Prompt: This week’s readings and media resources point to the divergent and often contentious debates in the public square around the cross-cutting policy issues of national and transnational labor migration, immigration and education.
One thing is for sure: the transnational circulation of people, capital, and labor, not to mention culture, ideas and knowledge, across international borders challenges conventional theories of assimilation and acculturation that inform education policy and practice.
Transnationalism also describes how transnational students negotiate belonging and identity simultaneously in a host country and their home country. Here is a question to get you started this week, but feel free to ask your own:
What do you see as major opportunities and challenges for education policy and practice by framing the problem of immigration and schooling through the lens of transnational theory? Your response must reference at least two sources from this week’s readings to support your discussion.