Social Class Identity Overview
The term for a sense of belonging to a certain economic or social class.
What is Social Class Identity.
Three main components that reproduce social hierarchy.
What are social, economic, and cultural capitals.
An expansion on Bourdieu's reproduction theory.
What is the Community Cultural Wealth Model.
What is "people are their choices"
People that play the biggest role in fostering student development on campus.
Resources within often include money, assets, and economic hierarchy.
What is economic capital.
Resources in this capital include networks and generational alumni.
What is social capital.
This capital refers to the ability to gain skills through challenges.
What is resistant capital.
Suggests that education is the key to upward mobility, regardless of privilege, access, or background.
What is Education is "The Great Equalizer"
Where research needs to focus on.
What is students of different backgrounds and different types of universities.
Access, networks, and opportunities.
What are advantages of higher social class.
The idea that students compete for resources on campus.
What is the field.
A form of capital that means maintaining hopes after facing barriers.
What is aspirational capital.
Individuals adopt the title of middle class because it is neither wealthy nor unwealthy.
What is the idea that the US is a classless society myth.
Campus programs that require things like T-shirts, potlucks, or club fees can unintentionally exclude students due to this factor.
What is social class or financial barriers.
Occupations, education, and income.
What are some components of social class.
The natural ability to play the game based off of socialization.
What is habitus.
The theory that Yosso rooted the CCWM from.
What is Critical Race Theory.
If individuals put forth their best effort and work hard, they will succeed and be rewarded.
What is the myth that issues of class are individual and not systemic.
Universities should focus on creating these instead of forcing students to adapt to the dominant norms.
What are inclusive campus environments.
White-middle class students are the base line.
What is the biggest critique?
The man who theorized that higher education maintains social hierarchy.
What is Pierre Bourdieu.
The theorist that claimed it is not about the lack of resources but the recognition of them.
Who is Tara Yosso.
The assumption that working-class students should automatically adapt to middle-class norms in education.
What is the "one-size-fits-all" mentality.
Educators can openly share resources and build better connections with students to proactively break this down.
What are structural inequalities or class-based barriers.