Socio-spatial networks and capital in small rural primary school voluntary activity

Bibliographic Data

ID12894562
AuthorsTaylah Law (0009-0000-0247-4902, University of Kent, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume20
Issue4
Pages313-330
Publication date2024-07-14
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEthnography & Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1745-7823 • E-ISSN: 1745-7831
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17457823.2024.2375258
OpenAlexW4400666384
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited25

Small primary schools and schools with the lowest number of free school meal (FSM) eligibility are increasingly reliant on voluntary activity for the provision of core services. Significant disparities in where and how this voluntary activity happens risk widening inequalities between schools, especially when policies directly encourage them (and funding cuts necessitate them) to turn to their communities for support. However, we do not know how these differences play out in practice or what the implications might be. Drawing on ethnographic research, this paper explores how voluntary activity undertaken in small rural primaries is facilitated through socio-spatial networks (interpersonal connections rooted in space) and how capital is mobilised (and converted) through these networks. This research revealed how the work of education is carried out through many socio-economic modes, by different people and across a range of spaces, and that this influences the education provided in these environments

Capital (architecture · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Management · Political science · Regional science · Social capital · Social science · Sociology · Turnover · Voluntary association · Rural development and sustainability · Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics

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