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