Identification and disidentification in reported schooling experiences of adolescent Muslims in England

Abstract

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Conditions for identity development among religious immigrant youth

“…Earlier studies have shown that in addition to individual agency, the situated-ness in which the individual interacts in everyday life shapes the development of identity (Cetrez 2005;Moulin-Stozek and Schirr 2017). This was also highlighted in this study.…”

“…Other studies focus more on how this process is bound to structures that young immigrants have not chosen themselves and contributes to positioning them in different ways (e.g. Cetrez 2005;Strandbu 2005;Moulin-Stozek and Schirr 2017;Van Meijl 2012;Vikdahl 2019), for example through bodily capitalisation (Strandbu 2005) and intersections of categories such as class and gender (Vikdahl 2017). Moulin-Stozek and Schirr (2017) also highlights what migrant youth have to relate to in the majority culture.…”

Perceived discrimination against Dutch Muslim youths in the school context and its relation with externalising behaviour

“…Muslim youths in Europe are a particular vulnerable population as, for instance, highlighted in a study in France showing that 47% of all perceived Islamophobic discriminatory events occurred in primary or secondary schools. Moreover, qualitative empirical studies among Muslim pupils in Sweden and the UK have revealed that Muslim youths sometimes perceive their teacher as prejudiced (Berglund, 2017;Moulin-Stożek & Schirr, 2017). For example, Swedish Muslim youths met with disapproval from their teacher for engaging in Qu'ran classes (Berglund, 2017).…”

The social construction of character

“…However, empirical evidence of teachers' role modelling in schools is limited (Willems, Denessen, Hermans, & Vermeer, 2012). Differences of age, gender, or other factors such as religion or ethnicity affect processes of identification between students and teachers (Moulin-Stożek & Schirr, 2017). Indeed, it seems few students want to be like their teachers, apart from those that would like to become teachers themselves in the future.…”