Exploring the role of India’s secondary school compulsory curriculum textbooks in students’ national identity constructions in an overseas school

This study problematises the contribution of India’s school textbooks in students’ national identity constructions in an overseas school in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The textbooks construct students’ national identity on the concepts of India’s secular democracy, colonial resistance and equal cit...

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Published in:British educational research journal 2021-08, Vol.47 (4), p.984-1003
Main Authors: Qazi, M. Habib, Taysum, Alison
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ambivalence
Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) textbooks
Citizenship
Civil Rights
Cohesion
Content Analysis
Curricula
Democracy
democracy in India
Diaspora
Foreign Countries
Foreign Policy
Gender Differences
Indians
India’s national identity construction in schools
International Organizations
International Relations
National identity
Objectives
Peace
religion and secularism in India
Religious beliefs
Religious Factors
Risk
Secondary School Students
Secondary schools
Self Concept
Sex Role
Social Integration
Social Systems
Student Attitudes
Students
Sustainable Development
Textbooks
Women
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Summary:This study problematises the contribution of India’s school textbooks in students’ national identity constructions in an overseas school in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The textbooks construct students’ national identity on the concepts of India’s secular democracy, colonial resistance and equal citizenship rights. Notwithstanding study participants’ ambivalent identification with these ideals, they mostly express confusing identities evincing religious tendencies, gendered beliefs towards women and antipathy for India’s neighbouring states. This entails implications for India’s national cohesion and students’ ability to live in harmony with other communities in the diasporic setting. It also poses risks to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), 2030.
ISSN:0141-1926
1469-3518
DOI:10.1002/berj.3703