Power, Sally A. R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3287-0003 and Whitty, Geoff 2008. Bernstein e a classe média. Práxis Educativa 3 (2) , pp. 119-128. 10.5212/PraxEduc.v.3i.2.119128 |
Abstract
This paper explores Basil Bernstein’s insights into education and social class, and in particular the relevance of his work for understanding the British middle class. Bernstein is one of the few sociologists of education to recognise and explore differences and tensions within the middle class. We begin by exploring some of the infl uences of Bernstein’s theorisation of social class in general, and outline his main ideas on the relationship between the middle class and education in particular. We then examine the relevance of his work for research on education and middle-class differentiation through drawing on data from our ‘Destined for Success’ project. This project traced the educational biographies of 300 young men and women from the beginning of their promising educational secondary school career to their mid-twenties. We argue that the distinctive dispositions and orientations of the ‘new’ and ‘old’ middle class proposed by Bernstein are evident within parental preferences for types of school, processes of student engagement and, ultimately, differentiated middle-class identities.
Item Type: | Article |
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Date Type: | Publication |
Status: | Published |
Schools: | Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education) |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Basil Bernstein; Middle Class; Educational biographies |
Additional Information: | Translation of article "Bernstein and the Middle Class" orginally published in Journal of Sociology of Education, 2002 |
Language other than English: | Portuguese |
Publisher: | Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa |
ISSN: | 1809-4031 |
Last Modified: | 20 Oct 2022 09:22 |
URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/31657 |
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