Question

According to French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu, students from diverse class backgrounds come to school with differing amounts of __________, which refers to a person's social assets, including values, beliefs, attitudes, and competencies in language and culture.

Answer 1

Answer:

Cultural capital

Explanation:

Pierre Bourdieu says there are 2 types of capital:

1. Cultural capital: it refers to the resources every person has based on its own personal assets and competence. It's a more individual capital.
2. Social capital: it refers to the potential resources linked to a possession of a network of more or less institutionalized relationships, in other words, membership to a group. This group provides the person with the "back-up" for actual credit. As it name says, it has a more social dimension to it.

The question mentions students from diverse class backgrounds who have different values, beliefs, attitudes and competencies, this all refers to individual characteristics and therefore they have different amounts of cultural capital.