An ethnographic investigation of students' and parents' perceptions of their international school experiences

An ethnographic investigation of students' and parents' perceptions of their international school experiences

This thesis uses etlmographic interviews to investigate students' and parents' perceptions of an isolated international school in China and their life in the Test International School (TIS) expatriate community (TIS is a pseudonym). Due to the highly mobile and transient nature of the scho...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Harrington, Philip
Published:	Durham University 2007
Subjects:	370.15
Online Access:	http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.486647

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