Although the theories of habitus evolution enrich the perspective of cultural reproduction, their agentic approach doesn’t explain how excellent working-class students exercise agency to create cultural capital for themselves. In order to examine this issue, this study employed nonparticipant observation and interview methods to collect data about an excellent working-class student. The findings showed that the subject actively adopted creative strategies for discovering and using academic resources available outside her family’s social space. This agency was initiated by the subject’s envisagement of education as a path of liberation from the expected fate of the working classes. Its practice was further supported by significant others, who provided the subject with crucial help, including inspiration, encouragement, instruction and educational resources.

尽管习性进化的理论丰富了文化再生产的视野，但他们的代理方法并不能说明优秀的工人阶级学生如何运用代理来为自己创造文化资本。为了研究这个问题，本研究采用非参与式观察和访谈方法来收集有关优秀工人阶级学生的数据。研究结果表明，该受试者积极采取了创造性的策略来发现和使用其家庭社交空间之外的学术资源。该机构是根据受试者对教育的设想而发起的，是从工人阶级的预期命运中解放出来的一条途径。它的实践得到了其他重要人物的进一步支持，他们为该主题提供了至关重要的帮助，包括灵感，鼓励，