Human Capital Theory

Human Capital Theory suggests that education and training are investments that make individuals more productive.

• Bourdieu, P. (1986). The Forms of Capital. In J.G. Richardson (Ed.), Handbook of theory and research for the sociology of education (pp. 241-58). Greenwood Press. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9780470755679.ch15 (login required).
• Freire, P., & Ramos, M. B. (1970). Pedagogy of the oppressed. Seabury Press. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003060635-5 (login required).
• Almendarez, L. (2011). Human Capital Theory: Implications for Educational Development. https://www.open.uwi.edu/sites/default/files/bnccde/belize/conference/papers2010/almendarez.html