I received my PhD in Human Development, Learning, and Culture from the University of British Columbia, in Vancouver, Canada, and a sub-specialization in Measurement, Evaluation, and Research Methodology. The focus of my Master's degree was Social and Emotional Learning and Development. My current qualitative research focuses on the roles of culture, relationships, and pedagogies in human development—particularly imagination, play, dialogue, engaged inquiry, and challenge. My SSHRC-funded PhD research examined educators’ pedagogies in teaching Islam, inquiring into Islamic iterations of pedagogical content knowledge, advancing new conceptualizations of an under-researched area of education.
About me
I received my PhD in Human Development, Learning, and Culture from the University of British Columbia, in Vancouver, Canada, and a sub-specialization in Measurement, Evaluation, and Research Methodology. The focus of my Master's degree was Social and Emotional Learning and Development. My current qualitative research focuses on the roles of culture, relationships, and pedagogies in human development—particularly imagination, play, dialogue, engaged inquiry, and challenge. My SSHRC-funded PhD research examined educators’ pedagogies in teaching Islam, inquiring into Islamic iterations of pedagogical content knowledge, advancing new conceptualizations of an under-researched area of education.
I am currently leading some exciting educational research projects. Frst, a multi-site design experiment on imaginary play with Muslim children in Abu Dhabi, Beirut, Riyadh, and Toronto, in collaboration with researchers in these places. We recieved funding for this study from the International Society of the Learning Sciences (https://www.isls.org/about/isls-emerging-scholars/). I am also working on a methodological study on how doctoral students in Australia design research paradigms relevant to minority communities. With a colleague in Saudi Arabia, I am about to embark upon a narrative analytic study of how Arabic- and English-speaking children’s literacy and literary skills develop through engagement in... Read more
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included.
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
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| 2024 |
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| 2023 |
Open access
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| 2023 |
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Alkouatli, C. (April 2022). Muslim educators’ pedagogies: Tools for self, social, and spiritual transformation. Harvard Educational Review.
Alkouatli, C. (2022). Sound pedagogies and mis-pedagogies in teaching Islam: Learning from Canadian Muslim educators. In Amzat, I.H (Ed.). Supporting modern teaching in Islamic schools: Pedagogical best practice for teachers. Singapore: Routledge.
Alkouatli, C. (2020). An Islamic pedagogic instance in Canadian context: Towards epistemic multicentrism. In A. Abdi (Ed.) Critical Theorizations of Education (pp. 197–211). Leiden, the Netherlands: Brill Publishers.Memon, N.A, Chown, D. & Alkouatli, C. (2020). Descriptions and enactments of Islamic pedagogy: Reflections of alumni from an Islamic Teacher Education Programme. Pedagogy, Culture & Society. DOI: 10.1080/14681366.2020.1775687
Research
I am currently leading some exciting educational research projects. Frst, a multi-site design experiment on imaginary play with Muslim children in Abu Dhabi, Beirut, Riyadh, and Toronto, in collaboration with researchers in these places. We recieved funding for this study from the International Society of the Learning Sciences (https://www.isls.org/about/isls-emerging-scholars/). I am also working on a methodological study on how doctoral students in Australia design research paradigms relevant to minority communities. With a colleague in Saudi Arabia, I am about to embark upon a narrative analytic study of how Arabic- and English-speaking children’s literacy and literary skills develop through engagement in literary play. Finally, I am in the final stages of an interpretive study with a Saudi colleague inquiring into academic female leaders’ processes of wellbeing. We recently presented initial results at the Middle East Psychological Association 5th Annual Meeting and Expo, Positive Psychology stream (https://mepa2022.mepa.me/speakers/).
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Princess Nourah Bint Abdul Rahman University | SAUDI ARABIA |
| Technological University Dublin | IRELAND |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
| Thesis title | Student status |
|---|---|
| Abu Dhabi education reform cultural social and educational factors influencing the reform | Current |
| The development of the well-being, the social emotional and social skills of our Muslim adolescents living in Australia should become a goal of our education Islamic systems. | Current |
