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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816522103321

Autore

Hart Caroline Sarojini

Titolo

Aspirations, education, and social justice : applying Sen and Bourdieu / / Caroline Sarojini Hart

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, , 2013

ISBN

1-4725-5277-6

1-4411-6545-2

1-283-85333-7

1-4411-2332-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Classificazione

EDU037000

Disciplina

306.430941

Soggetti

Education and globalization - Great Britain

Education - Social aspects - Great Britain

High school students - Great Britain - Attitudes

Maturation (Psychology) - Great Britain

Student aspirations - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- 1. Education Policy Issues -- 2. Sen's Capability Approach -- 3. Blending Sen and Bourdieu -- 4. Evolving Theory into Method -- 5. The Nature of Aspirations -- 6. The Genesis of Capabilities -- 7. Aspirations, Capabilities and Choice -- 8. The Promise of Higher Education -- 9. The New Pursuit of Justice -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

"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"--

"Highlights and explores key challenges for society in the light of new findings on the nature of aspirations and personal development"--