Education without borders is divided into
two sections relating to the International Baccalaureate
(IB) over a forty-year-period. The first is a comparative
study of the IB Diploma in Australia and Canada. Drawing
heavily on the work of Bourdieu, it argues that the IB has
become a provider of global cultural capital. It argues that
students adopt the IB as much for the cultural capital they
acquire as for its use as an entry point qualification to
the worlds most prestigious tertiary institutions. ...

The increased movement of people globally has changed the face of national and international schooling. Higher levels of mobility have resulted from both the willing movement of students and their families with a desire to create a better life, and the forced movement of refugee families travelling away from war, famine and other extreme circumstances. This book explores the idea that the complex connections created by the forces of globalisation have led to a diminishing difference between what were once described as international schools and national schools.

By examining...