Full Description
This book contributes to the small but growing critical literature on fundamental British values and the Prevent strategy in the British education system. Focusing specifically on RE, a subject concerned with multiculturalism, difference and pluralism, the book will argue that there is a tension between the aims of RE and the agenda of fundamental British values. The author argues that fundamental British values and the requirements of the Prevent duty (2015) amount to a securitization of education which fundamentally alters the relationship between teachers and learners. The book presents these developments in education policy as a radical discursive shift: drawing from in depth individual and group interviews with 52 secondary teachers of religious education, the book foregrounds the views of BAME teachers and argues for a nuanced and inclusive approach to civic and values education.
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Britishness in Post War Politics and Policy: Precursors to British values.- Chapter 3: Crisis Racism and the introduction of Fundamental British values.- Chapter 4: Multiculturalism, Religious Education and Fundamental British Values.- Chapter 5: Research on British Values.- Chapter 6: Foucault and Fundamental British Values.- Chapter 7: Teacher Narratives, Parrēsia and the Courage of Truth.- Chapter 8: Dividing practices: RE teachers' views of fundamental British Values.- Chapter 9: Brexit, Religious Education and Fundamental British Values.- Chapter 10: Concluding Thoughts: Working the Cracks.
