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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