For Whom the Bell Tolls: Globalisation, Social Class and South Korea's International Schools

Autor/in	Song, Jae Jung
Titel	For Whom the Bell Tolls: Globalisation, Social Class and South Korea's International Schools
Quelle	In: Globalisation, Societies and Education, 11 (2013) 1, S.136-159 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1476-7724
DOI	10.1080/14767724.2012.750476
Schlagwörter	Educational Policy; Educational Demand; Global Education; Foreign Countries; International Schools; Social Class; Labor Market; Language of Instruction; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Foreign Nationals; Educational Change; Private Schools; Language Role; Institutional Characteristics; South Korea + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsanforderung; Bildungsnachfrage; Globales Lernen; Ausland; International school; Internationale Schule; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Ausländer; Ausländerin; Bildungsreform; Private school; Privatschule; Korea; Republik
Abstract	This article discusses how in South Korea, English-medium international schools, initially established to educate foreign residents, have recently transformed themselves into private providers of global education for South Koreans. The article explains the social, economic and political circumstances under which the South Korean government has allowed this transformation to take place in response to the forces of globalisation as well as to South Korean elites' educational demand. The article argues that English-medium international schools are elite-class reproducing institutions. The role of English, one of the major imperatives of global capitalism, will also be discussed, as this language has been impinging on South Korea's education and labour market. (Contains 1 table and 9 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10