Aspirations, Education and Social Justice: Applying Sen and Bourdieu

Aspirations, Education and Social Justice: Applying Sen and Bourdieu
ISBN-10
1441165452
ISBN-13
9781441165459
Category
Education
Pages
208
Language
English
Published
2012-11-22
Publisher
A&C Black
Author
Caroline Sarojini Hart

Description

Caroline Hart presents a radical new paradigm for thinking about the role of education in the development of human flourishing. The book applies Amartya Sen's capability approach to understanding the nature of aspirations in the policy context of strategies to widen participation in higher education. Sen's work is synthesised with key concepts from Pierre Bourdieu to develop a framework for understanding the processes through which young people are enabled and disabled in relation to developing and achieving their aspirations. Drawing on an empirical study involving 600 young people aged 17-19 in their final years of education, this text explores the hopes and dreams of these young people for the future. The young people's voices challenge dominant discourses of aspiration, well-being and advantage, and invite readers to rethink their own positions on these issues.

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