Cultural Capital (Bourdieu) Flashcards

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What does Bourdieu argue about cultural and material factors?

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They both contribute to educational achievement because they are interelated

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What are the three types of capital

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Economic, cultural and educational

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What is cultural capital?

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The knowledge, values, langauage, tastes and abilities of the MC

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How do the MC gain the ability to grasp, analyse and express abstract ideas?

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Socialisation

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How does the education system fail WC pupils?

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Devalues their culture

Lack of cultural capital results in exam failure

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How are cultural, educational and economic capital interrelated?

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They can be converted into each other.e.g. wealthier parents convert economic capital to educational capital by sending children to independent schools

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