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The construct of Britishness, as with nationalism elsewhere in the world, although amorphous and permeable over time, continues to be used by politicians and the media as a powerful exclusionary force. Moreover in England, fundamental British values (FBV), its most recent and official incarnation, now holds particular currency in education policy and regulatory mechanisms. This paper employs the concept of racist nativism, developed to explain the dialectic relationship between nativism and racism in America, to analyse both political constructions of Britishness with media portrayals of this, and student teachers’ comprehension of FBV as an aspect of the Teacher standards in England. The underlying premise here is that understanding student teachers’ perceptions requires an understanding of the social context in which they are learning to teach. The paper explores relations between these; distinct differences between the manifestations of racist nativism in the socio-political context, compared to student teachers’ perceptions in a professional context highlight perturbing issues for critical teacher educators. Furthermore, the two analyses support articulation of the operationalisation of racist nativism in a context outside of the specific racial context of America. As this is manifested in subtly but importantly different ways than previously considered, the analysis also offers elaboration on the concept of racist nativism itself.
Author(s): Smith HJ
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Journal of Education for Teaching
Year: 2016
Volume: 42
Issue: 3
Pages: 298-313
Online publication date: 25/05/2016
Acceptance date: 07/04/2016
Date deposited: 06/06/2016
ISSN (print): 0260-7476
ISSN (electronic): 1360-0540
Publisher: Routledge
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02607476.2016.1184461
DOI: 10.1080/02607476.2016.1184461
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