This paper aims to resolve misunderstanding about Bourdieu’s social reproduction theory, for
example, a deterministic view that education is merely a means of social reproduction and that
class-habitus determines academic achievement. To meet this goal, this research discusses
Bourdieu’s theory, especially, focusing on a ‘fluid’ characteristic of habitus and an ‘interactive
mechanism’ between habitus, field, and capital. Based on the theoretical analysis, this paper
critically examines the existing literature of sociology of education, which heavily draws on
Bourdieu’s concept of capital. To promote the production of diverse ranges of empirical studies
with regard to Bourdieu’s theory, this paper proposes three suggestions along with a number of
empirical examples: 1) the design of empirical studies based on the integrative theoretical
framework that combines habitus, field and capital; 2) the accumulation of empirical findings in
relation to the concept of habitus; 3) the use of methodological pragmatism.