The Bloomsbury Handbook of Bourdieu and Educational Research

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This book is the first international reference work to showcase the diversity of ways of using Bourdieus sociological toolkit in educational research. Written by scholars based in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Indonesia, Hong Kong, the UK, and the USA, the handbook provides a unique and cutting-edge picture of how Bourdieu has been both used and adapted in educational research globally. The book will be useful for those who may only have a cursory knowledge of Bourdieus tools as well as those who are already familiar with Bourdieus work. The chapters cover a wide range of topics including educational leadership, teacher preparation, space/place, educational policy, literacy education, marginalised students, and student mobility.

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This wide-ranging and illuminating handbook recognizes the importance of both the spatial and the temporal in understandings of Bourdieus work, and combines global perspectives with a focus on the local. -- Diane Reay, Professor of Education, University of Cambridge, UK

Bourdieus thinking tools have been widely used to explore educational issues. However, very few books
provide a comprehensive resource for introducing Bourdieu in educational research. This volume provides the global academic community with up-to-date knowledge about Bourdieu in educational research. It will help researchers and students to understand Bourdieu and education systematically.

-- Dai Kun, Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Administration and Policy, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Author Bio

Garth Stahl is Associate Professor of Education at the University of Queensland, Australia. He is a co-founder of the Bourdieu in Educational Research SIG for the American Educational Research Association.

Guanglun Michael Mu is Enterprise Fellow and Associate Professor at the University of South Australia, Australia.

Pere Ayling is Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences and Humanities at University of Suffolk, UK.

Elliot B. Weininger is Professor of Sociology at SUNY Brockport, USA.