 Habitus in elite public high schools: A case study from the perspectives of shareholdersMeltem Çengel Schoville, Robert Guy Schoville, Suna Çöğmen and Serap Yılmaz Özelçi International Journal of Educational Development, 2024, vol. 109, issue C Abstract: This case study employs a Bourdieusian theoretical framework to analyze the relationship between an individual’s habitus and their perceptions about the value of education as described by students, teachers, and principals from two elite public high schools in Aydin, Turkey. The study argues that, as a part of school climate, the elite schools contribute to the reproduction of cultural capital that funds elite student habitus. Study results show that all the participants have positive perceptions about their schools, and all participants' habitus is supported by and reflective of the existing habitus of their school. This situation is sometimes a preference for elitism, but sometimes it is experienced as an obligation. The results confirm prior studies and related literature on the interrelationship between schooling, student habitus, and socio-economic reproduction. Keywords: Case study; Elite public schools; Habitus; High schools (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:injoed:v:109:y:2024:i:c:s0738059324001330 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2024.103107 Access Statistics for this article International Journal of Educational Development is currently edited by Stephen P Heyneman More articles in International Journal of Educational Development from Elsevier |
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