THE ROLE OF SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CAPITAL IN ACADEMIC EXPERIENCES OF UNIVERSITY STUDENT

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2023-9-4

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Tütüncü Saka, Nurhan

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The purpose of the study was to investigate the role of social and cultural capital in students’ higher education experiences. The relationship between students’ capital and their achievement, the cultural capital of the students, the role of institutional agents on students’ achievement and how students with low and high capital differ in their higher educational experiences and their aspirations were explored. Then, it was aimed to find out how some first-generation students succeed in schools while many others do not was aimed to be examined. The study employed a partially-mixed, sequential, and equal status mixed-methods research design. Accordingly, 317 university students participated in the quantitative phase via convenience sampling, and 25 of them were selected through criterion sampling to participate in the qualitative phase. Student questionnaires and student interviews were utilized. Exploratory Factor Analysis, Pearson Correlation, Multiple Regression, Logistic Regression, and Interpretive Phenomenological Analyses were performed. According to the results, social capital and cultural capital predicted student achievement. Besides, income also predicted achievement, while there was no significant relationship between parents’ education and achievement. On the contrary, interviews revealed that parents’ educational background was important for students’ higher education experiences and their aspirations. While high-educated parents acted as institutional agents, students with low-educated parents had their peers, siblings, teachers, and the institution as their agents. Inequalities due to social capital were reported, and scholarships and internships contributed to students’ capital. Lastly, achieving goals, perseverance, and financial freedom were the main reasons motivating first-generation students.

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Sosyal Sermaye, Kültürel Sermaye, Akademik Başarı, Yükseköğrenim, Bourdieu Metodolojisi, Social Capital, Cultural Capital, Achievement, Higher Education, Bourdieusian Analysis

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/105392

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Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis