Research
aInternational-mindednessa:a field of struggle,confusion and hope
Typically, educators of today recognise the importance of international-mindedness and realise that it is in some way related to international education. However, it has been particularly hard for educators to pin down exactly what international-mindedness is and what its development actually involves. This paper examines current literature on the topic of international-mindedness. It sets out to illustrate that in the literature on international-mindedness, no single narrative account that clearly defines international-mindedness or explains developmental ways of developing it exists. Rather, many divergent and convergent discourses surround this term creating confusion and unresolved debates related to international- mindedness. The paper concludes by highlighting areas that are silenced and places where there are gaps in research and literature on international-mindedness, from which proposals for future research can then be contemplated.
