Islam in the School Curriculum
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Islam in the School Curriculum

Symbolic Pedagogy and Cultural Claims

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Islam in the School Curriculum

Symbolic Pedagogy and Cultural Claims

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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.

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Publisher
Continuum
Year
2010
ISBN
9781441140548
Edition
1
Topic
Education
Subtopic
Physical Education

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. List of Tables
  3. Abbreviations
  4. Acknowledgements
  5. Introduction
  6. 1. Policy Contexts and Disputed Knowledge
  7. 2. Researching School-Based Islam
  8. 3. Tradition and Innovation in the Curriculum
  9. 4. Liberalism and Social Parity
  10. 5. State, Religion and Cultural Restoration
  11. 6. The Micropolitics of Representation
  12. 7. Symbolic Imaginings in State Schools
  13. 8. Creating the New Community
  14. 9. Politicized Islam and Civic Engagement
  15. 10. Recontextualized Culture and Social Implications
  16. Glossary
  17. References
  18. Index