Esta dissertação tem com objeto de análise a permanência e o êxito dos estudantes do último ano dos cursos de ensino médio integrado do Campus Restinga do Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do Sul. No intuito de compreender a seletividade escolar, a qual não é exclusividade no Campus Restinga mas pode ser vista com uma realidade em âmbito nacional, foram utilizados como instrumentos de coleta de dados a aplicação de questionário e a realização de entrevistas semiestruturadas junto às turmas de quarto ano do Curso de Técnico em Informática para Internet e Curso Técnico em Eletrônica, ambos integrados ao ensino médio. Esta seletividade escolar é incongruente com a legislação educacional, com a política pública de educação profissional da contemporaneidade e com as normativas internas do IFRS. Mobilizando aportes da Sociologia da Educação, a hipótese inicial é a de que haveria relação entre a permanência e o êxito com o processo de formação do habitus dos estudantes vinculado tanto ao capital cultural implicado pela origem social (BOURDIEU, 1998) quanto ao aprendizado do ofício de aluno (PERRENOUD, 1995). Como resultado foi possível observar que as exigências institucionais operadas pelos agentes sociais responsáveis pelos processos de ensino-aprendizagem têm sido maiores do que os instrumentos de gestão pedagógica presentes na instituição para favorecer a permanência e o êxito estudantil. Confirmando-se a hipótese inicial, verificou-se que a permanência e o êxito estudantil guardam uma relação muito próxima com três questões: formação do habitus dos estudantes vinculado ao capital cultural implicado pela origem social; aprendizado do ofício de aluno com destaque ao processo de adaptação e conformação dos estudantes mediante às exigências implícitas e explícitas postuladas pela escola; e, finalmente, a busca pela realização do ensino médio integrado como forma de preparação para o Enem e/ou vestibular a fim de posterior ingresso em um curso superior. / This master’s dissertation focuses on the permanence and success of final year students of integrated high school courses of the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Rio Grande do Sul (IFRS) - Campus Restinga. In order to understand the school selectivity, which is not exclusivity at Campus Restinga but may be seen as a reality at the national level, the application of a questionnaire and semi-structured interviews were used as data collection instruments. The participants of this study were fourth year students of Technical Course in Informatics for Internet and Technical Course in Electronics, both integrated to high school regular course. Such school selectivity is inconsistent with the educational legislation, the contemporary public policy for vocational education and the internal regulations of IFRS. With contributions of Sociology of Education, the initial hypothesis is that there would be a relationship between permanence and success with the formation of students’ habitus related to both the cultural capital implied by social origin (BOURDIEU, 1998) and the learning of student’s craft (PERRENOUD, 1995). As a result, it was observed that the institutional requirements applied by the social agents responsible for teaching-learning processes have been higher than the instruments of educational management present in the institution to promote students’ permanence and success. Confirming the initial hypothesis, it was found that students’ permanence and success are closely related to three issues: formation of students’ habitus related to the cultural capital implied by social origin; learning of students’ craft, highlighting students’ adaptation and conformation processes by implicit and explicit requirements postulated by the school; and finally, the search for the integrated high school course as a preparation for the High School National Exam (ENEM) and/or admission tests to subsequent entrance in universities.

Esta pesquisa tem como tema central as narrativas dos egressos do Programa de Ações Afirmativas da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), suas trajetórias sociais, a possibilidade de construção do conhecimento e a reconversão do capital cultural e habitus, a partir de uma ótica bourdiana. Buscou-se investigar, a partir de suas memórias, como foram as experiências desses alunos no programa institucionalizado desde 2007, que estabeleceu o sistema de cotas através de ingresso por reserva de vagas para acesso a todos os cursos de graduação na UFRGS. O referido programa passou por um processo avaliativo em 2012, sendo a Política de Cotas renovada por mais dez anos. Também em 2012 foi sancionada a Lei nº 12.711/2012, que garantiu que 50% das vagas em cursos de graduação das Universidades Federais fossem reservadas aos candidatos cotistas até 2016. A pesquisa abrangeu o período de ingresso dos cotistas entre 2008 e 2012. O percurso teórico teve como foco a memória social e as categorias de habitus, classe e capital cultural de Pierre Bourdieu. Realizou-se pesquisa bibliográfica sobre a temática da pesquisa, levando-se em consideração o período de 2010 a 2015 em três diferentes Bases de Dados. Os resultados demonstraram o ineditismo do estudo quanto à abordagem dos egressos e suas narrativas de memória. O percurso metodológico utilizado foi o de uma pesquisa quantitativa e qualitativa, do tipo bibliográfica, documental e exploratória, a partir da história oral. Foram enviados questionários on-line para todo o universo de diplomados, contudo a amostra dessa pesquisa se concentrou em 155 questionários. Também foram realizadas entrevistas temáticas com dez egressos do programa. Os dados obtidos foram analisados e interpretados a partir de gráficos e da técnica de análise de conteúdo. Os resultados da pesquisa revelam que a experiência vivida pelos alunos cotistas nessa amostra proporcionou uma ressignificação no seu capital cultural e habitus. Os dados dos questionários e das entrevistas evidenciaram que o Programa de Ações Afirmativas da UFRGS é uma política de educação inclusiva positiva e apresentou avanços significativos no que se refere às relações étnico-raciais no ambiente universitário e que a participação no Programa foi uma oportunidade muito importante para esses alunos, repercutindo na sua trajetória social. O produto dessa pesquisa ficou sistematizado no vídeo intitulado “As vozes dos Cotistas Egressos da UFRGS”. / The central theme of this research are the narratives of graduate students from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul who participated in the Affirmative Action Programme. Guided by a Bourdieusian perspective, we also focus on social trajectories, knowledge construction and the reconversion of cultural capital and habitus. Through their memories, we set out to examine the experiences of these students within the institutionalized Programme that was established in 2007 and sanctioned a quota system through which candidates were granted admission to this university into reserved places. The Affirmative Action Programme was reassessed in 2012 and the Quota Policy was renewed for 10 more years. In the same year, Federal Law n° 12.71/2012 was sanctioned, guaranteeing that 50% of all places at the undergraduate level in federal universities be reserved for ‘quota candidates’ until 2016. The time period chosen for our research on 'quota student' admission spans 4 years, between 2008 and 2012. Our theoretical framework was anchored by the concept of social memory, as well as the Bourdieusian concepts of habitus, class and cultural capital. In three data bases, a literary review was carried out concerning the topic of our research, in publications issued between 2010 and 2015. Results showed the novelty of our particular focus on graduate students and memory narrative. Regarding our methodology, which is applied to oral history, we developed research that is both quantitative and qualitative, of the bibliographic, documentary and exploratory type. Online questionnaires were sent to all graduates with diplomas, and samples from 155 of these participants were collected, along with 10 theme-centred interviews. The obtained data was analyzed and interpreted in accordance with graphs and the technique of content analysis. The results of our research show that the experiences of this sample of ‘quota students’ provided for a resignification of their cultural capital and habitus. Our research data show that the graduates perceive the Affirmative Action Programme at UFRGS as a positive inclusive education policy as well as an advance in ethnic and racial relations in the university environment. Additionally, we observed that these graduates seem to consider their participation in the Programme as a significantly important opportunity which has influenced their social trajectory. The final product of our study was systemized in a video entitled "The Voices of Quota Graduates from UFRGS".

This research proposes understanding the influences that cultural and social capitals exert on the immigrant entrepreneurship process of individuals who decided to move to a nation that is economically and culturally different from their home countries. Immigration is an increasingly phenomenon that affects several countries around the world, some of them having their economies heavily related to this group of people. When trying to find a job placement in the new market, most immigrants face difficulties such as language barriers, taste discrimination and lack of recognition of their accumulated capitals. A common option to reduce such challenges is pursuing entrepreneurship, which is usually related to fields that possess less influence of the aforementioned barriers, and that do not require much specific knowledge. Nevertheless, immigrant entrepreneurship has important differences when being compared to other types of entrepreneurship, and this fact is usually due to cultural and social aspects. In this context, it is inquired: “how does both the cultural and social capitals linked to the entrepreneur's country of origin relate to his/her opportunities to undertake and sustain an enterprise of the culinary field in a culturally and economically distinct country?”. In order to address this inquiry, four immigrant restaurant owners were interviewed. Two of them immigrated to England, coming from Latin American underdeveloped countries, while the other two immigrated to Brazil, coming from European developed nations. The semistructured interview script had 16 questions formulated according to Pierre Bourdieu’s concepts of cultural and social capitals, aiming at qualitatively understanding in what consisted these two types of capitals of each entrepreneur, as well as understanding how they related to each moment of their individual entrepreneurial journeys. The interviews were conducted in person in both cities of London and Florianópolis, during the first semester of 2016. The results show that all of the immigrant entrepreneurs faced some type of cultural shock and discrimination during their entrepreneurship processes, which is most evident in the Latin entrepreneurs. Regarding the influence of their cultural capitals, family influences, accumulated knowledge and professional experiences greatly influenced their entrepreneurship process, and the entrepreneurs who possessed the higher amount of accumulated and recognized cultural capital faced far less difficulties as immigrant entrepreneurs. When talking about their social capitals, the entrepreneurs mostly relied on their social connections with people born in their home countries or in nations more culturally similar to their own. These relations, however, were of different natures between the Latin and European immigrants. The social capital that mostly influenced the Latin entrepreneurs consisted on their families and Latin immigrant friends, who faced similar obstacles as they did. On the other hand, the social capital the European entrepreneurs relied during their entrepreneurial processes were friends born in their home countries, who are also renowned professionals in the culinary field and that were able to share valuable knowledge with them. This study contributes to the entrepreneurship field by addressing the emerging immigrant entrepreneurship topic, which is still being consolidated and has important gaps such as this one to be fulfilled.

Ao se deparar com a temática divulgação científica, observa-se um multifacetado olhar sobre seus sentidos. No desenvolvimento do presente trabalho, identificou-se que tal aspecto pode estar relacionado com a diversidade de atividades que cercam as ações de divulgar. Optou-se, então, por um olhar particular, focado na divulgação científica desenvolvida por cientistas, em seus espaços próprios de produção, buscando compreender os anseios desses atores sociais ao tratarem de temáticas contemporâneas da física para o público geral. Tal processo de reflexão se deu na dimensão sociológica dos estudos de Pierre Bourdieu, com a preocupação do desvelamento das percepções simbólicas e objetivas que permeiam os discursos e as ações práticas desses profissionais no campo científico. Para além dessa dimensão, acrescentaram-se, também, as dimensões educacionais que são negociadas nessas interações e que se relacionam a novas abordagens da ciência no espaço escolar. Desenvolveu-se uma prática reflexiva de pesquisa, cuja ação metodológica pautou-se na condução de ação direta no campo estudado, de modo, a fazer dialogar ou confrontar os dados empíricos com a teoria. Nesse sentido, foi analisado um Masterclasses, da Organização Europeia de Pesquisa Nuclear (CERN) e alunos participantes do evento produzido em colaboração com essa mesma instituição no Brasil. Para a análise dos dados, adotou-se a perspectiva das aproximações entre cientista e escola, para além do um olhar distanciado, a partir de um dado campo social. Identificaram-se os deslocamentos simbólicos entre os diálogos dos atores do campo científico e do campo escolar como indicações da criação do novo, imposição das concepções do espaço social de origem e dimensões de expansão simbólica. Esse lugar de troca, ataque e defesa entre campos, denominado fronteira, parece indicar um instrumental capaz de contemplar a pluralidade da divulgação científica. Reserva-se, portanto, o direito de entender as ações dos cientistas como atividades que ultrapassam o mundo social científico para, no encontro com o campo escolar, reconhecer o espaço de possíveis. E foi a partir dessas concepções que se chega ao entendimento nascente de uma divulgação científica, em que a aquisição de capital cultural associado à ciência ultrapassa a dimensão das regras estabelecidas pelos campos de origem, seja para unicamente a aquisição do conhecimento científico específico, seja para aquisição apenas de aspectos culturais. São, em partes, aquisições provindas da interação com o mundo do outro e que se caracterizam pela perspectiva de aprender e apoderar-se de um saber reconhecido como parte da humanidade e da dignidade científica dos investigados, e que, ao mesmo tempo, adquire valor social como capital cultural. / It is common to note inconsistent point of views when one comes across the scientific dissemination thematic. During the development of this work, it was observed that this aspect may be related to the multifaceted activity surrounding the science divulgation. It was from a particular point of view of the scientific dissemination produced by scientists in their work environment that we sought to understand the concerns of those social actors when addressing contemporary issues of physics to the general public. This reflection process took place in the sociological dimension of Pierre Bourdieu studies that led to the revelation of subjective and objective structures that are present in the speeches and practical actions of these professionals in the scientific field. Besides the sociological studies of science, educational dimensions are negotiated in these interactions and they are related to new scientific approaches at school. Scientists from the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and students that participated in the event produced by the same institution in Brazil were analyzed using a research methodology based on the direct action in the studied field in order to promote a close connection between data and theory. As a result of the data analysis, it was created a perspective of approximation between scientists and school that are not limited by the distance between their social fields, but made possible to understand that the symbolic distance between the scientific field and the school actors may be a space where new ideas can be created, imposition of the conceptions of the original social space and the dimensions of the symbolic expansion. This place of exchange, attack and defense, which is called boundary, seems to indicate that the demand for a categorical definition of a plural concept, such as science communication, seems to have no rewarding results. Therefore, we take the right to understand the actions of scientists as activities that go beyond the scientific social world recognizing the potentiality of such approximation with the school field. It is from these conceptions that one comes to the understanding of a new scientific dissemination where the acquisition of cultural capital associated with science exceeds the rules in the original fields, i.e., acquisition of specific knowledge only or acquisition of cultural aspects only. They are, in part, acquisitions that come from the interaction with the world of the other and characterized by the prospect of learning a knowledge that is part of humanity and of the scientific dignity of the investigated ones.

Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2016-05-06T15:13:35Z No. of bitstreams: 1 marisadefreitas.pdf: 2411587 bytes, checksum: a0cba69b13c46c5abb5a493f6c6af936 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2016-06-08T14:39:21Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 marisadefreitas.pdf: 2411587 bytes, checksum: a0cba69b13c46c5abb5a493f6c6af936 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-08T14:39:21Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 marisadefreitas.pdf: 2411587 bytes, checksum: a0cba69b13c46c5abb5a493f6c6af936 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-07-22 / Esta pesquisa buscou estabelecer a relação dos conceitos de subcidadania, estudo realizado por Jessé Souza (2006), e de capital cultural, formulado por Pierre Bourdieu (2007), com a prática cotidiana dos alunos de 8º e 9º anos do Ensino Fundamental compreendido nas idades entre 12 a 17 anos de duas escolas da Rede Municipal e uma escola Particular da cidade de Juiz de Fora. Optou-se por uma abordagem qualitativa que se considerou mais indicada. No referencial teórico, encontra-se uma breve reconstrução do período histórico do Brasil que se inicia no processo de colonização por Portugal até 1930. Nesse tempo histórico, apontou-se o sistema escravocrata e suas mazelas aos índios e negros. Para com os negros, destacamos o descaso social ao não integrá-los no processo de trabalho livre e assalariado, as condições precárias de habitação e sanitarista, além da desestruturação do núcleo familiar; consequências funestas do sistema escravista após a abolição. A chegada da Família Real no Brasil propiciou o avanço da modernização da Colônia para um Estado independente, gerando mudanças que influenciaram novos comportamentos, novas ideias e o espaço urbano. Contudo, a herança do sistema escravista com forte base tradicionalista leva para a República uma aliança entre a modernização capitalista e a tradição patriarcal dos senhores. Nesse contexto, a marginalização da população de negros e mestiços fica velada em meio aos discursos liberais, enquanto os imigrantes brancos ocupam os postos de trabalho nas lavouras e nas indústrias. Ao perceberem-se os estilos de vida como marcas que distinguem os indivíduos e o seu pertencimento a uma classe social elite, média ou popular; é possível favorecer sua inserção aos privilégios de uma sociedade letrada ou exigir esforço individual para o usufruto aos ambientes socializadores legítimos. O resultado dos dados da pesquisa com os estudantes apontam um perfil escolar dos alunos das escolas municipais de uma cultura hedonista com pouca dedicação aos estudos e apresentam distorção ano/idade. O perfil econômico desses discentes mostrou responsáveis com empregos em atividades que exigem força física e baixa escolaridade, compreendida entre os anos iniciais incompletos e anos finais completos do Ensino Fundamental, poucos atingem o Ensino Médio. Esses estudantes veem a escola como a representação de um “futuro” na melhoria da condição de vida. A escola particular nessa pesquisa serviu de linha condutora ao longo dessa investigação e os achados mostram uma distância na vida social de ambos os grupos de adolescentes. Os resultados obtidos revelam conclusões que poderão ser utilizadas como subsídios para ampliar as discussões e desvelar as condições sociais vivenciadas pelos estudantes da escola pública, a fim de possibilitar novas estratégias pedagógicas e políticas educacionais mais eficazes à aquisição de capital cultural. / This research has aimed to set up the concepts in relation to undercitizenship carried out by Jesse Souza (2006), and of dominant and legitimate culture, cultural capital, made by Pierre Bourdieu (2007). This study has been done between students from 12 years old until 17 years old and from 8th and 9th grades of elementary level in two public schools and one private school in Juiz de Fora city. A qualitative approach has been chosen because it has been considered the most appropriated one. On the theoretical framework there is a brief reconstruction of the historical period of Brazil that starts the process of colonization by Portugal until 1930. In that historical time, there was the slavery system with Indians and black people. Speaking about the black ones, we can point out the social neglect, abandon in omission to incorporate them in the process of free labour and employed person, the poor condition of housing and sanitation, besides the disruption of nucleus family. These aspects have been results of the tragic system after the slavery abolition. The Royal Family’s arrival in Brazil has allowed an advance in the modernization of the colony to an independent state, generating changes that has influenced new behaviours, new ideas and the urban space. However, the slavery heritage system with strong traditionalist base has led to an alliance between the capitalist modernization and the patriarchal tradition of lords. In that context, the marginalization of black people population and mixed races has been disguised among the liberal speeches while white immigrants have occupied jobs in farming and industries. When they realized that the lifestyles were a mark and discern individuals and their social class like elite, middle and poor ones, it has been possible to favour their privileges a literate society or require individual effort in order to usufruct of socializing environments. The result of the survey data with these students have indicated that public school students have had the hedonist culture with little education and a distortion between ages and grades at school. The economic profile of these learners has shown that they are responsible in jobs that require physical strength and low education level between the incomplete early years and complete final years of elementary school level. These students see school as a representation of a “future” improving their life condition. The private school study has served as a guidance throughout this research. The findings have shown a gap in social life in both teenagers group. The results obtained have presented conclusions that could be used as subsidies to expand the discussions and reveal the social conditions experienced by public students, in order to make new pedagogical strategies and educational politics more effective for the acquisition of dominant and legitimate culture, cultural capital.

La présente recherche décrit la méthode de travail adoptée par Eliezer Ben Yehuda (1858-1922, ci-après Ben Yehuda) dans ses journaux d'information Ha-Tsvi (La Gazelle) et Ha-Or (La Lumière), tout en se concentrant sur les modes selon lesquels ses journaux ont traité les thèmes juifs. La recherche décrit la création par Ben Yehuda de la conscience nationale juive en Eretz Israël, depuis ses débuts (1881), processus qui recoupe largement les premières années du nationalisme hébraïque. Ce faisant, elle met en lumière la méthode de Ben Yehuda, basée sur l'identification de concepts, de récits et d'idées théologiques juifs et leur conversion aux besoins du nationalisme, tout en agissant au cœur de l'ordre culturel en place. Comme la théologie juive n'était pas la seule source du nationalisme juif, notre recherche marque les points d'interface entre la matière première théologique et d'autres idéologies ayant influencé Ben Yehuda, l'une des principales étant les Lumières européennes. Notre recherche se propose de repérer le système des éléments qui ont été dégagés du capital culturel théologique et les modes de leur présentation dans les journaux de Ben Yehuda, par rapport à leur source théologique et selon un ensemble de thèmes. Elle examine la façon dont a été organisé ce super-système jusqu'à devenir un capital culturel national, la manière dont il a été coordonné, à travers divers contextes, à d'autres systèmes, et quel rapport il entretenait avec son origine – le capital culturel juif. / This study describes Eliezer Ben-Yehuda’s (1858-1922) work method in his newspapers “HaTzvi” and “HaOr”, focusing on the ways in which these newspapers addressed Jewish issues. The study describes the construction of Jewish national consciousness in the land of Israel by Ben-Yehuda from the outset (1881), a process that, to a large extent, corresponds to the first years of Hebrew nationalism in the Land of Israel. The study delineates Ben-Yehuda’s method which is based on identifying Jewish theological concepts, narratives and ideas and adapting them for nationalist purposes, in what was perceived to be an undertaking conducted within the existing cultural order. Since Jewish theology was not the only wellspring of Jewish nationalism, this study identifies the interface between these theological sources and other ideologies that influenced Ben-Yehuda, among them one of the central influences, European enlightenment.The study seeks to map the network of elements derived from the theological cultural capital and the ways they were presented in Ben-Yehuda’s newspapers, in contrast to their theological origins, on a host of issues. It examines how this multi-system was consolidated into national cultural capital, how it was adapted through a network of contexts to other systems, and how it viewed its roots – Jewish cultural capital.

The focus of this study was on how to help narrow the achievement gap between Native American students and their non-Native peers in an urban Oklahoma school district. A qualitative case study approach was used to answer the questions of how parents of Native American students perceive their children's academic success in reading and mathematics in Grade 1- Grade 12 and why they believe their children have consistently (or historically) performed below district, state, and national expectations in these subjects in an attempt to better understand the achievement gap. Progress reports, institutional reports, and standards-based test scores were indicative of the widening achievement gap between Native American students and their non-Native peers. Bourdieu's cultural capital theory supported by Epstein's model of parental involvement were used as the conceptual framework for this study. Six parents of Native American students in Grade 1– Grade 12 were selected as participants and were interviewed using open-ended, semistructured questions to gain insight and help to answer the research questions. The coding of collected data, an analysis of emergent themes and triangulation, peer debriefing, and member checks were all utilized as analytical procedures to ensure accuracy and credibility. Results from the study revealed that parents of Native American students perceive their students' academic success as a struggle and identify parental involvement, curriculum relatability, class size and communication among some of the barriers to their students' success. Implications for positive social change for this study included the potential to inform more effective teaching strategies for teachers who teach Native American students, inform their curriculum development, and foster the empowerment of Native American families.

Shakespeare's vast cultural capital does not often translate easily to financial capital.Whether those who invest in Shakespeare seek financial, educational, or cultural gain, anunderstanding of capital conversion as it relates to Shakespeare industries can inform decisionsand clarify goals. After clarifying and delineating what we have and know of Shakespeare before1616 and what has been created by culture regarding him after 1616, we label the latterShakesaltation, then seek the key to converting his cultural capital to financial capital. ApplyingPierre Bourdieu's states of cultural capital to the Shakespeare industry illustrates why manyinvestments fail, few succeed, and why: cultural capital must be in its institutionalized state inorder to be convertible to profit. Juxtaposing three case studies of Shakespeare industries (Film,Cultural Destination Tourism, and the Bard Branding practice in various industries), analyzedusing Bourdieu, confirms that Shakesaltation — the ideals and myths that have been createdaround Shakespeare beyond his death — are the key to profiting from Shakespeare.

The purpose of the study is to describe and hypothetically explain students' attitudes to the subject of sociology in upper secondary school in Sweden based on students' (a) cultural capital and (b) gender. This is explained with the help of Pierre Bourdieu's capital theory, and also his perspective on gender. The study aims to cover the knowledge gap that exists in the field of teaching sociology in upper secondary school in Sweden with quantitative methods. The study uses a questionnaire to collect data and linear regression to analyze it. This perspective has, to our knowledge, never been done in a nordic context before, although studies on civic and citizenship education exist.    Framing of questions:  How do students' attitudes to the subject of sociology differ between gender categories in upper secondary school? What is the connection between students' cultural capital and their attitude to the subject of sociology in high school?  The sociological implications of this study is that the number of books in the students home tends to affect the attitudes towards the subject. But other aspects of the students' cultural capital, such as parentes education, art and classical music in the home aren’t statistically significant. Another sociological implication is that female students tend to have more positive attitudes towards the sociology subject compared to male students.  The sociology didactic implications of this study indicates that the number of books in the home in combination with gender has a connection with attitudes to the subject. Thus sociology teachers should focus on this. The awareness that a certain part of the cultural capital influences the students' attitudes means that the teacher can work actively to counteract this. For example by encouraging reading early in school, to create an open classroom climate and using various forms of examinations.

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