Fundamental British Values, Michel Foucault, And Religious Education Teacher Subjectivity: A Critical Investigation

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.

• | Author: Francis Farrell
• | Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• | Publication Date: May 18, 2023
• | Number of Pages: 271 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 3031306864
• | ISBN-13: 9783031306860