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Understanding cultural differences among family pods: cultural inclusion in development of entrepreneurship curricula
This paper examines the impact of family culture on students’ intentions to start their own businesses by comparing two sets of students attending...
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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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Technical science capital in relation to how students manage within higher technical education
This study aims to understand how students manage higher technical education and contribute to research on institutional culture, STEM education, and...
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Legitimising capital: parent organisations and their resistance to testing in England
This paper presents findings from a year-long network ethnography into the strategies, networks, and outcomes of More Than a Score (MTAS)—a campaign...
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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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Framing and determining science content and standards for cultural representation of African American heritage in science content knowledge
This paper is part of a larger NSF funded research project that situates the lived experiences and narratives of African Americans and Black heritage...
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Cultural capital in undergraduate research: an exploration of how biology students operationalize knowledge to access research experiences at a large, public research-intensive institution
BackgroundUndergraduate research experiences are becoming essential for pursuing future opportunities in science, but little has been done to...
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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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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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Beyond Capital
The final chapter of the book centres on the indispensable aspect of any Marxian critique: “beyond”. Adopting both diachronic and synchronic...
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Evaluating a complex and sustained STEM engagement programme through the lens of science capital: insights from Northeast England
BackgroundSTEM education providers increasingly use complex intervention models to redress persistent under-representation in STEM sectors. These...
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Cultural and Social Capital in Global Perspective
This chapter analyses the key concepts of cultural and social capital in a global perspective. This will be done by first examining the origins of...
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Pierre Bourdieu: Revisiting Reproduction, Cultural Capital, and Symbolic Violence in Education
In the last 20 years, we have seen a growing interest internationally in Pierre Bourdieu’s scholarship within the field of educational research....
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Capital
This chapter is the culmination of the previous chapter’s focus on habitus and field. The chapter explores what capital looks like in a higher...
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Using social capital to develop South African principals and schools
One feature of deprived communities is a lack of social capital. Yet, research reports that social capital contributes to poverty reduction and...
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Cultural Education in Transition: Re-envisaging National English Curricula of China from a Global Citizenship Perspective
The development of Global Citizenship Education (GCE) in China has spurred some transitions in cultural education related to English curriculum...
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"I’ve felt out of place sometimes in STEM but my cultural roots say otherwise:” Latina college students’ identity conundrums and opportunities in a science research internship
In this study, we explored (a) how Latina undergraduate students negotiated their multiple identities while participating in a research internship...
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Patterns and predictors of cultural competence practice among Nigerian hospital-based healthcare professionals
BackgroundBeing culturally competent would enhance the quality of care in multicultural healthcare settings like Nigeria, with over 200 million...
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Cultivating cultural awareness among medical educators by integrating cultural anthropology in faculty development: an action research study
BackgroundIn faculty development, understanding each participant’s cultural context is important. However, there is scarce evidence on how to improve...
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Reducing inequality in access to university in Chile: the relative contribution of cultural capital and financial aid
In 2016, Chile implemented a policy of free higher education (gratuity) for secondary school graduates from families in the lower income range. One...