ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book attempts to look at the interplay between the macro, meso and micro narratives and provides the lessons that can be learned for both research community and those involved in teaching, management and administration, whether old or young. If education research is about 'what' happens to people, it is also concerned with 'where' that happens in terms of place, setting and context. The life history research is grounded in two broad sets of contexts: first, the geo-cultural intersections between home, school and the economy; and the broader ideological and political contexts which shape international education and development. The interplay between the cultural contexts from which the young professionals come and the professional environments in which they will later work in forms an important major dimension in an understanding of professional role identity.
