Title of article :
Researching social inequalities in education: towards a Bourdieuian methodology
Author/Authors :
Carmen Mills & Trevor Gale ، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2007
Pages :
15
From page :
433
To page :
447
Abstract :
The injustices of ‘allowing certain people to succeed, based not upon merit but upon the cultural experiences, the social ties and the economic resources they have access to, often remains unacknowledged in the broader society’ (Wacquant, 1998, p. 216). Cognizant of this, the authors argue that education requires researchers’ renewed examination and explanation of its involvement in the construction of social and economic differences. Specifically, they make the case for researchers to consider the theoretical work of Pierre Bourdieu, outlining what they understand by a Bourdieuian methodology, which is informed by socially critical and poststructural understandings of the world. Such methodology attempts to dig beneath surface appearances, asking how social systems work. By asking ‘whose interests are being served and how’ (Tripp, 1998, p. 37) in the social arrangements we find, Bourdieu can help us to ‘work towards a more just social order’ (Lenzo, 1995, p. 17).
Journal title :
International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education
Serial Year :
2007
Journal title :
International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education
Record number :
707919
Link To Document :
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