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Author Wallace, Jennifer

Title Scholarship students in elite South African schools : the gift of a scholarship / Jennifer Wallace, Jennifer Feldman
Published Singapore : Springer, 2022

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Description 1 online resource (150 p.)
Series Cultural Studies and Transdisciplinarity in Education ; v.16
Cultural studies and transdisciplinarity in education ; v. 16.
Contents Intro -- Foreword -- References -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Introduction -- Framing the Research -- The Contextual Landscape of the Study -- Education during Apartheid -- Education in the "New" South Africa -- The Blurring of Race and Class -- Organization of the Chapters -- References -- Chapter 2: The Gift of a Scholarship -- Introduction -- The Role Players -- The Donor Foundations -- The Partner Schools -- The Scholarship Recipients -- A Bourdieusian Framing -- Habitus -- Field -- Capital -- Misrecognition and Symbolic Violence -- Research Design
Participant Selection Considerations -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Setting the Scene: Students in Elite Educational Contexts -- Introduction -- South African Elite Schools -- Elite Schools as Purveyors of "Social Success" -- The "Gift Economy" of Elite Schools -- Elite Schools as "Assimilationist Endeavors" -- The Gendering Practices of Elite Schools -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: Entering the Field -- Introduction -- Earning Their Place -- Ready, Set, Go -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: Cultural Capital in the Wrong Currency -- Introduction
The Shock of the Elite: "Another (Surreal) World" -- "The Underwear of Boarding" -- "Trophies of Diversity" -- "A Different (Academic) Playground" -- Sporting Standards: Being "Base-Line from Everyone Else" -- Cultural Differences: "The Foreignness Hit Me Hard" -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: Fitting into the "New Normal" -- Introduction -- Making the "Required" Adjustments -- Discussion -- Finding Their Place -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7: Changing Habitus? -- Introduction -- Embodying "A Certain Quality" -- Developing Beyond "A Box-Mentality"
Living "A Bipartite Life" -- Benefitting from "A Certain Type of Status" -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8: Conclusion: Reflections and Playing It Forward -- Key Insights Emanating from a Bourdieusian Analysis -- Equal Players, Level Playing Field? -- The Implicit Social Contract of the Gift -- Effects and Consequences -- Implications for Practice: "Breaking the Bubble" -- References
Summary This book provides a narrative account of the experiences of twenty former scholarship students from historically disadvantaged communities who attended elite public and private secondary schools. It draws on in-depth, one-on-one semi-structured interviews conducted with former scholarship recipients who were between the ages of 19 and 24 years at the time of the interviews. Various themes are explored, specifically focusing on elite schooling in relation to the experiences and navigational practices of the scholarship recipients and the adjustments that they felt they needed to make in order to fit into the elite school space. The book analyses and discusses the reflective experiences of students who were awarded a scholarship to attend an elite secondary school. It reveals that accepting the gift of a scholarship is far more complex, multi-layered, and at times harsh and even painful for the individual recipients than is possibly realized by those involved in this practice. This book contributes to academic educational debates within the sociology of education, elite schools and schooling in the post-apartheid South African context
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 29, 2022)
Subject South African students -- Social conditions
South African students -- Economic conditions
Scholarships -- South Africa
Elite (Social sciences) -- South Africa
Elite (Social sciences)
Scholarships
Beques.
Elit (Ciències socials)
Estudiants.
Condicions econòmiques.
Condicions socials.
South Africa
República de Sud-àfrica.
Genre/Form Llibres electrònics.
Form Electronic book
Author Feldman, Jennifer
ISBN 9789811975363
9811975361