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This book addresses how Western universities have constructed themselves as global providers of education, and are driven to be globally competitive. It also explores how the term 'international' has been exploited by the market in the form of government educational policies and agencies, host institutions, academia and the mass media.
List of contents
Preface 1. Looking into the Problem 2. Power, Discourse, Desire and International Education 3. Globalisation, International Education and Questions of Identity 4. Constructing the 'Truths' of International Student Subjectivities 5. From Global to Local - Learning Supermarkets in the National Interest: International Education and the Australian Government 6. The Fabric of Relations: Desire and the Formation of Choices 7. Brokering Identity 8. Rika: 'The Spotlight of Difference' 9. Purchasing the 'Good' 10. Reconstructing the Discourses of International Education
About the author
Raqib Chowdhury works as an academic in the Faculty of Education, Monash University, Australia. His research interests include EAP and TESOL, English as an International Language, and Identity.
Summary
This book addresses how Western universities have constructed themselves as global providers of education, and are driven to be globally competitive. It also explores how the term 'international' has been exploited by the market in the form of government educational policies and agencies, host institutions, academia and the mass media.
