Islam as educational knowledge: challenges and barriers to the development of a Religion and Worldviews approach to teaching Islam in schools

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Christopher, Kate and Revell, L. 2024. Islam as educational knowledge: challenges and barriers to the development of a Religion and Worldviews approach to teaching Islam in schools. Journal of Beliefs & Values. 45 (2), pp. 140-152. https://doi.org/10.1080/13617672.2024.2315404

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Authors	Christopher, Kate and Revell, L.
Abstract	This article discusses the way teachers in primary and secondary schools in England engaged with a project to develop a Worldviews approach to Islam in the RE classroom. The project identified challenges and barriers to the teaching of Worldviews that were demonstrated by some teachers’ unwillingness to engage with knowledge and curriculum content that they believed to be illegitimate or controversial. The authors use Basil Bernstein’s idea of educational knowledge to explore the way teachers made decisions about what pupils should be permitted to learn about and what should be ignored in relation to Islam.
Keywords	Islam; Essentialism; Agreed syllabi; Religous education
Year	2024
Journal	Journal of Beliefs & Values
Journal citation	45 (2), pp. 140-152
Publisher	Informa UK Limited
ISSN	1361-7672
	1469-9362
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)	https://doi.org/10.1080/13617672.2024.2315404
Official URL	https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13617672.2024.2315404
Funder	Culham St Gabriel's Trust
Online	28 Feb 2024
Print	02 Apr 2024
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Accepted	30 Jan 2024
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