Bourdieu’s Field Approach: Implications for Research on Knowledge and Learning Cultures in an Academic Environment

<p>Knowledge has become one of the most important attributes of life in modern society – a productive force that has established a knowledge society. Universities, because of their function, should hold a special position in this reality. The educational processes in universities are largely d...

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Main Authors: Monika Grochalska, Emilia Wasilewska
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Language:English
Published: University of Lower Silesia 2016-12-01
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Online Access:http://forumoswiatowe.pl/index.php/czasopismo/article/view/437
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spelling doaj-b769ab1bbc0d4aa5ac8bc2a77c1b57c12020-11-24T20:52:40ZengUniversity of Lower SilesiaForum Oświatowe0867-03232450-34522016-12-01282(56)271Bourdieu’s Field Approach: Implications for Research on Knowledge and Learning Cultures in an Academic EnvironmentMonika Grochalska0Emilia Wasilewska1Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie, Wydział Nauk SpołecznychUniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie, Wydział Nauk Społecznych<p>Knowledge has become one of the most important attributes of life in modern society – a productive force that has established a knowledge society. Universities, because of their function, should hold a special position in this reality. The educational processes in universities are largely determined by the accepted ways of gathering, processing and sharing information. We would like to introduce the theoretical background of these processes in the context of cultures of knowledge, epistemic cultures and cultures of learning. Although the ideas mentioned lack some cohesive base, we tried to use Bourdieu’s concept of field, which seems to be the theory with potential to explain the structure of educational actors’ relations and actions in the academic area.</p>http://forumoswiatowe.pl/index.php/czasopismo/article/view/437kultury wiedzykultury epistemicznekultury uczenia siępole akademickiehabitus
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Bourdieu’s Field Approach: Implications for Research on Knowledge and Learning Cultures in an Academic Environment
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title Bourdieu’s Field Approach: Implications for Research on Knowledge and Learning Cultures in an Academic Environment
title_short Bourdieu’s Field Approach: Implications for Research on Knowledge and Learning Cultures in an Academic Environment
title_full Bourdieu’s Field Approach: Implications for Research on Knowledge and Learning Cultures in an Academic Environment
title_fullStr Bourdieu’s Field Approach: Implications for Research on Knowledge and Learning Cultures in an Academic Environment
title_full_unstemmed Bourdieu’s Field Approach: Implications for Research on Knowledge and Learning Cultures in an Academic Environment
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publisher University of Lower Silesia
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2450-3452
publishDate 2016-12-01
description <p>Knowledge has become one of the most important attributes of life in modern society – a productive force that has established a knowledge society. Universities, because of their function, should hold a special position in this reality. The educational processes in universities are largely determined by the accepted ways of gathering, processing and sharing information. We would like to introduce the theoretical background of these processes in the context of cultures of knowledge, epistemic cultures and cultures of learning. Although the ideas mentioned lack some cohesive base, we tried to use Bourdieu’s concept of field, which seems to be the theory with potential to explain the structure of educational actors’ relations and actions in the academic area.</p>
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