Event overview
The Centre for Identities & Social Justice
In this talk we argue that securitization strategies, together with media-led public anxiety, are having a chilling effect on relationships between schools and families of Muslim pupils.
Based on data from a longitudinal study of Early Years and primary teachers, we suggest that tensions around Islam, together with schools’ focus on accountability, were factors inhibiting parent- teacher relationships at both an institutional and an individual level.
The government has advocated schools as safe spaces to address controversial issues, which could enable both children and teachers to move beyond preconceptions. However our data show that these discussions were already rare because of the strong focus on school accountability and an ongoing lack of commitment to issues of cultural difference and race equality. The Prevent Duty, with its focus on Muslims as a ‘suspect community’ will only further increase levels of anxiety about Islam.
Dates & times
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31 Jan 2017 | 4:15pm - 6:00pm |
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