International Mobility and Educational Desire
Chinese Foreign Talent Students in Singapore
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Education & Teaching, Educational Theory, Philosophy & Social Aspects
| Author: | Peidong Yang | ISBN: | 9781137591432 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US | Publication: | June 22, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | Peidong Yang |
| ISBN: | 9781137591432 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US |
| Publication: | June 22, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
This book examines the Singapore government’s controversial practice of recruiting students from China and granting them full scholarships on the condition of a service “bond”. It offers detailed ethnographic accounts of the Chinese “foreign talent” students’ educational and cross-cultural experiences in Singapore to illustrate the complex intersections between international mobility and educational desire. In doing so, the book presents contemporary Singapore society’s concerns over immigration and cross-cultural encounters from a unique perspective.
This book examines the Singapore government’s controversial practice of recruiting students from China and granting them full scholarships on the condition of a service “bond”. It offers detailed ethnographic accounts of the Chinese “foreign talent” students’ educational and cross-cultural experiences in Singapore to illustrate the complex intersections between international mobility and educational desire. In doing so, the book presents contemporary Singapore society’s concerns over immigration and cross-cultural encounters from a unique perspective.
