The document discusses key concepts related to socioeconomic class including left and right wing politics, neo-liberalism, egalitarianism, social class, social status, socialism, and capitalism. It then examines theories of social reproduction and cultural capital, how socioeconomic class is measured, and the role schools play in transmitting cultural capital and potentially reproducing social inequalities.

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24. It’s your resources within your home! Literacy Financial position Social Capital Resources available.

26. So how do we explain that social reproduction is happening, to the extent that it is? What is the role of schools in this process?

27. First Explanation: The notion of Marxist Explanation.

31. Reference: Bowles. S, Gintis. H, (1976) Schooling in Capitalist America, Basic Books. New York.

32. Second Explanation: The notion of Cultural Capital.

35. Reproduction of Cultural Capital habitus success Cultural Capital habitus Cultural Capital failure Assimilate Reproduction Privileged Group Under Privileged Group

36. Reproduction of Cultural Capital habitus success Cultural Capital habitus Cultural Capital failure Assimilate Reproduction Privileged Team Under Privileged Team Management Team Quality Coaches Quality Players Good Feeders System. Stadium. Fitness Management Team Average Coaches Players with no idea No infrastructure

37. Reproduction of Cultural Capital habitus success Cultural Capital habitus Cultural Capital failure Assimilate Reproduction Privileged Group Under Privileged Group Mainstream Education in NZ Upper Middle Class Working Class Educated Parents High Income. Sufficient Income. Structured Discipline. High Expectations. Internally driven Low income Parents of different ethnic background Externally driven. Uneducated Parents.

39. Codd, J & Harker, R. (1990) Political Issues in New Zealand Education - Second Edition. Palmerston North: The Dunmore Press.