Understanding Social Class and Education Through Sociology

Explore the dynamics of social class and education through the lens of sociology. Delve into the historical context of poverty in the UK, the impact of social class inequality, and the complexities of defining and categorizing social class. Learn about Bourdieu's theory on different types of capital, field and habitus, cultural reproduction in education, and the experiences of working-class students in elite universities.

• Sociology
• Social Class
• Education
• Bourdieu
• Inequality

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1. Sociology SOCIAL CLASS AND EDUCATION

2. George Orwell (1937) Context to the discussion we re having today this is what UK was like for poor before welfare state https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmDvLY9f82A (from 1m50sec)

3. Social class inequality

5. Stop and think Discuss with people beside you What is social class? What does it measure beyond wealth? What are different classes called? Why do we care about social class?

6. Defining and categorising social class Problematic: lack of agreement Many classification systems exist

7. Pierre Bourdieu

8. Bourdieus 4 key types of capital Economic capital: material goods and wealth Cultural capital: a. educational qualifications b. knowledge and understanding of creative and artistic culture (music, art, theatre, film) Social capital: social networks, who you know and who can help you Symbolic capital: similar to status/credibility

9. Bourdieu field and habitus Habitus - Experience and social position Embodied Uncritical Field Space Doxa the rules of the game

10. Bourdieu: education and social class: cultural reproduction theory Cultural reproduction theory - education system biased against working class, favours dominant (middle) class culture Fundamental role of education - cultural reproduction

11. Strangers in Paradise Reay et. al., 2009 Working class students in elite universities

12. Stop and think Shout out how might class impact on your experiences of higher education?