International Graduates Returning to Vietnam
Experiences of the Local Economies, Universities and Communities
Authors: Pham, Lien
Free Preview- Provides a systematic approach to evaluating the transformative impact of international educationClarifies the types of knowledge, skills and attributes that are useful for returning overseas graduatesPresents the challenges of attaining economic and social development for a transitional economy like Vietnam
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This book examines the extent to which studying and living overseas enable returning graduates to enhance their professional work and contribute to community development. It assesses the transformative potential that returnees are assumed to have in terms of capabilities and skills acquired through an international education. This book is based on a research study on Vietnamese overseas graduates who have returned to Vietnam. It examines the complexity of competing aspirations, responsibilities, identities and cultural dynamics in these returnees’ professional, intellectual and civic environments.
- About the authors
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Dr Lien Pham is a lecturer at the Graduate Research School, University of Technology Sydney, Australia. She received her PhD in Sociology from Macquarie University, Sydney. Her research interests and publications are in the field of education, development and civil society in developing countries, particularly in South-East Asia; political sociology; and critical social theory. She has conducted extensive research on educational policies for multilateral development agencies in the Asia-Pacific region and public policy evaluation for Australian government organisations.
- Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Introduction: Rethinking International Education
Pages 1-13
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International Education: A Potentiality for Ethical Development
Pages 17-38
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Sen-Bourdieu Framework: Conceptualising Normative Agency
Pages 39-55
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Applying the Sen-Bourdieu Framework
Pages 59-74
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Encountering the Vietnamese Habitus
Pages 75-105
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- International Graduates Returning to Vietnam
- Book Subtitle
- Experiences of the Local Economies, Universities and Communities
- Authors
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- Lien Pham
- Series Title
- Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects
- Series Volume
- 48
- Copyright
- 2019
- Publisher
- Springer Singapore
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
- eBook ISBN
- 978-981-13-5941-5
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-981-13-5941-5
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-981-13-5940-8
- Series ISSN
- 1573-5397
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XXII, 248
- Number of Illustrations
- 27 b/w illustrations
- Topics