"It Was Fine, if You Wanted to Leave": Educational Ambivalence in a Nova Scotian Coastal Community 1963–1998 |
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Authors: | MICHAEL CORBETT |
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Institution: | Michael Corbett teaches in the School of Education at Acadia University (). |
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Abstract: | This article reports on a study of schooling in southwest Nova Scotia. Using Bourdieu's concepts of cultural capital and habitus, I analyze rural men's relationships involving identity, work, place, and schooling to explain continuing high male dropout rates and local traditions of ambivalence and resistance to schooling. I conclude that the tension between formal schooling and place is endemic in many rural communities and that qualitative migration analysis can reveal the complexity of relationships between learning and leaving. |
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Keywords: | rural education migration Nova Scotia school persistence |
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