Pierre Bourdieu: Cultural Capital
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- Created on: 17-10-18 14:40
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- Pierre Bourdieu: Cultural Capital
- Cultural capital refers to the knowledge, attributes, tastes and abilities of the middle class in comparison to the working class
- Bourgeoisie views the middle class as 'capital' because it gives advantages ti those who posses it
- Middle class children more likely to develop intellectual interests and an understanding of what the education system is to succeed
- The working class finds that school de-evaluates their culture as inferior and their capital leads to exam failure, some pupils get the message that school isnt for them thus early leaving and truanting
- Education system run by the middle class so middle class students therefore working to their interests
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