Essays about: "cleft habitus"

Found 1 essay containing the words cleft habitus.

  1. 1. A conflict of lifestyles and battle of time : International students in sustainable development at Uppsala University

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier

    Author : Ewa Livmar; [2020]
    Keywords : students in sustainability; Bourdieu; critical thinking; dissonance; cleft habitus;

    Abstract : This investigation has sought to explore and understand how students who come to Sweden to study sustainable development perceive their future and what struggles they face. Underpinned by Pierre Bourdieu’s sociological theories the aim was thus to understand the role of education in sustainable development for international students; by looking at what kind of assets they possess, how struggles can be understood in relation to what assets they have, in what way geographical place might be significant and how changes of values and views of knowledge may affect their views of the future. READ MORE