A Relational Approach to Educational Inequality - Theoretical Reflections and Empirical Analysis of a Primary Education School in Istanbul

In her research R. Nazli Somel focuses on the topic of educational inequality, both from a theoretical perspective and through an empirical analysis. After a review of prominent approaches to educational inequality and their criticism, she offers a novel strategy to study the issue based on Relational Sociology and using the relational approaches of Charles Tilly and Pierre Bourdieu. Three relational characteristics of educational inequality are identified that are its relativity, cumulativeness, and being an organized practice. The author then applies this relational perspective to an in-depth study on an Istanbul primary school, analyses students, teachers and school organization in relation to each other and to Turkish education system and society. 

List of contents

Educational Inequality and the Single-School Study.- Major Dimensions of Educational Inequality in Turkey.- Conceptualizing Educational Inequality: A Relational Approach.- A Typology of Student Milieus.- Common Teacher Practices.- The School Organization and its Educational Inequality Mechanisms.

About the author

Dr. R. Nazlı Somel completed her dissertation thesis at humanities and social sciences faculty at Helmut Schmidt University Hamburg in 2019. Her research focus is on educational inequality, education and social change, history and politics of modern education.

Product details

• Authors: R. Nazli Somel
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.05.2019
• EAN: 9783658266141
• ISBN: 978-3-658-26614-1
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 149 mm x 18 mm x 211 mm
• Weight: 391 g
• Illustrations: IX, 288 p. 1 illus.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; C, Schulen und Vorschulen, Educational Policy, Sociology of Education, Education, Educational strategies & policy, Social research & statistics, Educational Policy and Politics, Education and state, Educational sociology, Schools and Schooling, Schools