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Family Cultural Capital and Student Achievement

Theoretical Insights from PISA

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Authors:
  1. Cheng Yong Tan

    1. The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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  • Provides an overview of quantitative studies of cultural capital effects on student achievement
  • Discusses salient theoretical issues that characterize ongoing debates in the field
  • Illustrates how researchers can employ international comparative data to conduct research on cultural capital theory

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Education (BRIEFSEDUCAT)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Cheng Yong Tan
    Pages 1-7

  3. Conceptual Diversity of Cultural Capital

    • Cheng Yong Tan
    Pages 9-23

  4. Cultural Capital and PISA

    • Cheng Yong Tan
    Pages 25-34

  5. Interrogating the Cultural Capital–Students’ Achievement Relationships

    • Cheng Yong Tan
    Pages 35-45

  6. Comparing Cultural Capital Across Groups and Countries

    • Cheng Yong Tan
    Pages 47-55

  7. Conclusion

    • Cheng Yong Tan
    Pages 57-66

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 67-78
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About this book

This book focuses on the relationship between cultural capital and student achievement. It fills the gap in the literature on large-scale quantitative studies of the effects of cultural capital. In particular, the review of empirical evidence presented, especially that from studies analyzing large-scale, international data from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), makes a substantial contribution to the literature. This review addresses the knowledge gap on reviews investigating the effects of different forms of cultural capital on student achievement as compared to the more established evidence base in the related field of socioeconomic status.

Authors and Affiliations

  • The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    Cheng Yong Tan

About the author

Dr. Cheng Yong TAN is an associate professor at Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong. His research interests are socioeconomic status, cultural capital theory, parenting, academic achievement, educational leadership and policy as well as school effectiveness.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Family Cultural Capital and Student Achievement

  • Book Subtitle: Theoretical Insights from PISA

  • Authors: Cheng Yong Tan

  • Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Education

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4491-0

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-4490-3Published: 10 April 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-4491-0Published: 09 April 2020

  • Series ISSN: 2211-1921

  • Series E-ISSN: 2211-193X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 78

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Sociology of Education, Assessment, Testing and Evaluation

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