Bruce Kloot
Biographic Data
| ID | 1502705 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bruce Kloot |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bruce |
| FAMILY NAME | Kloot |
| SIGNATURE | KLOOT B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cape Town |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8644-3248 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Decolonizing Engineering Education
A historical analysis of academic development using the theoretical lens of Pierre Bourdieu
This paper provides a history of academic development by examining how a South African institution coped with the potent social forces confronting it before the collapse of apartheid. Theoretically, it draws on the framework of Pierre Bourdieu and engages with a paper written a decade ago by Naidoo, who also used Bourdieu to understand institutional change in South Africa in the late 1980s. Through contrasting the habitus of two professors, it is…
Exploring the value of Bourdieu's framework in the context of institutional change
This article examines the usefulness of the theoretical framework of the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu in relation to institutional change through data gathered in some initial interviews at Emerston University, a previously white, English‐medium, South African institution. This exploration is based on Bourdieu's concept of a social space as a field, and analyses the different forms of power for which agents are competing, taking into accoun…
Exploring the value of Bourdieu's framework in the context of institutional change
This article examines the usefulness of the theoretical framework of the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu in relation to institutional change through data gathered in some initial interviews at Emerston University, a previously white, English‐medium, South African institution. This exploration is based on Bourdieu's concept of a social space as a field, and analyses the different forms of power for which agents are competing, taking into accoun…
A historical analysis of academic development using the theoretical lens of Pierre Bourdieu
This paper provides a history of academic development by examining how a South African institution coped with the potent social forces confronting it before the collapse of apartheid. Theoretically, it draws on the framework of Pierre Bourdieu and engages with a paper written a decade ago by Naidoo, who also used Bourdieu to understand institutional change in South Africa in the late 1980s. Through contrasting the habitus of two professors, it is…
Exploring the value of Bourdieu's framework in the context of institutional change
This article examines the usefulness of the theoretical framework of the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu in relation to institutional change through data gathered in some initial interviews at Emerston University, a previously white, English‐medium, South African institution. This exploration is based on Bourdieu's concept of a social space as a field, and analyses the different forms of power for which agents are competing, taking into accoun…
A historical analysis of academic development using the theoretical lens of Pierre Bourdieu
This paper provides a history of academic development by examining how a South African institution coped with the potent social forces confronting it before the collapse of apartheid. Theoretically, it draws on the framework of Pierre Bourdieu and engages with a paper written a decade ago by Naidoo, who also used Bourdieu to understand institutional change in South Africa in the late 1980s. Through contrasting the habitus of two professors, it is…
Decolonizing Engineering Education
Cultural capital (2 works) · Field (mathematics (2 works) · Global Educational Policies and Reforms (2 works) · Habitus (2 works) · Institution (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Social and Cultural Dynamics (2 works) · Social science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)