Cultural Capital - Bourdieu (Economic & Educational Capital )

Question 1

What does Bourdieu argue?

Answer 1

educational, cultural and economic capital can be converted into one another

Question 2

What are middle class children with cultural capital?

Answer 2

better equipped to meet the demands of the school curriculum and gain qualifications

Question 3

What can wealthier parents do with their economic capital?

Answer 3

they can convert their economic capital into educational capital by sending their children to private schools and paying for extra tuition

Question 4

Leech and Campos - study

Answer 4

• showed middle class parents are more likely to be able to afford a house in the catchment area of a school that is highly placed in the exam league tables
• this is known as ‘selection by mortgage’ because it drives up the cost of houses near to successful schools and excludes working class families