'Roundabout routes and sanctuary schools': The role of situated educational practices and habitus in the creation of transnational professionals

Global Networks

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 477-497

  Waters, Johanna L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Habitus; Hong Kong; Migration; Transnational professionals

Indexed keywords

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SCHOOL BUILDINGS;

HABITUS; TRANSNATIONAL PROFESSIONALS;

EDUCATION;

EDUCATION; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION;

ASIA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER;

EID: 34548423309     PISSN: 14702266     EISSN: 14710374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0374.2007.00180.x     Document Type: Article

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