Islam in the school curriculum : symbolic pedagogy and cultural claims / Shiraz Thobani.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thobani, Shiraz, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam--Study and teaching--Great Britain.

Islam.

Education--Curricula--Great Britain.

Education.

Education and state--Great Britain.

Education and state.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London, England : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

Place of Publication:

London, England : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Islam in the School Curriculum explores the conceptualisation of school-based Islam on two levels: as a symbolic category in English religious education as a consequence of policy shifts, and as pedagogic discourse at the local community level in state and Muslim schools. Using recontextualisation theory, the author examines the relations between educational governance, social interests and cultural epistemology as they pertain specifically to symbolic constructs. In the aftermath of September 11 2001, the teaching of Islam has assumed geopolitical significance, coming under close scrutiny internationally. Much of this attention has been directed at madrasas in Muslim countries, yet Islam in schooling contexts in the West has remained a blind-spot. In the UK, heightened anxieties about "home-grown" terrorists point to the need for a better understanding of Islam in both state and faith schools. Shiraz Thobani explores the role played by national and local policies and pedagogic practices in the production of school-based Islam in a secular, liberal context and makes an important contribution to the sociology of the curriculum and the study of religious education."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

1 Policy Contexts and Disputed Knowledge

2 Researching School-Based Islam

3 Tradition and Innovation in the Curriculum

4 Liberalism and Social Parity

5 State, Religion and Cultural Restoration

6 The Micropolitics of Representation

7 Symbolic Imaginings in State Schools

8 Creating the New Community

9 Politicized Islam and Civic Engagement

10 Recontextualized Culture and Social Implications.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

ISBN:

9786612552052

9781350091351

1350091359

9781282552050

1282552058

9781441140548

1441140549

OCLC:

649478488