I use habitus to examine the constitution of learner identities in neoliberal times with a focus on the nexus of working-class aspirations, symbolic violence and constituting value. In his investigation

Article: Mary O’Donoghue (2013): Putting working-class mothers in their place: social stratification, the field of education, and Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of practice. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 34:2, 190-207.  

[image (c) Le service photo du Conseil général du Val-de-Marne] In this post, Irene talks about her use of Pierre Bourdieu’s ideas in her successfully defended PhD – for more