professions, continues today. Taking children with working and mobile parents has long been characterised as creating third culture kids who do not belong to either originating or hosting societies. Today, however, it is less the case that this can be adequately described as travel "out from" and "back to" the geo-political centres. This changing socio-cultural reality means re-examining what kinds of educational opportunities and experiences children are exposed to and the effects of these on young people.
Descriptors: International Education, Relocation, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Personal Narratives, Foreign Countries, Self Concept, Travel, Educational Experience, Student Mobility, Cultural Background, Occupational Mobility, Overseas Employment, Educational Opportunities, Culture Conflict, Parent Child Relationship, Student Adjustment, English, African Languages, Cultural Differences, Social Differences, Cultural Awareness, Males
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia; Zimbabwe; Sri Lanka; United Kingdom (Birmingham); New Zealand
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