Belonging, identity and Third Culture Kids: Life histories of former international school students

Journal of Research in International Education

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 319-338

  Fail, Helen ^a   Thompson, Jeff ^b   Walker, George ^c  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^c International Baccalaureate Organization   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

culture shock; identity; marginality; Sense of belonging; TCKs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990365374     PISSN: 14752409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1475240904047358     Document Type: Article

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