Is the education sector treating Muslims right? Can religion and worldviews pedagogy challenge 'Muslims as a suspect community' mindset?

Elton-Chalcraft, Sally ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3064-7249 (2023) Is the education sector treating Muslims right? Can religion and worldviews pedagogy challenge 'Muslims as a suspect community' mindset? In: BERA Conference 2023 (British Educational Research Association), 12-14 September 2023, Aston University, Birmingham, UK. (Unpublished) Full text not available from this repository.

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Abstract

How are Muslims portrayed in educational contexts? Drawing on existing research and author theorisation, this paper presents a typology which illustrates the complex continuum from ‘potential terrorist’ to ‘good’ Muslim. The paper highlights the diverse ways in which some Muslims speak about Islam and racism (Abbas, 2019) and whether Muslim youth feel they are viewed as a risk to society and at risk of catching the terrorist disease (Thomas 2020), or if they are vulnerable to radicalisation and whether different societal perspectives hinder or support anti-terrorist policy enactment in educational settings. There are moves to decolonise the curriculum, perhaps Religion and Worldviews pedagogy may provide some answers.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Departments:	Institute of Education > Primary PGCE
Additional Information:	Paper 4 in the 'Teaching and learning about values: pedagogic, judicial and religious discrimination' symposium at this conference. Professor Sally Elton-Chalcraft, Director of Learning and Educational Development, University of Cumbria, UK.
Depositing User:	Anna Lupton
Date Deposited:	16 Oct 2023 09:11
Last Modified:	13 Jan 2024 15:31
URI:	https://insight.cumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/7351