If It Were Not Exceptional, We Wouldn’t Have Chosen It: Institutional Habitus of Two Nursery Schools

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14410%2F20%3A00114735" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14410/20:00114735 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://karolinum.cz/data/clanek/8781/OS_2020_3_Jarkovska_fin.pdf" target="_blank" >https://karolinum.cz/data/clanek/8781/OS_2020_3_Jarkovska_fin.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.14712/23363177.2021.2" target="_blank" >10.14712/23363177.2021.2</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

If It Were Not Exceptional, We Wouldn’t Have Chosen It: Institutional Habitus of Two Nursery Schools

Original language description

Using the concept of institutional habitus, the article analyses the distinctive everyday practices in two nursery schools (privately-funded Forest nursery and publicly-funded Estate nursery). Based on data from interviews and from direct observations it explores how the habitus of both nurseries is constituted; focusing on social context of each nursery, its organizational structure, shared values and interpersonal and community relationships. Those aspects are discussed with theories of parental attitudes and styles and its consequences for social reproduction as addressed in the works of Bourdieu, Lareau, and Reay. The analysis shows that parents are hoping for similar outcomes (e.g. self-reliance) however they believe in different paths leading to those goals. Additionally, through looking at the habitually framed difference in the perceptions of discipline and social control exercised through institutional rules we illustrated how the exclusivity of private institution is constructed. We concluded, it is not just the required fee, but also the adequate level of cultural capital needed to understand the sophisticated code of rules that are framed by freedom and as voluntary. The analysis of such subtle processes is important for understanding educational inequalities and reinforcing social cohesion through education.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50301 - Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA16-18940S" target="_blank" >GA16-18940S: Diversifying Preschool Education in The Czech Republic: Inclusion, Exclusion and Social Inequalities</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Orbis Scholae

ISSN

1802-4637

e-ISSN

2336-3177

Volume of the periodical

14

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

23

Pages from-to

1-23

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85105087740