do the best for their children. Ball, Bowe and Gewirtz (1995) talk about 'cultural capital and educational choice ' to reflect on how being better educated themselves, middle-class parents have better knowledge and skills to negotiate and influence the education system. Many working-class parents are ambitious for their children too but do not know how to give practical help and they are usual tied up with long hours at work. However, middle class parents are likely to hold a more advantaged position
a fraternity was not constructive, that I ìhad taught him opennessî where the fraternity had encouraged one-dimensional allegianceÖThrough critical thinking a process he learned by reading theory and actively analyzing texts Gary experienced education as the practice of freedom.His final comments about me: ìGloria had only mentioned the entire episode once after it was over, and this to tell me simply that there are many kinds of choices, many kinds of logic.I could make those
Disposition & Early Childhood Teachers 1 Disposition and Early Childhood Education Preservice Teachers: Where to Start? Ursula Thomas, Ed.D University of West Georgia Ursula Thomas Ed.D is an assistant professor of early childhood education at the University of West Georgia. Her research efforts focus on cultural mediation and teacher belief systems in the context of early childhood and teacher education. Correspondence should be addressed to: Ursula Thomas, University of West Georgia. Dept.