Pierre Bourdieu’s Cultural Capital Theory

Pierre Bourdieu’s Cultural Capital Theory

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The application paper requires you to integrate a theory from the information we’ve studied with an event or events from your personal experience.

The theme is nature vs nurture

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It is an established fact that more than 85% of nations in Asia and Africa use English as the principal language of instruction in the classroom. Even though virtually all the governments of these nations have made provisions for educational instruction in indigenous languages to be availed to those parents who wish for it, schools that solely use English instruction in classrooms are still preferred. According to Devine, studies have now revealed that students who attend schools that offer instruction in English perform far better than those who receive their education through other indigenous languages (104).

Length: 1200 words