This article provides a systematic review of research on leadership in international schools, though not focusing on International Baccalaureate schools which are the focus of a separate paper. International schools are autonomous, private bodies that cater to the globally advantaged. Accordingly, this literature review views them and their leadership through the Bourdieusian concept of distinction. Educational leaders in this context face considerable complexities. International schools thrive on the distinction they confer, it being intrinsic to these schools’ identity. International schools can be understood as existing on a matrix, or spectrum, between conceptions of international and global; equitable and market-place. The review finds that international schools experience considerable unhelpful change and transition, where consistency is highly prized yet difficult to achieve. Along with tensions between their equitable and market orientation, transition emerges as the most significant challenge facing educational leaders in this context.

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国际学校：领导力审​​查

本文提供了对国际学校领导力研究的系统回顾，但不关注作为单独论文重点的国际文凭学校。国际学校是自治的私立机构，迎合全球优势。因此，本文献综述通过布迪厄斯的区分概念来看待他们及其领导。在这种情况下，教育领导者面临着相当大的复杂性。国际学校因其所赋予的区别而蓬勃发展，这是这些学校身份的内在特征。国际学校可以被理解为存在于国际和全球概念之间的矩阵或范围内；公平和市场化。审查发现，国际学校经历了相当大的无益的变化和过渡，一致性被高度重视但难以实现。随着公平和市场导向之间的紧张关系，转型成为教育领导者在这种情况下面临的最重大挑战。