cultural capital

• Who proposed the concept of cultural capital?

  Pierre Bourdieu
• What are the three types of capital identified by Bourdieu?

  Economic, educational, and cultural capital
• How does Bourdieu view the relationship between cultural and material factors?

  They are interrelated and contribute to achievement
• What does cultural capital refer to according to Bourdieu?

  Knowledge, attitudes, values, and abilities
• Why does Bourdieu consider middle-class culture as a type of capital?

  It provides advantages similar to wealth
• What abilities do middle-class children develop through socialization?

  Grasping, analyzing, and expressing abstract ideas
• How does the education system treat middle-class culture?

  It favors and transmits it as dominant
• How do working-class pupils often respond to education?

  By truanting or not trying
• How do wealthier parents use their economic capital?

  By sending children to private schools
• What is 'selection by mortgage' in education?

  It drives up housing costs near successful schools
• What does Leech and Campos' study reveal about middle-class parents?

  They can afford homes near high-ranking schools