This work tackles the issues that staff and management of international schools need to address in order to ensure that their teaching and organization is of a high standard and quality. It contains a wide range of contributions from international school experts around the world.

Notes on contributors viiPreface XV1 Quality in diversity 1Mary Hayden and JeffThompsonPART A:THROUGHTHE CURRICULUM2 Assessment and educational quality: implications forinternational schools 15John Lowe3 Inclusive education in international schools: a casestudy from Singapore 29Gail Bradley4 Curricular interstices and the Theory of Knowledge 42John Mackenzie5 Images of international education in national andinternational schools: a view from Jordan 51Samia AI Farra6 The politics of international education 62Peter ZsebikPART B:THROUGH HUMAN RESOURCES7 Student mobility and the international curriculum 73Anne McKillop-Ostrom8 Recruitment of teachers for international education 85Brian Garton vi CONTENTS9 Professional development and reflective practice 96William Powell10 The role ofwomen in senior management ininternational schools 112Carol Thearle11 The international school and its community: thinkglobally, interact locally 124Keith AllenPART C:THROUGH SCHOOL MANAGEMENT12 Moving from school effectiveness to schoolimprovement in international schools 143Michael Fertig13 Long-term planning in international schools 158Joseph J Blaney14 Strategic planning for international schools: aroadmap to excellence 169Niall Nelson15 International schools, globalization and the sevencultures of capitalism 179james CambridgePART D: CONCLUSION16 International education: connecting the nationalto the global 193George WalkerIndex