Browsing by Subject "maksullinen kerhotoiminta"

The purpose of this study is to analyse paid club activities in early childhood education from the point of view of the parents and the kindergarten staff. The discources about paid club activities is thought to reflect the social status of the interviewee and the educational values and norms in accordance with this position. Civil status is conceptualized with the concept of Bourdieu's capital. According to the Bourdieu’s theory of the fields, societal classes are set up to the field of education, fighting for educational goods with different kinds of strategies. The material of this study is produced by interviewing and analyzed by means of discourse analysis. The studied private kindergarten and its multiple paid club activities were thought to support the children’s habitus originated from home. The activities of the kindergarten reflected the lifestyle of the residents of the area and children were expected to receive a large amount of capital from paid club activities for the future school path and work career. Parents wanted their children to get as diverse a variety of skills as possible. Skills were also placed in hierarchical order based on how much they produced benefit for the future. Charging of club activities was defended and the charges were not believed to have an inequitable effect. Based on Bourdieu's theory, the discourses about paid club activities could be combined with middle class and their cultural consumption.