Product Description: In what ways do Jewish and Muslim faith schools in Britain play a role in promoting and contributing to community cohesion? What 21st-century skills around intercultural understanding do they foster?This book examines the nuances of faith in school settings and draws on a case study of Jewish and Muslim faith schools...read more

Product Description: Today’s learners are faced with an unprecedented set of global and local development challenges, yet so much of the education on offer is based on yesterday’s thinkers, yesterday’s ideas and yesterday’s lessons. A time of change requires new approaches to teaching and learning which have relevance to learners’ everyday lives now and in the future...read more

What can schools do to raise the academic attainment of every pupil? This book contains tried-and-tested strategies for: inducting asylum seekers; supporting bilingual learners; working with gypsy and traveller children; raising the attainment of black boys; and, working with parents and the local community.

Product Description: The growth of faith-based schools, particularly within Muslim communities, has signaled a clear change in direction as a number of religious groups have begun to question the efficacy of 'secular' schooling for all. But why is it that some faith-based schools are regarded as different from others? What makes Muslim and Sikh schools, for example, different from those classified as Anglican, Catholic or Jewish? At the heart of the debate is the question of segregation in terms of race and ethnicity...read more

Product Description: An original and timely discussion of the educational needs of Muslim children. Based on her research conducted in Muslim schools in Britain and abroad, the author provides insights into the views of practitioners, Muslim and non-Muslim, and practical suggestions to inform practice...read more