Siberian Federal University

Issue

Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2013 6 (12)

Authors

Leliukhin, Serge V.

Contact information

Leliukhin, Serge V.:Stolypin Volga Region Institute 23/25 Sobornaia Str., Saratov, 410031 Russia;E-mail:

Keywords

Rural teacher; Bourdieu; capitals; sociology of professions

Abstract

Author investigates market trends in Russian common education in the contest of functioning of profession of rural teacher. He chose neo-Weberian approach in sociology of professions focused on the conflict and the negative aspects of the relationship between the state, the market, professions and citizens. He used biographical method as a kind of ethnographic approach to the case study in two different districts of Saratov region. Author conducted narrative interview with the principal and opened interviews using the methodology of free association with the students of the school (N=20) in the village Prokudino of Atkarsk district in November 2012. Author conducted narrative interviews with teacher and principal; opened interviews with schoolchildren (N=8) of school number 10 in the village of Kamensky in Krasnoarmeisk district in September 2012. Author described two market trends in the context of theory of Bourdieu's capital. He showed the different effects on the functioning of the profession of Russian rural teachers. The optimization of schools led to the conversion of the cultural capital of teachers and social capital of pupils into the economic capital. The economic capital as a way to overcome the financial barrier and social capital of young professional environment converted in the cultural capital needed for the labor market demanded specialist in the rural school

Pages

1782-1886

Paper at repository of SibFU

https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/10116

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