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- Social capital arises from the human capacity to consider others, to think and act generously and cooperatively. The concept of social capital relates to important questions of human behaviour and motivation, such as why people give or help others even when there is no foreseeable benefit for themselves.
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May 3, 2021 · The author presents the understanding of social capital in regard to education in four theoretical contexts: James Coleman’s theory of exchange, Robert D. Putnam’s theory of civil society, Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of cultural structuralism and the network theory.
- Piotr Mikiewicz, Gustavo Cunha de Araújo
- 2021
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Properties of social capital include (1) the degree of closure or interconnectedness of ties within a social network and (2) the density of social ties among its members. Coleman argues that a high degree of network closure enhances communication among members, thus strengthening ties.
Jul 1, 2017 · This study was conducted to advance knowledge about (a) the validity of measuring social capital as an organizational construct, (b) the equity of social capital distribution in schools, and (c) the relationship between school social capital and academic achievement.
The relation between social capital and student achievement has long been of interest to sociolo-gists of education, especially since Coleman (1988) theorized that social capital plays a key role in the cultivation of human capital in children.
Sep 30, 2017 · Bourdieu understands social capital to be an “aggregate of the actual or potential resources linked to possession of a durable network of more or less institutionalized relationships of mutual acquaintance and recognition – or in other words, to membership in a group” (1997, p. 51).
This critical synthesis incorporates both theoretical and empirical literature on social capital since its original conceptualization by Bourdieu (1986) and Coleman (1988) in the late 1980s. The focus of the review is on educational literature that studies social capital and educational outcomes.
Apr 30, 2022 · Schools are key social venues where peer groups and institutional agents play roles in forming social capital, which, in turn, influences students' educational outcomes and experiences. In what follows, the entry addresses community-based social capital with a focus on communities with neighborhood disadvantage.
