Description
This text details the practical applications of Bourdieu's theories in a series of specific pedagogic research studies, showing how his ideas can be put into practice. Language, gender, career decision-making and the experience of higher education students are all covered. Questions are also raised concerning research methodology. The authors examine Bourdieu's interest in the position of the researcher within the research process. Bourdieu's influence is traced in aspects both of theory and practice. Finally, principles, approaches, methods and techniques that may be derived from Bourdieu are suggested, and assessed, for practical use in research.
Table of Contents
Introduction, Part I Bourdieu in Education, Theory, Practice and Pedagogic Research, The Need for an Epistemological ‘Break’, Part II Practical Applications, Cultural Reproduction: Mothers Involvement in Their Children’s Primary Schooling, Language and the Classroom, Career Decision Making and the Transition from School to Work, Higher Education Field-work: The Interdependence of Teaching, Research and Student Experience, Part III The Practice of Theory, The Practice of Theory, Part IV Theory as Method, Theory as Method, Conclusion
