meaning construction and habitus

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1、MEANING-CONSTRUCTIONANDHABITUSJohnH.ScahillBallStateUniversity“Habitusisasocializedsubjectivity”—PierreBourdieuINTRODUCTIONLongstandingargumentsonbehalfofaliberalartscomponentforteacherpreparationprogramshavepointedtoculturalimpedimentstogreaterprofessionalism.Acquire

2、dhabitsofmeaning-constructiononthepartofteachersoftenconflictwithhighstandardsofprofessionalism.Multiculturalismandheightenedconcernsforeffectivelyteachingchildrenfromdiversebackgroundsbringrenewedemphasistothenotionthatprevalentstrategicbarrierstoimprovedteacherperfo

3、rmanceareculturalinnature.Contemporarydemographictrendsandrelatedlyprominenteducationalconcernsreinforcetheviewthatteachereducationshouldprovidepreparationforreflectivepractice,agoalrequiringmodificationofsomenativemeaning-makingpropensities.Thatis,untutoredmeaning-co

4、nstructionisapttoreflectone’ssocialbackgroundand,consequently,maybetaintedbybias,prejudice,andstereotypicalthinkinginimicaltotheschool’sprofessedhumandevelopmentgoals.Toooften,though,suchclaimsaboutculturalbarriersandpreferableapproachestopracticerestonappealstointuit

5、ivelygraspeddistinctionsbetween“good”and“bad”teachers.TheconceptofhumanhabitusasdevelopedbyFrenchsociologistPierreBourdieu1maybeusefulforbringinggreaterspecificitytonotionsofteachermeaning-construction.Bourdieuclaimsthatmeaning-constructionisaprocessoffargreatercomple

6、xitythanmanysocialscientists(constructivists/interactionists)concede.Hehastriedtoshowtherelationshipbetweenhabitusandpracticalorcommonsensecognition;andhehaselaboratedinrecentpublicationsonthephilosophicalunderpinningsofhabitus.Utilizinghabitusmightalsoservetobettergr

7、oundphilosophicallyclaimsastotherelevanceofsocialfoundationsofeducationforteacherpreparation.Themulti-disciplinaryfieldofSocialFoundationsofEducation(SFE)isre-addressingitsinstructionalrelevanceforteacherpreparationprograms.2AcasehasbeenadvancedthatSFEisindeedcentralf

8、orteacherpreparationinpartbecauseallteachers,eventhemostatheoreticalandinstitutionallyconformist,confrontmultipledecision-ma