South Korea's Education Exodus: The Life and Times of Early Study Abroad

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South Korea's Education Exodus

The Life and Times of Early Study Abroad

Edited by: Adrienne Lo , Nancy Abelmann , Soo Ah Kwon and Sumie Okazaki

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2015

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South Korea's Education Exodus analyzes Early Study Abroad in relation to the neoliberalization of South Korean education and labor. With chapters based on demographic and survey data, discourse analysis, and ethnography in destinations such as Canada, New Zealand, Singapore, and the United States, the book considers the complex motivations that spur families of pre-college youth to embark on often arduous and expensive journeys. In addition to examining various forms and locations of study abroad, South Korea's Education Exodus discusses how students and families manage living and studying abroad in relation to global citizenship, language ideologies, social class, and race.

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Adrienne Lo is associate professor of anthropology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Nancy Abelmann is the Harry E. Preble Professor of Anthropology, Asian American Studies, and East Asian Languages and Cultures and an associate vice chancellor of research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Soo Ah Kwon is associate professor of Asian American studies and human and community development at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sumie Okazaki is professor of applied psychology in the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development at New York University.

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"South Korea’s Education Exodus provides readers with rich narratives centering on Early Study Abroad (ESA) as a lens through which one can understand not only the inner workings of ESA but its intimate connections with broader structural factors. . . . [A] useful resource in undergraduate courses on modern and contemporary Korea, international education, inter-Asia cultural studies, multiculturalism, and globalization."

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Introduction: South Korea’s Education Exodus History, Context, and Motivations
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Nancy Abelmann, Soo Ah Kwon, Adrienne Lo and Sumie Okazaki

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PART I The Lay of the Land
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1 Early Study Abroad: A Survey and Demographic Portrait
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Chon Sun Ihm

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2 The Domestication of South Korean Early Study Abroad in the First Decade of the Millennium
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Jiyeon Kang and Nancy Abelmann

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PART II Navigating Class and the Global
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3 Going to School in New Zealand: Hopes and Limits in a Transnational Social Field
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Bon Giu Koo

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4 School Choice in the Global Schoolhouse: How Korean Education Migrants Calibrate “Success” in Singapore
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Joseph Sung-Yul Park and Sohee Bae

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5 The “Other Half” Goes Abroad: The Perils of Public Schooling in Singapore
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Jeehun Kim

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PART III The Dilemmas of Global Citizenship
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6 Going Global in Comfort: South Korean Education Exodus in Singapore
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Yoonhee Kang

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7 From FOB to Cool: Transnational Migrant Students in Toronto and the Styling of Global Linguistic Capital
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Hyunjung Shin

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8 Early Wave Returnees in Seoul: The Dilemmas of Modernity and Morality
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Adrienne Lo and Jenna kim

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PART IV Managing Early Study Abroad
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9 The Legal and Religious Citizenship of Korean Transnational Mothers
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Kyungju Ahn

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10 “We Are More Racist”: Navigating Race and Racism in (Korean) America
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Sohyun An

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11 Psychosocial Adjustments of South Korean Early Study Abroad Students
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Sumie Okazaki, Anne Saw and Jihee Cho

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PART V The Field Speaks
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12 Coming to Terms with Our “Asian Invasion”: A Practitioner’s Perspective on the Korean Education Exodus in a Christian School Setting
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Rick Williams

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13 My Life in the States, Alone
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Joshua Kang

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Bibliography
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Contributors
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Index
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https://doi.org/10.1515/9780295806525

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Asian Studies; Education

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South Korea's Education Exodus

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About this book

Author / Editor information

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Table of contents

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

List of Illustrations

Introduction: South Korea’s Education Exodus History, Context, and Motivations

1 Early Study Abroad: A Survey and Demographic Portrait

2 The Domestication of South Korean Early Study Abroad in the First Decade of the Millennium

3 Going to School in New Zealand: Hopes and Limits in a Transnational Social Field

4 School Choice in the Global Schoolhouse: How Korean Education Migrants Calibrate “Success” in Singapore

5 The “Other Half” Goes Abroad: The Perils of Public Schooling in Singapore

6 Going Global in Comfort: South Korean Education Exodus in Singapore

7 From FOB to Cool: Transnational Migrant Students in Toronto and the Styling of Global Linguistic Capital

8 Early Wave Returnees in Seoul: The Dilemmas of Modernity and Morality

9 The Legal and Religious Citizenship of Korean Transnational Mothers

10 “We Are More Racist”: Navigating Race and Racism in (Korean) America

11 Psychosocial Adjustments of South Korean Early Study Abroad Students

12 Coming to Terms with Our “Asian Invasion”: A Practitioner’s Perspective on the Korean Education Exodus in a Christian School Setting

13 My Life in the States, Alone

Bibliography

Contributors

Index

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