International Schools, Teaching and Governance An Autoethnography of
This book examines how injustice based on social positioning is performed within the context of international schools. Drawing on the lived experiences of an international school teacher, it proposes and explores the notion that teachers, in being constit
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Carmen Blyth
International Schools, Teaching and Governance
Carmen Blyth
International Schools, Teaching and Governance An Autoethnography of a Teacher in Conflict
Carmen Blyth Cape Town, South Africa
ISBN 978-3-319-46782-5 ISBN 978-3-319-46783-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-46783-2 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017933307 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover image: © Lisa Schaetzle / Getty Images Cover design by Samantha Johnson Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Conflict: An unresolved profound and prolonged disagreement or dispute, which, whatever the cause of the particular conflict, can escalate over time to have serious consequences for those involved.
Prologue
Laurel Richardson, professor emeritus at Oregon State University (USA) and more importantly a sociologist of everyday life experience, together with former student and professor of educational theory and practice Elizabeth St Pierre, explains that writing is a different way of knowing, a way of knowing differently. And that if we write as a way of knowing, how we write is as important if not more so than what we write. For Richardson writing is: a method of inquiry, a way of finding out about yourself and your topic. Although we usually think about writing as a mode of ‘telling’ about the social world …Writing is also a way of “knowing”—a method of discovery and analysis. By writing in different ways, we discover new aspects of our topic and our relationship to it. Form and content are inseparable. (Richardson, 1994, p. 516)
For this reason the background to my experience of conflict at
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