Shaping and being shaped: extending the relationship between habitus and practice Rowlands, Julie and Gale, Trevor 2016, Shaping and being shaped: extending the relationship between habitus and practice. In Lynch, Julianne, Rowlands, Julie, Gale, Trevor and Skourdoumbis, Andrew (ed), Practice theory and education: diffractive readings in professional practice, Routledge, Abingdon, Eng., pp.91-107, doi: 10.4324/9781315640532. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads rowlands-shapingbeing-post-2016.pdf Accepted version application/pdf 633.37KB 114 Title Shaping and being shaped: extending the relationship between habitus and practice Author(s) Rowlands, Julie orcid.org/0000-0003-1664-4209 Gale, Trevor orcid.org/0000-0003-3927-9267 Title of book Practice theory and education: diffractive readings in professional practice Editor(s) Lynch, Julianne orcid.org/0000-0003-3180-8224 Rowlands, Julie orcid.org/0000-0003-1664-4209 Gale, Trevor orcid.org/0000-0003-3927-9267 Skourdoumbis, Andrew orcid.org/0000-0003-4329-1285 Publication date 2016 Chapter number 6 Total chapters 16 Start page 91 End page 107 Total pages 17 Publisher Routledge Place of Publication Abingdon, Eng. Keyword(s) Pierre Bourdieu social theory sociology of education practice theory critical theory Summary This chapter extends understandings of the contributions of practice in re/forming the habitus. In Bourdieu’s account, an agent’s practices are thought to reflect his or her habitus: that system of dispositions operating at the level of pre-thought or un-thought and expressed in tendencies and inclinations to think and act in certain ways under certain conditions. Evidence of the habitus can be 'read' from practice. The shaping and re-shaping of the habitus involves practices of family and community (primary pedagogic work) and of social institutions (secondary pedagogic work), in any given field. However, Bourdieu also describes habitus as constantly evolving and the outcome of past practices. This raises questions about the conditions under which an agent’s field-specific practices might, in time, influence the shaping of their habitus, leading either to a feel-for or a rejection of the dominant game that defines the field. The chapter explores these issues within the context of formulaic approaches to research production in higher education. It asks whether the practices required of academics in order to comply with conditions of the field are merely a performative response or whether they might also have a deeper role in the reshaping of the individual and collective academic habitus? ISBN 9781138191396 Language eng DOI 10.4324/9781315640532 Indigenous content off Field of Research 130304 Educational Administration, Management and Leadership 130103 Higher Education Socio Economic Objective 930401 Management and Leadership of Schools/Institutions HERDC Research category B1 Book chapter ERA Research output type B Book chapter Copyright notice ©2017, Routledge Free to Read? Yes Free to Read Start Date 2017-05-26 Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30087662 Document type: Book Chapter Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education School of Education Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 20 Oct 2016, 08:25:03 EST Thu, 20 Oct 2016, 08:25:36 EST Thu, 27 Oct 2016, 08:12:08 EST Tue, 01 Nov 2016, 05:10:50 EST Mon, 21 Nov 2016, 09:33:25 EST Mon, 21 Nov 2016, 09:36:30 EST Mon, 21 Nov 2016, 09:37:20 EST Mon, 21 Nov 2016, 09:38:17 EST Wed, 18 Jan 2017, 11:00:00 EST Fri, 22 May 2020, 15:16:36 EST Sat, 05 Mar 2022, 01:42:47 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 10 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 567 Abstract Views, 115 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 20 Oct 2016, 08:25:36 EST