The Global Childhoods project: Learning and everyday life in three global cities

I-Fang LEE, Sue Okerson SALTMARSH, Nicola YELLAND

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Abstract

This chapter provides an overview of the conceptual and methodological framework of the Global Childhoods research project. Situated in three global cities of Melbourne, Hong Kong, and Singapore, this project explores connections between policy contexts, school experiences and everyday activities of children and the shaping of their orientations to educational success. In order to better understand the intersections of education policy, practice and everyday life for children, we draw on the concept of “lifeworlds”, which has a rich history in social research as a framework for examining how people and groups experience the world. Moreover, instead of focusing on whose education system is more efficient, or better at producing better outcomes, this research seeks to gain deeper understandings about children’s lived experiences, academic performance and orientations to success by investigating children’s everyday lifeworlds (in and out-of-school experiences). Copyright © 2023 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationChildhood, learning & everyday life in three Asia-Pacific cities: Experiences from Melbourne, Hong Kong and Singapore
EditorsI-Fang LEE, Sue SALTMARSH, Nicola YELLAND
Place of PublicationSingapore
PublisherSpringer
Pages1-17
ISBN (Electronic)9789819904860
ISBN (Print)9789819904853
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

Citation

Lee, I.-F., Saltmarsh, S., & Yelland, N. (2023). The Global Childhoods project: Learning and everyday life in three global cities. In I.-F. Lee, S. Saltmarsh, & N. Yelland (Eds.), Childhood, learning & everyday life in three Asia-Pacific cities: Experiences from Melbourne, Hong Kong and Singapore (pp. 1-17). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-0486-0_1

Keywords

  • Lifeworlds
  • Schooling and education systems
  • Childhood Studies

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