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Social capital and employability development among Chinese Mainland undergraduates in Hong Kong: An exploration of network dynamics, structural constraints and agentic practices

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Bourdieu's sociological concept of social capital highlights its significance in enabling individuals to access other forms of capital for personal advantage. In the literature on university students' employability, particularly that concerning international and non‐local students, social capital is widely recognised as a key asset, alongside ...
Fang Gao, Thanh Pham
wiley   +1 more source

“New” Realism as a Problem of Method [PDF]

open access: yesMeta: Research in Hermeneutics, Phenomenology and Practical Philosophy, 2014
The development of the discussion on “Speculative Realism” and “Speculative Materialism” is very well documented. However, in order to better understand the overall project of this “New Realism” it is helpful to draw light to the genealogy and context in
Marko Bosnić
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Biographies, ontological security and the socio‐spatial politics shaping teachers' mobility in remote Australia

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The global teacher shortage continues to intensify, with disparate impacts across geographic and socio‐economic communities. In Queensland, Australia, where this study originates, post‐COVID teacher shortages have intensified workforce pressures, leaving several regional, rural and remote schools as some of the ‘hardest‐to‐staff’ in the ...
Matthew Readette   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Notes on the Need to Redefine the Ontoepistemic Status of Sociology

open access: yesIztapalapa, 1999
The following paper seeks to offer an alternative explanation of the ontoepistemic assumptions of Sociology. The ideas are conceived considering sociology as Social Science.
Armando Ulises Cerón Martínez
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‘…It was my choice to see how I can acquire this Western world education… and I'm happy…’: Structuration and the dialectic nature of being a Nigerian university student in the UK

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines the experiences of Nigerian cross‐border students in UK higher education, focusing on how colonial legacies continue to shape the interplay between structure and agency. Three key themes emerged in the analysis of the data: First, the persistence of a ‘West is Best’ mentality reflects the internalisation of colonial ...
Jennifer Marshall, Jack Bryne Stothard
wiley   +1 more source

No other choice: The fracturing of reflexivity in families' pathways into (non‐)elective home education in England

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract In England, education is compulsory, but schooling is not: it is legal for families to home educate their children. This form of education is officially termed by the Department for Education as ‘Elective Home Education’. As this designation implies, many families home educate as a positive and preferential ‘choice’.
Katherine Davey   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

THEORETICAL PROBLEMS OF SELF-ORGANIZATION OF BASIC SCIENCE: A HISTORICAL RETROSPECTIVE

open access: yesВестник Брянского государственного университета
The article examines theoretical problems of self-organization of basic science in the historical perspective, including the influence of sociology of science and ethnographic approach on the ideas about the formation of scientific knowledge.
Glagolev V.S., Konnov V.I
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Bourdieu in Aotearoa New Zealand: A systematic review of theoretical applications in educational research, 2000–2025

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This article presents the first systematic review of scholarship applying Pierre Bourdieu's theoretical framework in New Zealand educational research, drawing on 30 peer‐reviewed studies published between 2000 and 2025. Following PRISMA guidelines, studies were coded for Bourdieusian concepts applied, depth of theoretical application ...
Liuning Yang
wiley   +1 more source

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