Disposed to Learn - Schooling, Ethnicity and the Scholarly Habitus (Hardcover, New)

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.

General

Imprint:	Bloomsbury Academic USA
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2013
First published:	August 2013
Authors:	Megan Watkins • Greg Noble
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	176
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-4411-6245-8
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	English
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Philosophy of education Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > General
LSN:	1-4411-6245-3
Barcode:	9781441162458

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