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10 Oct 2014: There are three main forms of capital: – economic, cultural and social – and, for Bourdieu (1986: 242), the distribution of capitals among individuals determines the chances of success for practices. ... The Role of Economic and Social Identity

18 Nov 2014: The nightmare is government instruments in the form of tests, indicators, league tables, etc. ... How far is the economic imperative predominant over the moral one when one chooses whether or not to become or stay as a teacher?

18 Nov 2014: The decline oftraditional industries has stranded adults and youngpeople on the periphery of economic life and theschools they attend often sit amid the rubble of rundown neighbourhoods. ... As we know, where young people lie onthat spectrum is closely

18 Nov 2014: These are, suggests Harvard professor David Perkins, the three litmus tests for any educational experience. ... These are evidenced by 1) pupil scores on attainment tests and 2) pupils’ self-ratings on attitude scales.

18 Nov 2014: The reading test conducted by the District Education Office revealed an. ... Most parents and guardians of our pupils are illiterates who instead of encouraging and supervising pupils to do their homework or learn after classes rather engage them in

18 Nov 2014: For some, this is also about the prevailing discourse of global competitiveness and a narrowing of what counts as education around primarily economic objectives. ... Vested economic and political interests may push inappropriate solutions based on the

6 Jan 2014: These methodologies are anchored in the idea that development is about economic growth and that economics is the science of the management of scarcity. ... especially as they came from families with very limited social and economic capital.

10 Oct 2014: Similarly, a critical claim from the NCET projects was that the ability to analyse data on the spot enabled some students to test alternative hypotheses and approaches that otherwise would not ... However, this may reflect the inappropriateness of the

10 Oct 2014: ibid), both groups may be seen as competing with the localindigenous population over economic and societal resources. ... The patterns are not consistent with the hypothesis that asylum-seekers are economic migrants by another name’ (Burchardt, 2005:221

18 Nov 2014: 3. FOREWORD. “Teaching is a profession that lies at the heart of both the learning ofchildren and young people and their social , cultural and economic development. ... 14. I cried a lot my first year. I cried the day my whole class failed what I