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Journeying Towards Belonging: The Voices of Young International School Students

Journeying Towards Belonging: The Voices of Young International School Students
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Author(s): Loretta Fern Fernando-Smith (Independent Researcher, Germany)
Copyright: 2024
Pages: 29
Source title: Handbook of Research on Critical Issues and Global Trends in International Education
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Megel R. Barker (TASIS England, UK), Robyn Conrad Hansen (Northern Arizona University, USA)and Liam Hammer (International School of Lusaka, Zambia)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-8795-2.ch019

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Abstract

This chapter builds an understanding of belonging and examines it in the context of international schools in an increasingly global world. It focuses on the early years and explores a case study at a well-established international school with eighteen 4- to 6-year-old children. Together with the children, the researcher co-constructs understandings around young children's ontological perceptions of belonging. The research explores children's views of what enables and what hinders belonging in ethnically, culturally, and linguistically diverse international educational spaces and culturally responsive and developmentally appropriate means through which these perceptions can be accessed. The chapter then discusses the implications and recommendations resulting from the case study. It offers methodological practices for research with young children in international spaces, possibilities for further research, as well as theoretical, pedagogical, and structural considerations for international educators and school leaders striving to create inclusive spaces.

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