Typology of habitus in education: Findings from a review of qualitative studies.

ABSTRACT: Contextualized in the debate on the (mis)use of habitus in educational research, the present study addresses two research questions: (a) What are the different functions that habitus (i.e., the dispositions underpinning cultural capital that are accumulated through socialization and that guide individuals' daily practices) serves in students' educational experiences? and (b) What characterizes the pattern of continuity or discontinuity for habitus across different contexts? Results of the meta-ethnographic review synthesizing findings from 37 qualitative studies show that there was a typology of different functions associated with habitus (academic socialization, motivating learning, facilitating content learning, developing learners' self-identity and aspirations). These functions transce

SUBMITTER: Tan CY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9521003 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature