Fundamental British Values, Michel Foucault, and Religious Education Teacher Subjectivity: A Critical Investigation
Francis Farrell, "Fundamental British Values, Michel Foucault, and Religious Education Teacher Subjectivity: A Critical Investigation"
English | ISBN: 3031306864 | 2023 | 271 pages | PDF | 4 MB
English | ISBN: 3031306864 | 2023 | 271 pages | PDF | 4 MB
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.
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