Cultural Reproduction, Cultural Mobility, Cultural Resources, or Trivial Effect? A Comparative Approach to Cultural Capital and Educational Performance

We assess explanations for the associations between cultural capital (especially cultural activities and cultural possessions) and educational performance of schooled adolescents in 22 Western industrialized countries based on data from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). We f...

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Published in:Comparative education review 2012-02, Vol.56 (1), p.98-124
Main Authors: Xu, Jun, Hampden-Thompson, Gillian
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Achievement
Adolescents
Comparative Education
Comparative studies
Corporate culture
Cultural Capital
Culture
Developed Nations
Economic resources
Educational Resources
Foreign Countries
High income
Home schooling
Industrialized nations
Liberalism
Literature
Modeling
Outcomes of education
Parent Background
Program for International Student Assessment
Reading tables
Socioeconomic factors
Socioeconomic Status
Welfare state
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Summary:We assess explanations for the associations between cultural capital (especially cultural activities and cultural possessions) and educational performance of schooled adolescents in 22 Western industrialized countries based on data from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). We further ascertain variations in the effect of cultural capital across distinct welfare regimes. Results indicate that multiple forms of cultural capital mediate the association between parental socioeconomic status and children’s educational performance in these industrialized countries. Our analyses also show that, especially under liberal-type welfare regimes, children from higher-status families reap greater benefits from cultural capital than do children from lower-status families.
ISSN:0010-4086
1545-701X
DOI:10.1086/661289