Thinker
Pierre Bourdieu
Pierre Bourdieu is central to 25 previous-year questions, spanning 2010 to 2025 across Paper I and Paper II. Everything below is drawn from the official papers — the questions themselves, the concepts they test, and where they sit in the syllabus.
25Questions
2010–25Years tested
I & IIPaper
6Syllabus topics
Concepts asked alongside Pierre Bourdieu
What the examiner actually wants you to know when this name appears.
cultural capital 10social mobility 8equality of opportunity 7cultural reproduction 6credentialism 4hidden curriculum 3human capital 3meritocracy 3reproduction of inequality 3social reproduction 3commodification of education 2correspondence principle 2education and social change 2education as social change 2equity and access 2social capital 2access and exclusionaffirmative action
Where Pierre Bourdieu appears in the syllabus
Every question on Pierre Bourdieu
Each links to a full breakdown — how to approach it, a model answer, and the examiner’s perspective.
2025
- 'Educational development is the only Panacea for country's all ills and evils.' Critically examine the above statement with reference to NEP-2020.
- Compare capability deprivation approach with that of social capital deprivation in understanding chronic poverty.
- To what extent can education and skill development be an agent of social change? Critically analyze.
2021
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2014
- Education is often viewed as an agency of social change. However in reality it could also reinforce inequalities and conservatism. Discuss.
- Impact of privatisation on educational disparities
- Which research technique would be most suitable for the study of consumer behaviour and its social correlates? Explain.
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