The Bloomsbury Handbook of Bourdieu and Educational Research

This book is the first international reference work to showcase the diversity of ways of using Bourdieu's sociological toolkit in educational research. Written by scholars based in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Indonesia, Hong Kong, the UK, and the USA, the handbook provides a unique and cutting-edge picture of how Bourdieu has been both used and adapted in educational research globally. The book will be useful for those who may only have a cursory knowledge of Bourdieu's tools as well as those who are already familiar with Bourdieu's work. The chapters cover a wide range of topics including educational leadership, teacher preparation, space/place, educational policy, literacy education, marginalised students, and student mobility.

About the author

Garth Stahl is Associate Professor of Education at the University of Queensland, Australia. He is a co-founder of the Bourdieu in Educational Research SIG for the American Educational Research Association.

Guanglun Michael Mu is Enterprise Fellow and Associate Professor at the University of South Australia, Australia.

Pere Ayling is Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences and Humanities at University of Suffolk, UK.

Elliot B. Weininger is Professor of Sociology at SUNY Brockport, USA.

Product details

• Assisted by: Pere Ayling (Editor), Elliot B Weininger (Editor), Garth Stahl (Editor), Guanglun Michael Mu (Editor), Guanglun Michael Mu (Editor), Pere Ayling (Editor), Garth Stahl (Editor), Elliot B Weininger (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 19.02.2026
• EAN: 9781350349209
• ISBN: 978-1-350-34920-9
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 169 mm x 244 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Series: Bloomsbury Handbooks
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, Philosophy & theory of education, Philosophy and theory of education