Ethnicity, Religion, and Muslim Education in a Changing World: Navigating Contemporary Perspectives on Multicultural Schooling in the UK (Routledge Research in Religion and Education)

This novel and contemporary anthology brings important topics about race, religion, and identity to the foreground to address the challenges facing Muslim schoolchildren today. Through interviews and case studies, the chapters explore topics such as multiethnic education, teacher diversity, and culturally responsive pedagogy, providing insights into necessary changes and ways to enhance schools. Taking into account cultural touchstones such as the Black Lives Matter movement and the Trojan Horse affair, the book argues for an urgent, transformative accommodation of Muslims to take place within schooling in order to improve the educational standards of Muslim children within the United Kingdom, including several chapters that focus on Muslim education in locations such as Yorkshire, Peterborough, High Wycombe, and Tower Hamlets, and further afield. This book will be of importance to scholars, researchers, and postgraduate students studying religious education, secondary education, and multicultural education more broadly. Policymakers interested in education policy and politics, as well as race and ethnicity in educational contexts, may potentially benefit from the volume. Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Contents List of contributors Foreword Introduction 1. Ethnicity, religion, and politics in the education of ethnic minorities and Muslims in post-war Britain 2. Challenges of Muslimness: British Pakistani students in state schools 3. From teacher training to school leadership 4. Racialisation, securitisation, and professionalisation of Muslim teachers: Life stories from Muslim teachers 5. Addressing Muslim needs 6. Muslim pupils’ perspectives on racism, the curriculum, and British values 7. Educating Muslim children: Developing a culturally responsive pedagogy 8. At-home good parenting amongst the British Kashmiris 9. Multilingualism in the British Azad Kashmiri community 10. Understanding all our histories 11. Performing identity: The Pakistani migrant and the arts 12. The language of race in Britain 13. The diversity of diversities in religion and worldview education 14. Reporting of Trojan Horse 15. A participant voice on the Trojan Horse affair 16. Schools Linking: How do we all live well together? Afterword Index This volume brings important debates about race, religion, and identity to the foreground to address the challenges facing Muslim school children today. Chapters explore themes including multiethnic education, teacher diversity, and culturally responsive pedagogy through interviews and case studies to identify relevant reforms necessary and present further insights into educational improvements. Taking into account cultural touchstones such as the Black Lives Matter movement and the Trojan Horse affair, the book argues for an urgent, transformative accommodation of Muslims in education to take place in order to improve the educational standards of Muslim children within the UK and further afield.