Essays about: "Bourdieusian tradition"

Found 3 essays containing the words Bourdieusian tradition.

1. 1. Socio-Geographical Mobilities : A Study of Compulsory School Students’ Mobilities within Metropolitan Stockholm’s Deregulated School Market

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

   Author : Rina Wahls; [2022]
   Keywords : school market; big data; mobility; k-nearest neighbour;

   Abstract : The Swedish educational reforms of the 1990s introduced a choice- and voucher-based system, which allowed students to choose schools regardless of their proximity to them. As a consequence, new opportunities for geographical disparities in educational provisions as well as in home-to- school mobilities have emerged. READ MORE

3. 2. Rationalizing sociology as an educational strategy : Plurality of convictions and position-takings of sociology students in Swedish higher education

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

   Author : Ricardo Xavier Cevallos Salgado; [2021]
   Keywords : Sociology; capital; field; conviction; position-taking;

   Abstract : The present study examines the choice for sociology as a subfield in Swedish higher education. In the Bourdieusian tradition, the theory of social practices – with its relational concepts of field, habitus and capital – was the sociological lens for constructing the object and instruments for tackling it. READ MORE

4. 3. Chinese Students at Uppsala University: “Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow” : A sociological analysis of ten students’ trajectories

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

   Author : Jinjin Li; [2018]
   Keywords : Chinese students; Bourdieusian tradition; Trajectories; Species of capital; Habitus;

   Abstract : The idea of knowledge economy initiated by the World Bank, the increasing importance of English proficiency in the global labour market, and the expansion of Chinese higher education, all leads to the phenomenon of Chinese student migration to western countries for getting advantageous educational experiences and credentials. Through a qualitative, interview-based method and Bourdieusian sociological perspective focusing on species of capital (cultural, economic, social and symbolic capital), habitus and mode of reproduction, this study focuses on the analysis of the relation between social background of Chinese students and their adoption of a western education system and perception of future career through the trajectories of ten Chinese students at Uppsala University, one of the most renowned universities in Sweden. READ MORE