capital

• capital


  -particular resources individuals have access to

  -can be invested / exchanged for goods
• cultural capital

  -having cultural aspects

  -skills, values, knowledge, norms
• educational capital


  -knowledge & skills students acquire in school

  -used to learn new things
• economic capital

  -having money / economic assets
• social hierarchy


  -levels of particular capitals used to locate individuals social hierarchy

  -position occupied affects person's life chances

  -affects levels of aspirations & expectations
• Bourdieu


  -three types of capital:

  > cultural

  > economic

  > educational

  -capital can be converted

  -children with one have advantage of gaining others
• test of Bourdieu's ideas

  -Sullivan used questionnaire

  -conduct survey of 465 pupils in 4 schools

  -assessed cultural capital > asked about range of activities

  -tested vocabulary & knowledge of cultural figures

  -read complex fiction & serious documentaries = wider vocabulary

  = greater cultural knowledge

  GREATER CULTURAL CAPITAL
• test of Bourdeius ideas > greatest knowledge

  -children of graduates