Disposed to Learn

Schooling, Ethnicity and the Scholarly Habitus

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Education & Teaching, Educational Theory, Multicultural Education, Philosophy & Social Aspects
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Author: Dr Megan Watkins, Dr Greg Noble ISBN: 9781441130068
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Publication: June 20, 2013
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic Language: English
Author: Dr Megan Watkins, Dr Greg Noble
ISBN: 9781441130068
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication: June 20, 2013
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Language: English

Disposed to Learn explores the relationship between ethnicity and dispositions towards learning, with a focus on primary school students of Chinese, Pasifika and Anglo Australian backgrounds. The authors challenge the tendency towards the essentializing of ethnicity within multiculturalism to argue for a more nuanced understanding of the relationship between culture and academic performance. Drawing on the work of Bourdieu, they examine how home and school practices produce particular attributes that are embodied as dispositions towards learning - the scholarly habitus. These home and school practices entail different modes of discipline which help or hinder student engagement. The book underlies the need for a better understanding of cultural diversity in schooling to address issues of educational inclusion.

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Disposed to Learn explores the relationship between ethnicity and dispositions towards learning, with a focus on primary school students of Chinese, Pasifika and Anglo Australian backgrounds. The authors challenge the tendency towards the essentializing of ethnicity within multiculturalism to argue for a more nuanced understanding of the relationship between culture and academic performance. Drawing on the work of Bourdieu, they examine how home and school practices produce particular attributes that are embodied as dispositions towards learning - the scholarly habitus. These home and school practices entail different modes of discipline which help or hinder student engagement. The book underlies the need for a better understanding of cultural diversity in schooling to address issues of educational inclusion.

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