Cultural Capital - Textbook Topic 1 Flashcards
What does Bourdieu argue about cultural capital ad material factors?
That both contribute to educational achievement and aren’t separate Bute interrelated.
What concept does Bourdieu use to explain why m/c are more successful?
Capital.
What are the two further types of capital which Borurdieu identifies?
- Educational capital
- Cultural capital
Which class does Borurdieu say generally possess more of all three types of capital?
M/c.
What does Bourdieu use the term cultural capital to refer to?
The knowledge, attitudes, values, language, tastes and abilities of the m/c.
Why does Bourdieu see the m/c as a type of capital?
Like wealth it gives an advantage to those who possess it.
What does Bourdieu argue which is similar to what Bernstein argues?
Through socialisation m/c children acquire the ability to grasp, analyse and express abstract ideas.
What are m/c children more likely to develop and what does this give them?
Intellectual interests and an understanding of what the education system requires for success which gives them an advantage in school.
What do w/c children find school to do?
Devalue their culture as ‘rough’ or ‘inferior’ which leads to exam failure as they lack the correct cultural capital.
What does Bourdieu argue educational, economic and cultural capital can be?
Converted into one another.
What is an example to show how educational, economic and cultural capital can be converted into one another?
M/c children with cultural capital are better equipped to meet the demands of the curriculum and gain qualifications.
What did Leech and Campos’ study of Coventry show?
M/c parents are more likely to afford a house in the catchment area of a school that is highly placed in the exam league tables - ‘selection by mortgage’
What did Sullivans do to assess children’s cultural capital?
Asked 456 pupils from 4 different schools about activities such as reading and tv viewing habits.
Whether they visited museums, art galleries and theatres.
Tested their vocabulary and knowledge of cultural figures.
What did Sullivan find in her study?
Those who read complex fiction and watched serious TV documentaries developed wider vocabulary and greater cultural knowledge which indicates a greater cultural capital.
In Sullivans study what were the pupils with the greatest cultural capital?
Children of graduates who were more likely to be successful at GCSE.
What did Sullivan find cultural capital to account for?
Only part of the class difference in achievement.
Where pupils had the same cultural capital which class did better?
M/c.
What did Sullivan conclude greater resources and aspirations of m/c families to explain?
The remainder of the class gap in achievement.
