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Mobilising capitals? Migrant children's negotiation of their everyday lives in school

Author(s)
Devine, Dympna  
Uri
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/6395
Date Issued
2009-09
Date Available
2015-02-23T11:55:25Z
Abstract
This paper considers how first‐generation immigrant children contribute to processes of capital accumulation through their negotiation and positioning in Irish schools. Drawing on the concepts of social and cultural capital, as well as inter‐generational analyses of children's role in the structuring of everyday life, the paper highlights migrant children's strategic orientation to their primary schooling, positioning themselves in order to maximise the exchange value from their education. Social class, gender and ethnic/migrant status were identified as significant to the strategies adopted, and how children coped with their positioning as ethnic 'other' in school.
Type of Material
Journal Article
Publisher
Taylor and Francis
Journal
British Journal of Sociology of Education
Volume
30
Issue
5
Start Page
521
End Page
535
Copyright (Published Version)
2009 Taylor and Francis
Subjects

Migrant children

Agency

Identities

Social capital

Cultural capital

DOI
10.1080/01425690903101023
Language
English
Status of Item
Peer reviewed
This item is made available under a Creative Commons License
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Education Research Collection

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