PERCEPTIONS OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION - A PRELIMINARY-STUDY

The field of international education, in the sense of education experi enced by growing numbers of children of parents who are internationall y mobile and who wish their children to accompany them as they travel the world, has expanded rapidly since the 1940s. Increasing numbers of ''international schools'' offer ''international education'', which in cludes in some cases offering ''international curricula'', but little research has been undertaken to date into the precise nature of such e ducation or the shared characteristics of such schools. This paper des cribes a small-scale study undertaken with undergraduate students at t he University of Bath who had experienced such an education before reg istering at the University, and investigates the perceptions of these students with respect to a number of key issues identified as relevant to the field of international education.