Overview
- Examines the impact of Singapore’s foreign talent scholarship practices
- Offers an ethnographic account of the student recruitment process in China
- Presents the experiences of Chinese students in Singapore through the context of the university setting
Part of the book series: Anthropological Studies of Education (ASE)
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“This book invites us to rethink the complexity of international educational mobility. The meticulous and elegantly written ethnographic account supplies a fascinating trip into the unique intercultural experience of foreign talent student immigrants in Singapore. Best of all the bold emphasis on the topics of desires, imaginaries and aspirations represents an original and fine contribution to the field. It should be mandatory reading for all those interested in study abroad and the internationalization of higher education.” (Fred Dervin, Professorof Multicultural Education at the University of Helsinki, Finland)
“Yang provides a fascinating and richly ethnographic account of the implications of Singapore’s Foreign Talent Program. It speaks to larger issues around mobilities, state strategies and educational ‘desire.’ It is a must-read for anyone interested inthe contemporary transformation of education systems beyond the ‘West’ through internationalization.” (Johanna L. Waters, Associate Professor in Human Geography, University of Oxford, UK)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Peidong Yang is Postdoctoral Fellow at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He received his doctorate from the University of Oxford, UK. His research interests include education and migration in the China-Singapore contexts as well as Internet and media in contemporary China.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: International Mobility and Educational Desire
Book Subtitle: Chinese Foreign Talent Students in Singapore
Authors: Peidong Yang
Series Title: Anthropological Studies of Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59143-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-59142-5Published: 04 July 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-59143-2Published: 22 June 2016
Series ISSN: 2946-3033
Series E-ISSN: 2946-3041
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 136
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: Sociology of Education, International and Comparative Education