Fida Sanjakdar
Biographic Data
| ID | 761291 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Fida Sanjakdar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Fida |
| FAMILY NAME | Sanjakdar |
| SIGNATURE | SANJAKDAR F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Monash University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4668-6143 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Narratives of Incarcerated Indonesian Young People: Educational and Social Perspectives
This article presents a narrative inquiry, informed by Bourdieu’s social reproduction theory, examining youth incarceration and educational experiences within an Indonesian correctional facility. The research is situated within a significant policy transformation from punitive to rehabilitative approaches in facilities known as Lembaga Pembinaan Khusus Anak (LPKA), which deliver formal and non-formal education, vocational training and cultural ac…
‘Too many assumptions’: Cultural diversity and the politics of inclusion in sexuality education
For more than a decade, the international and national literature has established that sexuality education does not adequately speak to the broad range of cultural and religious diversities present in classrooms. These persistent obfuscations speak to long-standing questions around normativity, Othering and ‘inclusion’. In this paper, we turn to a recent project that asked young people from a broad range of cultural and religious backgrounds to r…
Australian Muslim youth voices about religion and relationships and sexuality education
International recognition of Western-perceived urgencies to widen discourse of Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) to include more 'Western' and/or 'progressive/secular' topics has repositioned religion as a focal point in debates against Western exceptionalism. For example, protests by Muslim parents against RSE in schools demonstrate not only the continued relevance of Islamic beliefs and values in modern-day society but, more profoundl…
Fundamental British values’: Navigating nationalism and teacher practice
Attempts to locate 'Britishness' within a context of loyalty to a set of shared values, have drawn upon discourses rooted in both contemporary and Imperial British histories. A central plank of the approach adopted since the early 2010s is the 'Fundamental British Values' (FBV), emerging from the British counter-terror strategy Prevent (2011). This paper interrogates the responses of school staff to the FBV, particularly expressions of discomfort…
Teaching for social justice in higher education: Reflexive and critical auto-ethnographic narratives of hope, resilience, and change
Government policies increasingly call for educators to teach for social justice. This paper presents auto-ethnographic narratives about how two higher education teacher educators aspire to teach with a focus on social justice education. This paper supports the role of reflexive and critical reflections of onto-epistemological beliefs in teacher educators’ work to give meaning to the wider social contexts, including the neo-liberal hegemonic highe…
Empty Britain? Hegemony and ambiguity in British education policy
The role of schools in developing a sense of common British identity has taken centre stage in the face of ‘racialised’ accounts of violence during the twenty first century. In this paper, we argue that certain British education policy documents can be understood as hegemonic interventions seeking to resolve ambiguities surrounding constructions of British identity. We do so by examining the Department for Education (DfE) ‘Fundamental British Val…
Making Sense of British Muslim Parents’ Objections to ‘Progressive’ Sexuality Education
Statutory requirements for compulsory Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) in the UK is generating concern among many religious communities and reigniting debates about the purpose of School Based Sexuality Education (SBSE). Among the communities voicing their dissent are members of the British Islamic community. Quranic scripture deems obligatory the teaching and learning about all aspects relevant to human sexuality, however, religion, a…
Racialization of Muslim students in Australia, Ireland, and the United States: Cross-cultural perspectives
The purpose of this qualitative cross-cultural case study was to better understand how Muslim students living in Australia, Ireland, and the United States navigated racism to identify ways in which school leaders and teachers can better address the structural, historical, and socioeconomic roots of racial injustice, discrimination, and ongoing oppression. Data collection was guided by a shared interview protocol that asked questions regarding fam…
Teaching Jihad: Developing Religious Literacy through Graphic Novels
This study examined the representations of jihad in graphic novels to ascertain how its depictions may inform the development of religious literacy in secondary classrooms. Hegemonic constructions of jihad in the West are commonly reduced to false binaries that shape non-Muslims' extant beliefs and perceptions of Islam and Muslims. This raises concerns about the ways in which societal expectations shape knowledge formation in schools. Accordingly…
Can difference make a difference? A critical theory discussion of religion in sexuality education
This article conceptualizes religion as a critical theory challenge to sexuality education. Religious views in sexuality education are often perceived as intolerant and incompatible with today’s progressive and modern society. This article engages with the idea that the inclusion of religious viewpoints on sexuality will challenge the efficacy of current sexuality education in Australia and New Zealand school contexts, to create a more contempora…
Homophobia, transphobia, young people and the question of responsibility
Young people may face conflicting and confusing messages about what it means to respond well in relation to homophobia and transphobia. Consequently, we ask – What might it mean to respond well to homophobia and transphobia? This strategy, inspired by Anika Thiem and Judith Butler, is recognition of the ambivalent conditions which structure attempts to respond well to bullying related to gender and sexuality. Such an approach is counter to educat…
In Search of Critical Pedagogy in Sexuality Education: Visions, Imaginations, and Paradoxes
This article is about the purposes and the processes of teaching comprehensive sexuality education to diverse communities. We argue that establishing an educational response to addressing diversity in sexuality education involves challenging and interrupting current dominant forms of authority, subordination, and systems of hegemony prevalent in the teaching practices of this subject. We argue that critical pedagogy (influenced by the Frankfurt s…
Meeting at the crossroads: Re-conceptualising difference in research teams
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to attempt to theorise difference as encountered by a team of six diverse researchers interested in addressing cultural and religious diversity in sexuality education. Drawing Todd's (2003, 2011a, b) concepts of “the crossroads”, “becoming present” and “relationality” in conversation with Barad's (2003, 2007, 2012) ideas around relationality and intra-activity, the paper explores how “difference” in team res…
Crafting the normative subject: Queerying the politics of race in the New Zealand Health education classroom
This article explores the potential of queering as a mode of critique by problematising the ways in which liberal politics of race shape normative understandings of health in a high school classroom. Drawing on findings from an Australian and New Zealand (NZ) research project designed to respond to religious and cultural difference in school-based sexuality education programmes, we critically queer how the Māori concept of hauora is deployed in t…
Educating for sexual difference? Muslim teachers' conversations about homosexuality
Homosexuality is widely perceived among many Muslims as a ‘western disease’, a natural outcome of the West's secularity and cultural degeneracy. In spite of the emergence of more liberal attitudes towards sexual differences in modern times, moral issues have not lost their relevance in polemical discourse against homosexuality among many Muslims. The heightened visibility of homosexuals, together with the decriminalisation of homosexuality, lie a…
‘Teacher talk’: The problems, perspectives and possibilities of developing a comprehensive sexual health education curriculum for Australian Muslim students
This paper reports on a study that examines how a group of teachers at a Victorian Islamic College deliberated on how to develop an appropriate sexual health education curriculum for their Muslim students. Teachers found themselves challenged by the current restrictive curriculum structures, policies and practices at their school. They also found themselves struggling with embedded student cultural understandings and traditions of sexual health t…
In Search of Critical Pedagogy in Sexuality Education: Visions, Imaginations, and Paradoxes
This article is about the purposes and the processes of teaching comprehensive sexuality education to diverse communities. We argue that establishing an educational response to addressing diversity in sexuality education involves challenging and interrupting current dominant forms of authority, subordination, and systems of hegemony prevalent in the teaching practices of this subject. We argue that critical pedagogy (influenced by the Frankfurt s…
Homophobia, transphobia, young people and the question of responsibility
Young people may face conflicting and confusing messages about what it means to respond well in relation to homophobia and transphobia. Consequently, we ask – What might it mean to respond well to homophobia and transphobia? This strategy, inspired by Anika Thiem and Judith Butler, is recognition of the ambivalent conditions which structure attempts to respond well to bullying related to gender and sexuality. Such an approach is counter to educat…
Racialization of Muslim students in Australia, Ireland, and the United States: Cross-cultural perspectives
The purpose of this qualitative cross-cultural case study was to better understand how Muslim students living in Australia, Ireland, and the United States navigated racism to identify ways in which school leaders and teachers can better address the structural, historical, and socioeconomic roots of racial injustice, discrimination, and ongoing oppression. Data collection was guided by a shared interview protocol that asked questions regarding fam…
Can difference make a difference? A critical theory discussion of religion in sexuality education
This article conceptualizes religion as a critical theory challenge to sexuality education. Religious views in sexuality education are often perceived as intolerant and incompatible with today’s progressive and modern society. This article engages with the idea that the inclusion of religious viewpoints on sexuality will challenge the efficacy of current sexuality education in Australia and New Zealand school contexts, to create a more contempora…
Crafting the normative subject: Queerying the politics of race in the New Zealand Health education classroom
This article explores the potential of queering as a mode of critique by problematising the ways in which liberal politics of race shape normative understandings of health in a high school classroom. Drawing on findings from an Australian and New Zealand (NZ) research project designed to respond to religious and cultural difference in school-based sexuality education programmes, we critically queer how the Māori concept of hauora is deployed in t…
Teaching for social justice in higher education: Reflexive and critical auto-ethnographic narratives of hope, resilience, and change
Government policies increasingly call for educators to teach for social justice. This paper presents auto-ethnographic narratives about how two higher education teacher educators aspire to teach with a focus on social justice education. This paper supports the role of reflexive and critical reflections of onto-epistemological beliefs in teacher educators’ work to give meaning to the wider social contexts, including the neo-liberal hegemonic highe…
Making Sense of British Muslim Parents’ Objections to ‘Progressive’ Sexuality Education
Statutory requirements for compulsory Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) in the UK is generating concern among many religious communities and reigniting debates about the purpose of School Based Sexuality Education (SBSE). Among the communities voicing their dissent are members of the British Islamic community. Quranic scripture deems obligatory the teaching and learning about all aspects relevant to human sexuality, however, religion, a…
Meeting at the crossroads: Re-conceptualising difference in research teams
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to attempt to theorise difference as encountered by a team of six diverse researchers interested in addressing cultural and religious diversity in sexuality education. Drawing Todd's (2003, 2011a, b) concepts of “the crossroads”, “becoming present” and “relationality” in conversation with Barad's (2003, 2007, 2012) ideas around relationality and intra-activity, the paper explores how “difference” in team res…
‘Teacher talk’: The problems, perspectives and possibilities of developing a comprehensive sexual health education curriculum for Australian Muslim students
This paper reports on a study that examines how a group of teachers at a Victorian Islamic College deliberated on how to develop an appropriate sexual health education curriculum for their Muslim students. Teachers found themselves challenged by the current restrictive curriculum structures, policies and practices at their school. They also found themselves struggling with embedded student cultural understandings and traditions of sexual health t…
Educating for sexual difference? Muslim teachers' conversations about homosexuality
Homosexuality is widely perceived among many Muslims as a ‘western disease’, a natural outcome of the West's secularity and cultural degeneracy. In spite of the emergence of more liberal attitudes towards sexual differences in modern times, moral issues have not lost their relevance in polemical discourse against homosexuality among many Muslims. The heightened visibility of homosexuals, together with the decriminalisation of homosexuality, lie a…
Meeting at the crossroads: Re-conceptualising difference in research teams
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to attempt to theorise difference as encountered by a team of six diverse researchers interested in addressing cultural and religious diversity in sexuality education. Drawing Todd's (2003, 2011a, b) concepts of “the crossroads”, “becoming present” and “relationality” in conversation with Barad's (2003, 2007, 2012) ideas around relationality and intra-activity, the paper explores how “difference” in team res…
Crafting the normative subject: Queerying the politics of race in the New Zealand Health education classroom
This article explores the potential of queering as a mode of critique by problematising the ways in which liberal politics of race shape normative understandings of health in a high school classroom. Drawing on findings from an Australian and New Zealand (NZ) research project designed to respond to religious and cultural difference in school-based sexuality education programmes, we critically queer how the Māori concept of hauora is deployed in t…
In Search of Critical Pedagogy in Sexuality Education: Visions, Imaginations, and Paradoxes
This article is about the purposes and the processes of teaching comprehensive sexuality education to diverse communities. We argue that establishing an educational response to addressing diversity in sexuality education involves challenging and interrupting current dominant forms of authority, subordination, and systems of hegemony prevalent in the teaching practices of this subject. We argue that critical pedagogy (influenced by the Frankfurt s…
Homophobia, transphobia, young people and the question of responsibility
Young people may face conflicting and confusing messages about what it means to respond well in relation to homophobia and transphobia. Consequently, we ask – What might it mean to respond well to homophobia and transphobia? This strategy, inspired by Anika Thiem and Judith Butler, is recognition of the ambivalent conditions which structure attempts to respond well to bullying related to gender and sexuality. Such an approach is counter to educat…
Can difference make a difference? A critical theory discussion of religion in sexuality education
This article conceptualizes religion as a critical theory challenge to sexuality education. Religious views in sexuality education are often perceived as intolerant and incompatible with today’s progressive and modern society. This article engages with the idea that the inclusion of religious viewpoints on sexuality will challenge the efficacy of current sexuality education in Australia and New Zealand school contexts, to create a more contempora…
Teaching Jihad: Developing Religious Literacy through Graphic Novels
This study examined the representations of jihad in graphic novels to ascertain how its depictions may inform the development of religious literacy in secondary classrooms. Hegemonic constructions of jihad in the West are commonly reduced to false binaries that shape non-Muslims' extant beliefs and perceptions of Islam and Muslims. This raises concerns about the ways in which societal expectations shape knowledge formation in schools. Accordingly…
Racialization of Muslim students in Australia, Ireland, and the United States: Cross-cultural perspectives
The purpose of this qualitative cross-cultural case study was to better understand how Muslim students living in Australia, Ireland, and the United States navigated racism to identify ways in which school leaders and teachers can better address the structural, historical, and socioeconomic roots of racial injustice, discrimination, and ongoing oppression. Data collection was guided by a shared interview protocol that asked questions regarding fam…
Making Sense of British Muslim Parents’ Objections to ‘Progressive’ Sexuality Education
Statutory requirements for compulsory Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) in the UK is generating concern among many religious communities and reigniting debates about the purpose of School Based Sexuality Education (SBSE). Among the communities voicing their dissent are members of the British Islamic community. Quranic scripture deems obligatory the teaching and learning about all aspects relevant to human sexuality, however, religion, a…
Teaching for social justice in higher education: Reflexive and critical auto-ethnographic narratives of hope, resilience, and change
Government policies increasingly call for educators to teach for social justice. This paper presents auto-ethnographic narratives about how two higher education teacher educators aspire to teach with a focus on social justice education. This paper supports the role of reflexive and critical reflections of onto-epistemological beliefs in teacher educators’ work to give meaning to the wider social contexts, including the neo-liberal hegemonic highe…
Empty Britain? Hegemony and ambiguity in British education policy
The role of schools in developing a sense of common British identity has taken centre stage in the face of ‘racialised’ accounts of violence during the twenty first century. In this paper, we argue that certain British education policy documents can be understood as hegemonic interventions seeking to resolve ambiguities surrounding constructions of British identity. We do so by examining the Department for Education (DfE) ‘Fundamental British Val…
Fundamental British values’: Navigating nationalism and teacher practice
Attempts to locate 'Britishness' within a context of loyalty to a set of shared values, have drawn upon discourses rooted in both contemporary and Imperial British histories. A central plank of the approach adopted since the early 2010s is the 'Fundamental British Values' (FBV), emerging from the British counter-terror strategy Prevent (2011). This paper interrogates the responses of school staff to the FBV, particularly expressions of discomfort…
‘Too many assumptions’: Cultural diversity and the politics of inclusion in sexuality education
For more than a decade, the international and national literature has established that sexuality education does not adequately speak to the broad range of cultural and religious diversities present in classrooms. These persistent obfuscations speak to long-standing questions around normativity, Othering and ‘inclusion’. In this paper, we turn to a recent project that asked young people from a broad range of cultural and religious backgrounds to r…
Australian Muslim youth voices about religion and relationships and sexuality education
International recognition of Western-perceived urgencies to widen discourse of Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) to include more 'Western' and/or 'progressive/secular' topics has repositioned religion as a focal point in debates against Western exceptionalism. For example, protests by Muslim parents against RSE in schools demonstrate not only the continued relevance of Islamic beliefs and values in modern-day society but, more profoundl…
Narratives of Incarcerated Indonesian Young People: Educational and Social Perspectives
This article presents a narrative inquiry, informed by Bourdieu’s social reproduction theory, examining youth incarceration and educational experiences within an Indonesian correctional facility. The research is situated within a significant policy transformation from punitive to rehabilitative approaches in facilities known as Lembaga Pembinaan Khusus Anak (LPKA), which deliver formal and non-formal education, vocational training and cultural ac…
Sociology (15 works) · Gender Studies (12 works) · Law (11 works) · Political science (11 works) · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (9 works) · Politics (9 works) · Human sexuality (8 works) · Pedagogy (8 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Religious Education and Schools (6 works)