Islam in the school curriculum symbolic pedagogy and cultural claims

"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 recontextualisa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thobani, Shiraz
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Bloomsbury Academic 2018, 2010
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Collection: Bloomsbury Education and Childhood Studies - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Includes bibliographical references and index
  • 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