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1 online resource (223 pages) |
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Routledge Research in Educational Equality and Diversity Ser |
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Routledge Research in Educational Equality and Diversity Ser
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| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of tables; Glossary; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Autobiographical sociology; Pakistani-Birmingham; development of a community; Pakistani children; a neglected group; Pakistani pupil attainment; the situation in Birmingham; Pakistani boys; a particular problem; Education of minorities; policy responses; Policy neglect of Pakistanis; The Birmingham response to minority pupils; Back to colour-blind education policy; Bibliography; 2 In the land of the Trojan Horse; Exclusion and consequences; Parallel lives; by choice or circumstance? |
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Early warnings of Trojan HorseTrojan reports; The myth of Ofsted neutrality; Underachievement; a personal matter; Importance of religion; System failure; Trojan and its aftermath; Bibliography; 3 A note on the research; Insider-outsider role in research; Me and my position; Culturally competent research; My research and its context; School portraits; Conducting the research; Interviews; Making sense of the data; Appendix 1: Research timeline; Appendix 2: Letters to research participants; Appendix 3: Questionnaire; Appendix 4: Interviewees; Appendix 5: Interview schedules; Bibliography |
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4 Meaning and importance of education for PakistanisMigrants and education; Importance of religion for Pakistanis; The wider meaning of education for Pakistanis; Pakistani respect for education; Parents' investment in education; Role of the Pakistani family; Deen and dunya: meaning of education; Homework and study support; Bibliography; 5 The gaps in education; The role of madrassahs; Madrassah participation; the current picture in Birmingham; Links between school and madrassahs; Positive outcomes of madrassahs; Problems with madrassahs; The opportunity cost of madrassah participation |
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Rummidge: case study of one schoolImproving madrassah provision; Religious accommodation by schools; Madrassah at school?; Bibliography; 6 A diverse teaching workforce; Representative diversity; The key role of minority teachers; Government support for diversity in the teaching workforce; National steps towards diversity in teaching; Birmingham efforts to improve teacher diversity; Teacher diversity: the views of Pakistani boys, their parents and teachers; Pakistani boys and female teachers; Pakistani boys' role models; Religious role models |
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The current Pakistani representation in Birmingham schoolsBibliography; 7 Teacher understanding of Pakistani pupils; Linking up the pupils' worlds; Teacher-pupil relationships; Teacher understanding of pupil background; Role of teacher training; Teachers' understanding of Pakistani pupils' heritage; the current picture; The role of the school as enabler; Pakistani teachers as a resource; Impact on pupils' performance of teachers' understanding; Bibliography; 8 A culturally responsive education for Pakistani students; The focus of the research; A responsive education service |
| Summary |
British Pakistani children are the second largest ethnic group in UK schools, yet little of their education and wider needs have been researched. British Pakistani Boys, Education and the Role of Religion seeks to rectify this, by investigating the educational achievement of British Pakistani boys and the importance of education both in the Pakistani community and in the wider religion of Islam. The book draws on research undertaken by the author in three British state secondary schools, to respond to the national policy on the education of ethnic minority children. It considers the meaning of education for Pakistanis, where religion plays an integral role, the gaps in education as well as the issue of representation - in governance and in the teaching workforce. The author concludes by discussing the possibility of responsive education better meeting the needs of Pakistani children by integrating Islamic religious education and education of the world. British Pakistani Boys, Education and the Role of Religion will be vital reading for academics and both undergraduate and postgraduate students in the fields of Education and Sociology and specifically those studying inclusion, equality and diversity, or Asian, Muslim or Pakistani education. It would also appeal to education practitioners, policy makers and community activists |
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Multicultural education |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Pakistanis -- Education -- Great Britain
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Boys -- Education -- Great Britain
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Education -- Islam -- Religious aspects
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Boys -- Education
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Education -- Religious aspects
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Pakistanis -- Education
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Birmingham.
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British Pakistanis.
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Educational achievement.
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Islam.
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Religion.
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Religious Education.
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Trojan Horse.
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Boys -- Education
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Education -- Religious aspects
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Pakistanis -- Education
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Great Britain
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781351021050 |
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1351021052 |
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9781351021043 |
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1351021044 |
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9781351021036 |
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1351021036 |
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9781351021067 |
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1351021060 |
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