Overview

International Perspectives on Theorizing Aspirations offers new insights and guidance for those looking to use Bourdieu’s tools in an educational context, with a focus on how the tools can be applied to issues of aspiration. Written by contributors from the UK, USA, Australia, Nigeria, Jamaica and Spain, the book explores how Bourdieu’s tools have been applied in recent cutting-edge educational research on a range of topics, including widening participation, migration, ethnicity, and class. The contributors consider how aspirations are theorized in sociology, as well as exploring the structure/agency debates, before recapitulating Bourdieu’s tools and their applicability in educational contexts. A key question running through the chapters is: how does social theory shape research? Including recommended readings, this is essential reading for anyone looking to use Bourdieu in their research and for those studying aspiration in an educational research setting.

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Author:   Dr Garth Stahl (University of Queensland, Australia) ,  Dr Derron Wallace (Brandeis University, USA) ,  Dr Ciaran Burke (University of Derby, UK) ,  Dr Steven Threadgold (University of Newcastle, Australia)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Weight:   0.363kg
ISBN:  

9781350164857

ISBN 10:   1350164852
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   28 May 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword, Diane Reay (LSE, UK) Introduction: Using Bourdieu to Theorize Aspiration, Garth Stahl (University of South Australia, Australia), Ciaran Burke (University of Derby, UK), Derron Wallace (Brandeis University, USA) and Steven Threadgold (University of Newcastle, Australia) Part I: Advancing Bourdieu’s Conceptual Tools 1. Maybe it is for the Likes of Us … Reconsidering Classed Higher Education and Graduate Employment Trajectories, Ciaran Burke (University of Derby, UK) 2. Bourdieu is Not a Determinist: Illusio, Aspiration, Reflexivity and Affect, Steven Threadgold (University of Newcastle, Australia) Part II: Using and Developing Habitus 4. Young People’s Educational Expectations, Aspirations and Choices: The Role of Habitus, Gender and Fields, Aina Tarabini and Marta Curran (Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain) 3. Putting Habitus to Work: Habitus Clivé, Negotiated Aspirations and a Counter-Habitus?, Garth Stahl (University of South Australia, Australia) Part III: Using and Developing Theoretical Approaches to Capital 5. Operationalizing Bourdieu for the Study of Student Aspirations: Conceptual and Methodological Challenges, James Albright, Jennifer Gore, Maxwell Smith (University of Newcastle, Australia) and Kathryn Holmes (Western Sydney University, Australia) 6. Shadow Capital and the Undermining of College-Going Aspirations, Amy E. Stich (University of Georgia, USA) and Kristin Cipollone (Ball State University, USA) Part IV: Advancing Bourdieu’s Concepts in The Field of Education 7. Aspirations and the Histories of Elite State Schools in London: Field Theory, Circuits of Education and the Embodiment of Symbolic Capital, Sol Gamsu (University of Bath, UK) 8. Thinking with Bourdieu About Teachers’ Pedagogies and Their Dispositions for Social Justice: Unthinkingness in Aspiration Formation, Russell Cross (University of Melbourne, Australia), Carmen Mills (University of Queensland, Australia), Trevor Gale (University of Glasgow, UK) Part V: Bourdieusian Perspectives on Aspirations and Gender 9. ‘It Was Noticeable So I Changed’: Supergirls, Aspirations and Bourdieu, Tamsin Bowers-Brown (University of Derby, UK) 10. Bourdieu Plus: Understanding the Creation of Agentic, Aspirational Girl Subjects in Elite Schools, Joan Forbes (University of Stirling, UK) and Claire Maxwell (University College London, UK) Part VI: Ethnic Inequalities and Identities: Assessing Bourdieu’s Tools 11. Aspirations in Britain’s Caribbean diaspora: Applying Bourdieu’s Doxa, Derron Wallace (Brandeis University, USA) 12. Bourdieu in Nigeria: The Colonial Habitus and Elite Nigerian Parents’ Aspirations for their Children, Pere Ayling (University of Suffolk, UK) 13. Bridging the Gap: Using Bourdieu and Critical Race Theory to Understand the Importance of Black Middle-Class Parents’ Educational Aspirations for Their Children, Barbara Adewumi (University of Kent, UK) Index

Reviews

An excellent collection of papers that not only problematises the notion of aspiration but also shows how, by drawing on the tools of Bourdieu, it is possible to develop a more nuanced understanding of its construction and usage. This book is a must read for those interested in the ideas of Bourdieu. * Alan France, Professor of Sociology, University of Auckland, New Zealand *

Author Information

Garth Stahl is Senior Lecturer at the School of Education at the University of South Australia and Research Fellow, Australian Research Council (DECRA). Derron Wallace is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Education at Brandeis University, USA. Ciaran Burke is Associate Professor of Higher Education at the University of Derby, UK. Steven Threadgold is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Newcastle, Australia.

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