Soo?yong Byun|Evan Schofer|Kyung keun Kim
Revisiting the Role of Cultural Capital in East Asian Educational Systems
Pennsylvania State University|University of California, Irvine|Korea University
concept cultural capital proved invaluable understanding educational systems western countries recent work seeks extend insights diverse educational systems geographic regions using data 2000 programme international student assessment authors explored cultural capital south korea investigating relationships among family socioeconomic status ses cultural capital childrens academic achievement south korea compared japan france united states understand institutional features south korean education shape role cultural capital academic success results showed family ses positive effect parental objectified cultural capital childrens embodied cultural capital south korea consistent evidence countries moreover parental objectified cultural capital positive effect childrens academic achievement south korea contrast countries however childrens embodied cultural capital negative effect academic achievement south korea controlling variables authors highlighted several institutional features south korean education including standardized curriculum extreme focus test preparation extensive shadow education may combine suppress effect childrens embodied cultural capital academic achievement