Cultural Capital and Educational Attainment
Cultural Capital and Educational Attainment
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10.1177/0038038501035004006
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2001-11
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A. Sullivan
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A. Sullivan
根据布迪厄的文化再生产理论，中产阶级家庭的孩子由于拥有文化资本，在获得教育方面具有优势。为了评估这一理论，我对文化资本概念进行了广泛的操作化，并对学生自己和父母的文化资本进行了调查。我的结论是，文化资本是在家庭内传播的，并且确实对 GCSE（普通中等教育证书）考试的表现有重大影响。然而，当文化资本受到控制时，社会阶层对成就的巨大直接影响仍然存在。因此，“文化再生产”只能部分解释教育程度的社会阶层差异。
According to Bourdieu's theory of cultural reproduction, children from middle-class families are advantaged in gaining educational credentials due to their possession of cultural capital. In order to assess this theory, I have developed a broad operationalisation of the concept of cultural capital, and have surveyed pupils on both their own and their parents' cultural capital. I will conclude that cultural capital is transmitted within the home and does have a significant effect on performance in the GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education) examinations. However, a large, direct effect of social class on attainment remains when cultural capital has been controlled for. Therefore, `cultural reproduction' can provide only a partial explanation of social class differences in educational attainment.