Capital and Opportunity - A Critical Ethnography of Students At-Risk

Informationen zum Autor By Rebecca J. Pasco Klappentext This book will contribute to the discussion of issues surrounding students who 'disengage' from public schools. The book describes a study which uses the theory of Pierre Bourdieu to investigate what types of economic, social, cultural, and symbolic capital influenced the individual academic achievement and personal life trajectories of two female high school students identified at-risk. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Studying Students At-Risk Chapter 2 Critical Theory and Critical Pedagogy Chapter 3 Capital, Bourdieu and Critical Educational Research Chapter 4 Critical Methodology Chapter 5 Data and Description Chapter 6 Sara and Destiny Chapter 7 Economic Capital Chapter 8 Social Capital Chapter 9 Cultural Capital Chapter 10 Symbolic Capital Chapter 11 The Results, the Researcher, the Reflections Chapter 12 Implications and Recommendations Chapter 13 Activity Used in Discussion of Ideology and Discourse Chapter 14 Second Critical Dialogue: Videorecording Chapter 15 Third Critical Dialogue: Short Story Chapter 16 References Chapter 17 Subject Index

Product details

• Authors: Rebecca J Pasco, Rebecca J. Pasco, Pasco Rebecca J.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2004
• EAN: 9780761826699
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-2669-9
• No. of pages: 162
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); EDUCATION / Administration / General, EDUCATION / Special Education / General, REFERENCE / Research, Organization & management of education, Educational administration and organization, Teaching of students with different educational needs, Research methods: general, Research methods / methodology