International Mobility and Educational Desire : Chinese Foreign Talent Students in Singapore
1st ed. 2016
by
Peidong Yang
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Anthropological Studies of Education
ISBN-10
1137591420
ISBN-13
9781137591425
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint
Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 4th, 2016
Print length
136 Pages
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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”.
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.
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