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Pakistani boys’ education; religious and ‘of the world’

Pakistani boys’ education; religious and ‘of the world’. Karamat Iqbal Karamat@forwardpartnership.org.uk. Karamat Iqbal. Born in Pakistan In Birmingham since age 12 Youth Worker, Teacher, Adviser, Consultant Author: ‘ Dear Birmingham’ – on Pakistani exclusion

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Pakistani boys’ education; religious and ‘of the world’

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  1. Pakistani boys’ education; religious and ‘of the world’ Karamat Iqbal Karamat@forwardpartnership.org.uk

  2. Karamat Iqbal • Born in Pakistan • In Birmingham since age 12 • Youth Worker, Teacher, Adviser, Consultant • Author: • ‘Dear Birmingham’ – on Pakistani exclusion • White working class education reports • Current: • Educational Practitioner • Director: Multi-academy Trust • PhD student – Warwick University Karamat Iqbal www.forwardpartnership.org.uk

  3. Karamat Iqbal www.forwardpartnership.org.uk

  4. Pupils of Pakistani heritage in English schools 2003 & 2013 Karamat Iqbal www.forwardpartnership.org.uk

  5. Main ethnic and religious pupil groups - Birmingham schools 2011 • White British 38% • Pakistani 25% • Muslim 36% • Christian 33% Karamat Iqbal www.forwardpartnership.org.uk

  6. Methodology • Mixed methods • Document analysis • Auto-biographical sociology • 3 diverse state schools • 219 pupil questionnaires – all ethnic groups • 55 interviews – 24 Pakistani pupils; 16 parents 15 teachers Karamat Iqbal www.forwardpartnership.org.uk

  7. Pakistani boys • Value education • Regularly attend school • Work hard • Have supportive families • Have a good staying-on rate Karamat Iqbal www.forwardpartnership.org.uk

  8. My religion is very important in my life - agree/strongly agree • Pakistanis89% • Bangladeshis 87% • Indians 86% • White-British 28% Karamat Iqbal www.forwardpartnership.org.uk

  9. Attendance at a place of worship, in the last 2 years • All Pakistani boys interviewed, were either attending a mosque after school or had done so in the past • 28 % White did so; mainly for non-religious purposes Karamat Iqbal www.forwardpartnership.org.uk

  10. What I learnt at the mosque should be taught at school • Pakistani pupils: 64% • A number of parents were also supportive of this idea. • Suggestions: • In the curriculum • Extra-curricular – before or after school Karamat Iqbal www.forwardpartnership.org.uk

  11. What religious commitment means • Religion not just about believing and activities; it had a clear impact on their schooling. • It taught them to be better students, to respect teachers, respect learning. Karamat Iqbal www.forwardpartnership.org.uk

  12. Respect • The same level of respect, for teachers, for mosque, for parents; that’s the way I have been brought up. It’s all the same. You've got to respect your elders no matter what; you can't be rude to them. You've just got to show them a lot of respect. My mum and my dad have always told me that you've got to respect, whoever is older than you, you've got to show them respect. I've always been told: respect your elders. I respect my teachers a lot. Pupil Karamat Iqbal www.forwardpartnership.org.uk

  13. Mark Halstead (1986) • Muslim parents have two main education goals for their children • Preservation, maintenance and transmission of their distinctive beliefs and values, both through direct teaching and through a school ethos informed by those values • Access to the opportunities offered by a general education, including living as full British citizens without fear of racism or other forms of prejudice www.forwardpartnership.org.uk

  14. Meaning of education - deen and dunya • Education more than 5 A*-C; • Children’s religious education farz for parents • “(Education) also includes knowing about his religion; he needs to know what Islam is, read his prayers, the fundamentals of Islam; it would make him a good human being as well. (Religion is) very, very important for us. In the way that, he needs it so to be a good human being. To understand his religion, religion is very, very important. Parent Karamat Iqbal www.forwardpartnership.org.uk

  15. Adab and akhlaaq- manners, morals • Educated = to have good manners and morals • You know, …the importance of his education to me is not just about his academic performance, but, the overall personality that he develops, you know. I would not like it for him to just achieve a very high grade in school, that is one aspect of it; that is needed for success in life. You know, he needs to have good knowledge of things AND (original emphasis) groom his overall personality as well. It’s about the overall personality Grammar Parent Wali Karamat Iqbal www.forwardpartnership.org.uk

  16. Pakistani Responsive Pedagogy • Education –deenanddunya • Greater continuity between pupils’ lives at home & school • Greater school-community partnership • More Pakistani teachers • Greater understanding amongst teachers of Pakistani culture and religion • Arabic, Urdu and Islamic Studies on the curriculum Karamat Iqbal www.forwardpartnership.org.uk

  17. DEAR BIRMINGHAM - a conversation with My Hometown

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