Bourdieu and Education: Acts of Practical Theory

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Chapter 1 - Introduction 1
• Part I 5
• Chapter 2 - Theory, Practice and Pedagogic Research 6
• Chapter 3 - The Need for an Epistemological 'Break' 27
• Part II 53
• Chapter 4 - Reproduction: Mothers' Involvement in Their Children's Primary Schooling 55
• Chapter 5 - Language and the Classroom 72
• Chapter 6 - Career Decision Making and the Transition from School to Work 89
• Chapter 7 - Higher Education Field-Work: the Interdependence of Teaching, Research and Student Experience 104
• Part III 121
• Chapter 8 - The Practice of Theory 122
• Part IV 151
• Chapter 9 - Theory as Method 152
• Chapter 10 - Conclusion 179

• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Chapter 1 - Introduction 1
• Part I 5
• Chapter 2 - Theory, Practice and Pedagogic Research 6
• Chapter 3 - The Need for an Epistemological 'Break' 27
• Part II 53
• Chapter 4 - Reproduction: Mothers' Involvement in Their Children's Primary Schooling 55
• Chapter 5 - Language and the Classroom 72
• Chapter 6 - Career Decision Making and the Transition from School to Work 89
• Chapter 7 - Higher Education Field-Work: the Interdependence of Teaching, Research and Student Experience 104
• Part III 121
• Chapter 8 - The Practice of Theory 122
• Part IV 151
• Chapter 9 - Theory as Method 152
• Chapter 10 - Conclusion 179
• Notes on Contributors 182
• Bibliography 184
• Index 195