The Cultural Capital Levels of Turkish Academics

Year 2022, Volume: 12 Issue: 1, 234 - 243, 30.04.2022

Engin Karadağ

https://doi.org/10.5961/higheredusci.1042305

Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate the cultural capital of academics in Turkey acquired from their families. The study employed a survey
design, and the data of the study were obtained from 14,215 academics. Regarding the educational level of the parents of the academics,
the results revealed that more than half of their mothers and one-third of their fathers had a primary school degree or lower level of
education. One-third of them grew up in families with four or more children, and they spent their early childhood periods in a village or
a small town. Moreover, only one out of every four academics received pre-school education. The cultural capital of academics received
from their families is relatively low, and the cultural capital of female academics is significantly higher than their male counterparts. The
academics with the highest cultural capital are in the fields of law, architecture, planning, and design, while the lowest ones are in the fields
of theology, agriculture, forestry, and aquaculture. Based on these results, it is recommended to evaluate the effect of cultural capital on
academic performance in future studies.

Keywords

Academics, Human capital, Cultural capital

Türkiye’deki Akademisyenlerin Kültürel Sermayeleri

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı Türkiye’deki akademisyenlerin ailelerinden edindikleri kültürel sermayelerini araştırmaktır. Tarama deseninde
tasarlanan çalışmanın verileri 14,215 akademisyenden elde edilmiştir. Sonuçlar, akademisyenlerin yarıdan fazlasının annesinin, üçte
birinin ise babasının ilkokul veya altı eğitim seviyesinde olduğunu, üçte birinin dört ve üzeri çocuklu ailelerden gelmekte olduğunu ve
erken çocukluk dönemlerini köy veya kasabada geçirdiğini ortaya koymuştur. Yine her dört akademisyenden sadece biri okul öncesi
eğitim almıştır. Akademisyenlerin ailelerinden edindikleri kültürel sermaye mirasları oldukça düşük olup kadın akademisyenlerin kültürel
sermayeleri erkek meslektaşlarından anlamlı olarak yüksektir. Kültürel sermayesi en yüksek akademisyenler hukuk ve mimarlık, planlama
ve tasarım alanlarından olup en düşük olanlar ise ilahiyat ile ziraat, orman ve su ürünleri alanlarındadır. Bu sonuçlarda hareketle gelecekteki
çalışmalarda, kültürel sermayenin akademik performansa etkisinin değerlendirilmesi önerilmektedir.

Keywords

Akademisyen, beşerî sermaye, kültürel sermaye

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