EDUCATION- class differences in achievement (external factors) Cultural capital

EDUCATION- class differences in achievement (external factors)

CULTURAL CAPITAL

THREE TYPES OF CAPITAL

Pierre Bourdieu (1984) - argues both cultural and material factors contribute to educational achievement and are interrelated. 

CULTURAL CAPITAL

Bourdieu - cultural capital refers to knowledge, attitudes, tastes and abilities of the middle class. He sees middle class culture as a type of capital as it gives an advantage to those who possess it. 

LIKE Bernstein - argues through socialisation, middle class children acquire the ability to express abstract ideas, develop intellectual interests and an understanding of what the edcation system requires for success…