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Race, Capital, and Equity in Higher Education Challenging Differential Academic Attainment in UK Universities
This book examines the structural and cultural factors that explain the persistence of an attainment gap between white and Black, Asian, and Minority...
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“Teaching capital”– a sociological analysis of medical educator portfolios for promotion
Medical educator portfolios (MEP) are increasingly recognized as a tool for develo** and documenting teaching performance in Health Professions...
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Bridging and bonding social capital in place-based rural careers advising
Research studies continue to document the inequitable access to quality careers education and guidance for rural Australian youth, raising questions...
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The maintenance of classism in medical education: “time” as a form of social capital in first-generation and low-income medical students
As first generation (FG)/low income (LI) students enter the elite profession of medicine, schools make presumptions about how FGLI students allocate...
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An exploration of guanxi: a type of social capital, among Chinese Min Kao Min, Min Kao Han, and Han students
This article examines the formation of social capital and the relevance of guanxi (a Chinese concept closely related to that of social capital),...
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Social capital in action for strengthening rural schools
This article reflects on the connection between education, development, and social capital through the example of a specific type of rural school...
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Preschool teachers' attitudes toward career education: the role of cultural context and teaching self-efficacy
The present research examined attitudes toward career education in kindergarten classes among kindergarten teachers. Cognitive and behavioral aspects...
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Capital sharing and socialization in an interprofessional student-led clinic: a Bourdieuan analysis
BackgroundInterprofessional student-led clinics offer authentic clinical experiences of collaborative patient care. However, theoretical research on...
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Migrant academics’ career capital experiences in Australian universities: a qualitative study
Migrant academics’ teaching, research and leadership knowledge and skills are essential and valued in their host higher education institutions,...
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Social Capital
The concept of social capital encompasses the meaning and potential for productivity that results from the relationships and networks formed by...
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Multi-layered exclusion in premier higher education institutions of India
Science and Engineering education are jewels of higher education. In India, among the pioneers of premium technical institutes, the Indian Institutes...
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Analysing Research on Cultural Identity Education Globally
This chapter analyses research findings concerning globalisation, cultural diversity and schooling. It critiques dominant discourses and debates...
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“I help them see their potential”: The role of Cultural Navigators in Supporting the Professional Development of Immigrant and Refugee Family Childcare Providers
Cultural navigators (CNs) serve as a bridge between immigrants and refugees and receiving communities. CNs help individuals from minoritized cultural...
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Cultural Capital in the Wrong Currency
The focus in this chapter is on the scholarship students’ entry into the elite school field. Described by the participants as a “culture shock,” this...
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Embracing Culturally Relevant Education in Mathematics and Science: A Literature Review
Culturally relevant education (CRE) approaches use minoritized populations’ cultural capital to break the perennial cycle of these groups’...
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‘Go away and make a big thing of yourself somewhere else’: precarious mobilities and the uses of international capital in Irish academia
The article interrogates the ‘mobility imperative’ and its impact on precarious academics. Drawing on 40 biographic interviews with academics with...
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Pixels and Pedagogy: Examining Science Education Imagery by Generative Artificial Intelligence
The proliferation of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) means we are witnessing transformative change in education. While GenAI offers...
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A Missing Piece of the Puzzle? Exploring Whether Science Capital and STEM Identity are Associated with STEM Study at University
Internationally, there are concerns that more needs to be done to address the inequalities in participation in science, technology, engineering, and...
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Constructing Cultural Identity Through Heritage Education: The Case of Central China
Heritage education has served as a significant part in most countries’ strategies that teaching youngsters to understand their own cultures from the...
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Introduction: Parental Influences and Education
Bourdieu’s theory of cultural capital has been influential in sociological and educational research for four decades and renders a basis to explain...