ABSTRACT
In this chapter, Bourdieu’s basic terms of analysis will be described and explained; for example, field, capital, habitus. We begin the chapter with a broader discussion of prevailing approaches to educational research, and then connect these approaches with Bourdieu’s own theory of practice in order to show up the relevance of the connecting themes. The structure of the chapter seeks to place Bourdieu’s terms of analysis within the context of British educational research and its struggles with such notions as theory and practice; objectivity and subjectivity; and the various paradigmatic approaches to these.
