Bourdieu and Education: Acts of Practical Theory

by Grenfell; MICHAEL

• ISBN13: 9780750708869
• ISBN10: 0750708867
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1998-06-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Bourdieu and Educationdetails 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 also examine Bourdieu's interest in the position of the researcher within the research process. Bourdieu's influence is traced in aspects of both 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	p. 1
	p. 5
Theory, Practice and Pedagogic Research	p. 6
The Need for an Epistemological 'Break'	p. 27
	p. 53
Reproduction: Mothers' Involvement in Their Children's Primary Schooling	p. 55
Language and the Classroom	p. 72
Career Decision Making and the Transition from School to Work	p. 89
Higher Education Field-Work: the Interdependence of Teaching, Research and Student Experience	p. 104
	p. 121
The Practice of Theory	p. 122
	p. 151
Theory as Method	p. 152
Conclusion	p. 179
Notes on Contributors	p. 182
Bibliography	p. 184
Index	p. 195
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