1st Edition

Education, Security and Intelligence Studies

Edited By Liam Gearon Copyright 2018
170 Pages
by Routledge

170 Pages
by Routledge

170 Pages
by Routledge

With intensified threats to global security from international terrorism worldwide, education systems themselves face these same unprecedented security threats. Schools and universities have become marked loci of interest for the monitoring of extremism and counter-terrorism by security and intelligence agencies. The relationship between education systems and national security is nothing new... Read more

Introduction: Education, Security and Intelligence Studies Liam Gearon

1. Intelligence studies, universities and security Anthony Glees

2. Extremism and neo-liberal education policy: A contextual critique of the Trojan Horse affair in Birmingham schools James Arthur

3. Neither villains nor victims: Towards an educational perspective on radicalisation Stijn Sieckelinck, Femke Kaulingfreks and Micha De Winter

4. The politicisation and securitisation of religious education? A rejoinder Robert Jackson

5. Thinking interestingly: The use of game play to enhance learning and facilitate critical thinking within a Homeland Security curriculum Keith Cozine

6. A golden age of security and education? Adult education for civil defence in the United States 1950–1970 John Preston

Biography

Liam Francis Gearon is an Associate Professor in the Department of Education and a Senior Research Fellow at Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford, UK. The author or editor of over twenty-five books, he has undertaken funded research for the Arts and Humanities Research Council, the British Academy, the Leverhulme Trust, the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain, and the Society for Educational Studies. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.