Class Choreographies: Elite Schools and Globalization - Paperback

by Jane Kenway (Author), Johannah Fahey (Author), Debbie Epstein (Author)

Awarded Best Book prize by CIES Globalization and Education SIG
Awarded 2nd Prize in the Society of Educational Studies Annual Book Prize

Elite schools have always been social choreographers par excellence. The world over, they put together highly dexterous performances as they stage and restage changing relations of ruling. They are adept at aligning their social choreographies to shifting historical conditions and cultural tastes. In multiple theatres, they now regularly rehearse the irregular art of being global. Elite schools around the world are positioned at the intersecting pinnacles of various scales, systems and regimes of social, cultural, political and economic power. They have much in common but are also diverse. They illustrate how various modalities of power are enjoyed and put to work and how educational and social inequalities are shaped and shifted. They, thus, speak to the social zeitgeist. This book dissects this intricate choreography.

Author Biography

Jane Kenway is Australian Research Council Professorial Fellow, Professor of Global Education Studies at Monash University, Australia, and an elected Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, Australia.
Johannah Fahey is Adjunct Senior Research Fellow in the Faculty of Education at Monash University, Australia.

Debbie Epstein, Professor of Cultural Studies in Education at Roehampton University, UK, became an academic after a career in school teaching.

Aaron Koh is Associate Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Education, Department of Educational Administration and Policy, Hong Kong.

Cameron McCarthy is Research Professor and University Scholar in the Global Studies in Education Division of the Educational Policy Department of the University of Illinois, USA.
Fazal Rizvi is Professor in Global Studies in Education at The University of Melbourne, Australia and is also an Emeritus Professor at the University of Illinois, at Urbana-Champaign, USA.