International Teachers’ Lived Experiences

Adam Poole is an independent researcher in Beijing, China. His research interests include international schooling, teachers’ experiences in international schools, and internationalised schooling in China.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Mapping the International School Landscape. Situating Chinese Internationalised Schools.- 3. International School Teachers: Motivations and (mis)conceptions.- 4. The (Inter)cultural.- 5. The Precarious.- 6. The Resilient.- 7. Conclusion.-

“This book provides a timely contribution to unpacking the precarious yet resilient group of teachers within an international context. The insightful perspectives … are of immense value to researching and improving the quality of teachers’ lives in a broader sense. … the author examines a wide array of both well-known and lesser-known phenomena in teacher-becoming. … this book has served as a comparative reference for my (auto)ethnographic research on the phenomenon of teacher-becoming for immigrant teachers in Australasia.” (Dave Yan, Educational Review, September 23, 2022)