John Holmwood, Therese O'Toole

Countering Extremism in British Schools? (eBook, ePUB)

The Truth about the Birmingham Trojan Horse Affair

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In 2014 an investigation into an alleged plot to 'Islamify' several state schools in Birmingham began. Known as the 'Trojan Horse' affair, this caused a previously highly successful school to be vilified. Holmwood, an expert witness in the professional misconduct cases brought against the teachers, and O'Toole, who researches the government's counter-extremism agenda, challenge the accepted narrative and draw on the potential parallel with the Hillsborough disaster to suggest a similar false narrative has taken hold of public debate. This important book highlights the major injustice inflicted on the teachers and shows how this affair was used to criticise multiculturalism, and justify the expansion of a broad and intrusive counter extremism agenda.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Policy Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781447344155
• Artikelnr.: 50186564

Autorenporträt

John Holmwood is Professor of Sociology at the University of Nottingham. From 2012 to 2014, he was President of the British Sociological Association and in 2014/15, he was Member of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA. He acted as an Expert Witness to the Court in the National College for Teaching and Leadership hearings against teachers arising from the Trojan Horse affair.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: A plot to Islamicise schools? Part 1: Context 'British
values' and community cohesion Prevent: from hearts and minds to muscular
liberalism Community cohesion, schooling and Prevent Religious education,
collective worship and publicly funded education Governance, school reform
and change management Part 2: The case Introducing the case Enter Ofsted
The Clarke and Kershaw Reports The NCTL hearings and their collapse
Conclusion: Lessons from the Trojan Horse affair