Something that I wish more researchers, educators, and scholars would study and write about is the socialization and assimilation process that students go through during their “education”. For all students, this is a very difficult time and process. Recently I have spent a bit of time reading and analyzing how many African-American students manage this [...]
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An Aspect of Assimilation in Schools
Posted in My Life, Social Justice Education, language, tagged assimilation, cultural capital, cultural competence, cultural mismatch, Ebonics, education, Signithia Fordham, social capital, Social Justice Education on December 1, 2008 | 4 Comments »
A response excerpt from my Sociology of Education class…
Posted in Social Justice Education, tagged culture, students of color, social class, cultural capital, Bourdieu on June 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Bourdieu’s concept of cultural capital refers basically to all the sets of beliefs, practices, ways of thinking, knowledge, and skills passed on from ones social class; the idea is that certain cultural behaviors or norms carry along with them certain stratified value. These behaviors also give certain groups advantages in their ability to navigate [...]
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