The Dilemma of Education for Ethnic Minority Girls in Rural China a Perspective Based on Bourdieu’s Theory of Social Reproduction

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10.2991/978-2-494069-31-2_164How to use a DOI?

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Multicultural education; Girls’ education; Symbolic violence; Social reproduction

Abstract

Educational equity is the foundation of social equity. Gender disparity in education has long been concerned by the global academia as a vital issue in the education and cultural development process. Under the continuous development of multicultural education globally, girls’ education in different countries presents different dimensions of complexity. As a unified multi-ethnic country, China has localized multicultural education as a necessary outcome of specific historical traditions and practical needs in China. This article applies Bourdieu's standpoints on social reproduction as a theoretical framework and concentrates on the education dilemma for ethnic minority girls in rural China by analyzing the roles of family and schools in cultural transmission. As a group with intersecting vulnerable identities, ethnic minority girls are marginalized and disadvantaged in the current education system at economic, ideological, and policy levels. While entering modern assimilative schooling that reflects the interests of mainstream society, they encounter transformations in habitus and fields that are in opposition with their pre-school socialization in family and conventional minority community. The inconsistency between the habitus they acquired in earlier socialization and the norms of modern mainstream society largely excludes them from the modern education system, resulting in high dropout rates and low achievement rates among them. This article states that the current education system has promoted cultural and social reproduction, excluding most minority girls from the possibility of social mobility and reinforcing their marginalized status in the education system.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Linglan Yang
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/12/29
TI  - The Dilemma of Education for Ethnic Minority Girls in Rural China a Perspective Based on Bourdieu’s Theory of Social Reproduction
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 6th International Seminar on Education, Management and Social Sciences (ISEMSS 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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EP  - 1392
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/978-2-494069-31-2_164
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