ABSTRACT
There is little doubt that frequent changes of school and country can bring both benefits and challenges to children as they weave together living in a number of varying cultures with a high-mobility lifestyle (Pollock & Van Reken, 2001). Children whose parents are in the armed forces may experience multiple international changes because of their parents' careers, but they often move with the same group of people. Although they might be moving with friends, they still go through the process of settling into their new school in terms of getting to know the people and the environment, and they expect some curriculum continuity (Fabian, 2002b). In this chapter, we suggest that children's agency is key to the success of their transfer and that they will gain greater benefits from each move if they are involved in the decision-making processes.
