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- Title
Rethinking Inclusion in International Schooling: Towards Educative Leadership for Structural Change.
- Authors
CHATELIER, STEPHEN E.; RUDOLPH, SOPHIE
- Abstract
International schools typically proclaim a commitment to ethnic and cultural diversity through the promotion of education for intercultural understanding, global citizenship, and a more peaceful and "better" world. Implicit in this is an embrace of the idea of inclusion. However, both within the field of international school research and practice, the dominant liberal understanding of inclusion is scarcely recognised or questioned. In this article, amidst a renewed energy to advocate for anti-racism, acceptance of diversity, and a decolonising of international schools, we attempt to offer a conceptual and political analysis to highlight the complexities surrounding the politics of inclusion. By exploring some of the unintended consequences of liberal-based inclusion work, we point to reparative and abolitionist practices as more radical alternatives for thinking about inclusion, particularly in relation to cultural diversity and anti-racism as these are key concerns for international schools. We then briefly consider the notion of "educative leadership" as a process of co-learning the historical and present exclusions that need to be confronted and addressed by the whole school community, if deep, lasting, structural change is to be achieved.
- Subjects
CULTURAL pluralism; POLITICAL science; WORLD citizenship; LEADERSHIP; INTERNATIONAL schools; MULTICULTURAL education; EDUCATIONAL leadership
- Publication
Leading & Managing, 2022, Vol 28, Issue 2, p21
- ISSN
1329-4539
- Publication type
Article