Educational disadvantage and policy
Expanding the spaces of assessment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11488255 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tebeje Molla (0000-0002-6848-3091, Deakin University, corresponding author), Thomas Gale (0000-0003-3927-9267, University of Glasgow) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 105-126 |
| Publication date | 2024-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Education Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0268-0939 • E-ISSN: 1464-5106 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02680939.2023.2218322 |
| OpenAlex | W4378533507 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 88 |
The issues that social researchers study and policymakers address are partly determined by how they think about the world around them. Their view of the social world often depends on their position within it. What their research reveals and their policies propose are, in part, a reflection of where they choose to look and how they interpret the world they identify. The result can be a myopic view of the social and a distorted explanation of how social relations work. In this paper, we argue the need to widen the aperture of the lens that social researchers and policymakers use to investigate and ameliorate educational disadvantage. In particular, in matters of education equity, beyond measuring opportunities and outcomes of target groups, we argue the need to consider the substantiveness of opportunities as well as the subjective conditions and objective contexts that mediate how people transform their resources into outcomes. Drawing on the work of both Bourdieu and Sen, we propose an expanded evaluative framework that outlines five spaces for assessing educational disadvantage: position and disposition, capital interaction, capability expansion, conversion ability, and conditioned choices
Disadvantage · Economics · Equity (law · Political science · Position (finance · Positive economics · Public relations · Sociology · Work (physics · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Parental Involvement in Education · School Choice and Performance
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 9 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |