This chapter examines the implementation of the Prevent Duty in early childhood education (ECE) provision in England. Findings from a small-scale empirical study suggest that ECE practitioners simultaneously performed, resisted and embodied the requirements of the Prevent Duty in practice. ECE practitioners were performative in their response to the requirement to promote fundamental British values (FBVs) as they evidenced compliance within an environment of regulation. However, ECE practitioners simultaneously operated a pedagogy rich in values education in which children were positioned as constructors of values. The layering of counter-terrorism within safeguarding policy led to a repositioning of practices of surveillance of children and families, which resonates with some critical readings of counter-terrorism policy in ECE.
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Robson, J. (2020). Enacting the Prevent Duty in Early Childhood Education Settings. In The Prevent Duty in Education: Impact, Enactment and Implications (pp. 77–97). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45559-0_5
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