ERIC Number: EJ1205779
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
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"Walking the Talk": A Conceptualization of International Mindedness to Inform Leadership in International Schools
Tarc, Paul
Peabody Journal of Education, v93 n5 p486-499 2018
In many of the most highly regarded international schools, international mindedness (IM) represents an overarching value orientation and a "mindset" to be developed in students. Over the last 2 decades, there has been increasing attention to both understanding and supporting IM in the explicit and formal curriculum in international schools; however, the theorization of the more "implicit" or "hidden" curriculum of international schools has been much less engaged. This article presents a broad conceptualization of IM from a synthesis of the most recent IM literature and, more specifically, digs deeper into the implicit forms of learning and subjectivity via a "post-informed" analysis of a critical anecdote of international school teaching. The article seeks to inform leaders of how they might more robustly understand IM and work to "walk the talk" of IM through a more open embrace of human difference and cultural conflict under complex, power-laden, and sometimes fraught social relations.
Descriptors: International Schools, International Education, Cultural Awareness, Hidden Curriculum, Intergroup Relations, Culture Conflict, Leadership, Power Structure, Cultural Pluralism
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