Fundamental British Values, Michel Foucault, and Religious Education Teacher Subjectivity

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.

Autorentext

Francis Farrell is Senior Lecturer in Theology and Religion at Edge Hill University, UK.

Inhalt

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, Parrsia 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.