Characteristics that define a top international school according to stakeholder perspectives. A Thai case study
Doctorate other than PhD
Title | Characteristics that define a top international school |
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Type | Doctorate other than PhD |
Authors | |
Author | Fahey, Matthew |
Supervisor | van Rensburg, Henriette |
Ganguly, Rahul | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
Qualification Name | Doctor of Education |
Number of Pages | 150 |
Year | 2019 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.26192/v46z-yn16 |
Abstract | International schools have been around for more than 100 years (Thompson, 2018) but it is in the last 20 years that they have experienced a boom in growth (Gaskell, 2016). This recent boom has resulted in many more current students receiving an international education than at any other period in history. The resulting implication is that research in the international school market has lagged behind the commercial growth of international schools (Lee, Hallinger & Walker, 2012). The purpose of this research is to improve current knowledge of international schools by identifying the ten most important items in international schools as reported by three different stakeholder groups (administrators/teachers, parents and students). Due to a lack of research in this area, a readily available research tool was not available to the researcher. It became therefore imperative that the researcher developed a tool for this process and the tool was created through interviews and utilization of a Delphi framework. The creation of this tool resulted in a questionnaire with 68 possible items; it was then trialled via a pilot study so the tool could be improved. These improvements were implemented and the tool was utilised to receive information from the three stakeholder groups associated with the case study school. These results were then compared for similarities and differences between the three stakeholder groups. It was found that these groups were not statistically |
Keywords | education, international, characteristics, Delphi, stakeholders, excellence |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 399999. Other education not elsewhere classified |
Byline Affiliations | School of Education |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q5yv4/characteristics-that-define-a-top-international-school-according-to-stakeholder-perspectives-a-thai-case-study
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