International Education and the Pursuit of 'Western' Capitals: Middle-Class Nigerian Fathers' Strategies of Class Reproduction

Autor/in	Ayling, Pere
Titel	International Education and the Pursuit of 'Western' Capitals: Middle-Class Nigerian Fathers' Strategies of Class Reproduction
Quelle	In: British Journal of Sociology of Education, 42 (2021) 4, S.460-474 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0142-5692
DOI	10.1080/01425692.2021.1886906
Schlagwörter	Middle Class; Advantaged; Academic Aspiration; Study Abroad; Foreign Countries; Case Studies; Fathers; Decision Making; Cultural Capital; Social Capital; Western Civilization; Employment Opportunities; Higher Education; Language Proficiency; Second Language Learning; English (Second Language); Father Attitudes; Academic Degrees; Citizenship; Parent Aspiration; Nigeria; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mittelschicht; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Ausland; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Sozialkapital; Berufschance; Beschäftigungschance; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Zweitsprachenerwerb; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Degree; Degrees; Academic level graduation; Akademischer Grad; Hochschulabschluss; Staatsbürgerschaft; Elternwille; Kanada
Abstract	Studies have shown the ways in which non-Western middle- and upper-class families are seeking to educate their children in the West. The rationale for this kind of social reproduction strategy is the acquisition of 'valuable' cultural and symbolic capitals which can be advantageous in the graduate job market of both their home country and internationally. Presenting a case study of four middle-class Nigerian fathers, the paper reveals the rationale behind these fathers' decision to opt out of the Nigerian HE sectors. The paper focuses on three Western capitals -- specifically institutional (a Canadian degree), embodied (high proficiency in English language) and symbolic (Canadian citizenship) -- capitals which will position these parents' children advantageously in the future. The paper concludes by presenting an argument that in seeking these Western capitals for their children, these parents become implicated in the Western hegemonic discourse of 'West is best'. (As Provided).
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