GGRC50H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Concerted Cultivation, Cultural Capital, Social Capital
Document Summary
Forms of capital: economic capital-convert into money, cultural capital (embodied state- knowledge, objectified state-property, and institutional state- academics qualifications), social capital-connections, groups and families. Transform cultural and social capitals into economic capital. Similarities: social and cultural capitals, skills that people acquire during institutions and organized activities will provide people with opportunities (middle class) class divide. Latin language: asset for applying law school and medicine school for middle and upper class. Transubstantiation: you got connections (social capital) to get a good job, then you salary goes up . Bourdieu talks more than education but also life in general: simply to gender and race, as well as education. Where does education fit in: education credentials and cultural capital. Children rearing table for larean"s reading relate to bourdieu"s cultural capital. Importance about economic capital: post-secondary school: osap vs. working or parents supporting, public vs. private schools. Importance about cultural capital: language french: importance of knowing french.
