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Children's Cultural Capital and Teachers' Assessments of Effort and Ability: The Influence of School Sector

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Dumais, Susan A. – Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice, 2005

Bourdieu (1973) theorized that differences in social background correspond to differences in possession of cultural resources (cultural capital), as well as the orientation to those resources (habitus). Additionally, Bourdieu argued that struggles for power occur in different settings (fields). This essay reviews Bourdieu's main ideas and…

Descriptors: Social Capital, Cultural Capital, Power Structure, Competition