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The Psy-Security-Curriculum ensemble: British Values curriculum policy in English schools.
- Source :
- Journal of Education Policy; Jan2020, Vol. 35 Issue 1, p46-67, 22p
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Framed as being in response to terrorist attacks and concerns about religious bias in some English schools, 'British Values' (BV) curriculum policy forms part of the British Government's Counter-Terrorism and Security Act, 2015. This includes a Duty on teachers in England to actively promote British Values to deter students from radicalisation. This paper, first, traces the history of Britishness in the curriculum to reveal a prevalence of nationalistic, colonial values. Next, an ensemble of recent policies and speeches focusing on British Values is analysed, using a psycho-political approach informed by anti-colonial scholarship. Finally, we interrogate two key critiques of the British Values curriculum discourse: the universality of British Values globally, and concerns over the securitisation of education. Findings indicate that the constitution of white British supremacist subjectivities operate through curriculum as a defence mechanism against perceived threats to white privilege, by normalising a racialised state-controlled social order. The focus is on 'British' values, but the analytic framework and findings have wider global significance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- SCHOOLS
GOVERNMENT policy on schools
TERRORISM
RELIGIOUS militants
SOCIAL values
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02680939
- Volume :
- 35
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Education Policy
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 140855120
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02680939.2018.1493621