Pierre Bourdieu
The French social theorist Pierre Bourdieu was a key thinker about education and educational processes in the second half of the twentieth century. He made his name in seminal texts such as The Inheritors and Reproduction in which he analysed academic discourse and showed how differences in cultural capital led to different outcomes for those who passed through school and university. His concepts of Habitus and Field have since been used extensively in educational research.

This book begins by setting his intellectual development within his own biography and then discusses each of his major works on education in turn: from the early studies of students and their learning to later analyses of the French academic space and the elite training colleges. There is also critical discussion of a range of commentators' views on this approach. The book concludes with a series of applications of Bourdieusian thinking on various educational topics: teacher education, classroom discourse, higher education and policy. No educational discussion is complete without consideration from a Bourdieusian perspective. This book shows how and why.
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Pierre Bourdieu
The French social theorist Pierre Bourdieu was a key thinker about education and educational processes in the second half of the twentieth century. He made his name in seminal texts such as The Inheritors and Reproduction in which he analysed academic discourse and showed how differences in cultural capital led to different outcomes for those who passed through school and university. His concepts of Habitus and Field have since been used extensively in educational research.

This book begins by setting his intellectual development within his own biography and then discusses each of his major works on education in turn: from the early studies of students and their learning to later analyses of the French academic space and the elite training colleges. There is also critical discussion of a range of commentators' views on this approach. The book concludes with a series of applications of Bourdieusian thinking on various educational topics: teacher education, classroom discourse, higher education and policy. No educational discussion is complete without consideration from a Bourdieusian perspective. This book shows how and why.
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The French social theorist Pierre Bourdieu was a key thinker about education and educational processes in the second half of the twentieth century. He made his name in seminal texts such as The Inheritors and Reproduction in which he analysed academic discourse and showed how differences in cultural capital led to different outcomes for those who passed through school and university. His concepts of Habitus and Field have since been used extensively in educational research.

This book begins by setting his intellectual development within his own biography and then discusses each of his major works on education in turn: from the early studies of students and their learning to later analyses of the French academic space and the elite training colleges. There is also critical discussion of a range of commentators' views on this approach. The book concludes with a series of applications of Bourdieusian thinking on various educational topics: teacher education, classroom discourse, higher education and policy. No educational discussion is complete without consideration from a Bourdieusian perspective. This book shows how and why.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781441135810
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Publication date: 10/23/2014
Series: College Test Preparation: AP Premium
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 288
File size: 495 KB

About the Author

Michael James Grenfell is Chair of Education and Head of School at the University of Stirling, UK. He has also held Chairs at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland and the University of Southampton, UK. He is the author of several research articles and books including: Pierre Bourdieu: Agent Provocateur (2004); Art Rules: Bourdieu and the Visual Arts (with C. Hardy, 2007); Bourdieu, Language and Linguistics (2011); Language, Ethnography and Education (2012); and Bourdieu: Key Concepts (2012).
Michael James Grenfell has held Chairs at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland and the University of Southampton where he is now based. He is also Adjunct Professor at the University of Canberra, Australia. He has an extensive background of research on Language and Linguistics, and the work of Pierre Bourdieu. He is the author/ editor of several books including: Modern Languages Across the Curriculum (2002), Bourdieu, Language and Linguistics (2011); Language, Ethnography and Education (2012); and Bourdieu: Key Concepts (2012).
Richard Bailey is a writer and researcher in education and sport. A former teacher in both primary and secondary schools and a teacher trainer, he has been Professor at a number of leading Universities in the UK. He now lives and works in Germany.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part I
1. Bourdieu - Personally Speaking

Part II
2. Algeria
3. Education and Training
4. Media and Culture

Part III
5. Economics
6. Acts of Resistance
7. Raison d'Etre

Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
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