Family cultural activities and educational expectations of Day High School students

Abstract

This paper, which uses the concepts of ‘cultural capital’ and ‘practice’ from Pierre Bourdieu’s theory, presents the family cultural activities that Day High School students in Greece adopt in their everyday life and which contribute to shaping their cultural capital. Moreover, an attempt is also made to investigate the role played by the family cultural activities that students adopt, in shaping their expectations concerning their educational future. The research sample consists of 1430 2nd grade Day High School students, who attended High School during the school year 2017-2018, and the research data were collected using a questionnaire. The research results showed that the students in the sample tend to accumulate and integrate into the system of their predispositions a smaller or larger volume of cultural capital, which is a function of the range of family cultural activities they adopt in their everyday lives. In addition, the students’ everyday family cultural activities tend to ‘organize’ the system of their expectations, defining their future educational careers, and orienting them to different educational outlets

Cultural Goods and Educational Expectations of Day High School Students / Bienes Culturales Y Expectativas Educativas De Los Estudiantes De Escuela Secundaria Diurna

“…In particular, the educational expectations of the 2nd grade General High School students, who have all types of "indicators" of "objectified" cultural capital are focused on the realization of University studies in the Departments of Health and Life Sciences, in the Polytechnic Departments and in the Law Departments. Findings from relevant research highlight the role that cultural capital in general plays in shaping high educational expectations in students (see for example: Koustourakis, Spiliopoulou, & Asimaki, 2016;Koustourakis et al, 2020;Noble & Davies, 2009). From this point of view, it could be argued that the high educational expectations of the students in the sample, especially those who studied in General High School, tend to be dictated by the accumulation in the system of their predispositions of a body of cultural stimuli formed through their familiarity with a number of cultural goods in their homes (Bourdieu, 1977(Bourdieu, , 1986(Bourdieu, , 2002Bourdieu & Passeron, 1996).…”

“…The specific research tools were formulated based on the theoretical framework and our research questions. We chose to approach 2nd grade High School students, as in Greece, while attending this grade, they choose courses that interest them, forming an initial educational orientation of studies (Gati & Saka, 2001;Koustourakis et al, 2020;Spiliopoulou et al, 2018). In fact, their specific choices seem to have a decisive influence on the formation of expectations for their educational future, which includes attending the third grade of High School and their subsequent educational path.…”

The Application of Geographic Information System in Urban Forest Ecological Compensation and Sustainable Development Evaluation

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