Email: nadeem.memon@unisa.edu.au
Dr. Nadeem Memon is an Associate Professor at the Centre for Islamic Thought and Education (CITE) at the University of South Australia (UniSA). At CITE/UniSA, Nadeem serves as a Curriculum Advisor for the Graduate Certificate in Education (Islamic Education), the first online graduate education program for educators in Islamic schools globally.
His research focuses on teacher education with particular emphasis on Islamic Pedagogy, comparative faith-based schooling, philosophy of religious education, and culturally responsive pedagogy. In his research program, Nadeem is a Chief Investigator on an Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Grant (2022-2025) on Culturally Responsive Schooling. He also leads a monthly reading group on... Read more
About me
Dr. Nadeem Memon is an Associate Professor at the Centre for Islamic Thought and Education (CITE) at the University of South Australia (UniSA). At CITE/UniSA, Nadeem serves as a Curriculum Advisor for the Graduate Certificate in Education (Islamic Education), the first online graduate education program for educators in Islamic schools globally.
His research focuses on teacher education with particular emphasis on Islamic Pedagogy, comparative faith-based schooling, philosophy of religious education, and culturally responsive pedagogy. In his research program, Nadeem is a Chief Investigator on an Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Grant (2022-2025) on Culturally Responsive Schooling. He also leads a monthly reading group on Faith-Based Pedagogies with educators and academics from various religious traditions and religious orientations.
Some of his notable publications include a sole authored book entitled: A History of Islamic Schooling in North America: Mapping Growth and Evolution (Routledge, 2020) and four co-edited books:
(1) Curriculum Renewal for Islamic Education: Critical Perspectives on Teaching Islam in Primary and Secondary Schools (Routledge, 2021);
(2) Teacher Training and Education in the GCC: Unpacking the Complexities and Challenges of Internationalising Educational Contexts (Routledge, 2021);
(3) Philosophies of Islamic Education: Historical Perspectives and Emerging Discourses (Routledge, 2016);
(4) Discipline, Devotion, and Dissent: Jewish, Catholic, and Islamic Schooling in Canada (Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2013).
In support of Islamic schooling, Nadeem serves the Board Chair for the Islamic Schools League of America (ISLA), member of Yaqeen’s Institute’s Curriculum Advisory Board; member of the Global Association of Islamic School’s conference committee; member of University of Cambridge’s Cambridge Dialogues on Rethinking Islamic Education and a consultant on Qatar Foundation’s Usul Education Framework.
Prior to joining UniSA, Nadeem was the Director of Education at Razi Education where he spearheaded the design and implementation of a groundbreaking online teacher certificate program, the Islamic Teacher Education Program (ITEP), in collaboration with the University of Toronto. Nadeem holds a PhD in Theory and Policy Studies in Education from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto, Canada. He currently lives in Adelaide, Australia with his wife and son.
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Culturally responsive schooling, ARC - Discovery Projects, 01/01/2022 - 31/03/2025
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2020 |
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| 2019 |
10
21
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| 2016 |
14
14
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| 2013 |
4
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| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2025 |
|
| 2021 |
7
|
| 2019 |
10
21
|
| 2016 |
14
14
|
| 2013 |
4
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| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2025 |
|
| 2025 |
|
| 2024 |
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| 2023 |
2
|
| 2021 |
|
| 2021 |
1
|
| 2021 |
Open access
|
| 2018 |
|
| 2018 |
17
|
| 2016 |
4
|
| 2012 |
|
| 2012 |
5
|
| 2008 |
22
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| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2025 |
|
| 2024 |
Open access
1
2
|
| 2024 |
Open access
4
3
2
|
| 2024 |
Open access
1
2
|
| 2024 |
Open access
3
1
1
|
| 2024 |
4
7
4
|
| 2023 |
3
1
|
| 2023 |
Open access
3
2
3
|
| 2023 |
1
1
1
|
| 2022 |
Open access
3
1
|
| 2021 |
Open access
11
9
1
|
| 2020 |
Open access
12
10
1
|
| 2020 |
Open access
|
| 2020 |
|
| 2011 |
32
23
|
| 2011 |
47
|
| 2010 |
11
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| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2018 |
Open access
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EDITED BOOKS
Memon, Nadeem, and Zaman, Mujadad (Eds.) (2016) Philosophies of Islamic Education: Historical Perspectives and Emerging Discourses. Routledge: New York.
McDonough, Graham; Memon, Nadeem, and Mintz, Avi (Eds.) (2013) Discipline, Devotion, and Dissent: The Problems and Promises of Jewish, Catholic and Islamic Schooling in Canada. Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES
Niyozov, Sarfaroz and Memon, Nadeem (2012) “Mapping Islamic Education: Evolution of Themes, Continuities, and New Directions” in Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs.
Memon, Nadeem, (2011) “What Islamic School Teachers Want: Toward an Islamic Teacher Education Program” in British Journal of Religious Education. (Impact Factor in 2011 was 0.475)
Memon, Nadeem (2010) “Social Consciousness in Canadian Islamic Schools?” in Journal of International Migration and Integration, 11, no.1 (Winter 2010): 110-117.
Leithwood, Kenneth, Mascall, Blair, Strauss, Tiiu, Sacks, Robin, Memon, Nadeem, Yashkina, Anna (2007). “Distributing Leadership to Make Schools Smarter: Taking the Ego out of the System.” Leadership and Policy in Schools, 6:1.
BOOK CHAPTERS
Memon, Nadeem (Forthcoming) “Islamic Pedagogy: Potential and Perspective” in Mohamad Abdalla (ed) Islamic Schooling in the West: Pathways to Renewal. Palgrave McMillan.
Memon, Nadeem, McIntosh, Kurt, and Wane, Njoki (2014) “Expressions of Indigenous Identities in Schools” in Inquiry Into Practice: Learning and Teaching Global Matters in Local Classrooms Edited by David Montemuroo, Mira Gambhir, Mark Evans, and Kathryn Broad, pp. 97-101, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Toronto: Canada.
Memon, Nadeem (2013) “Between Immigrating and Integrating: The Challenge of Defining an Islamic Pedagogy in Canadian Islamic Schools” in Graham McDonough, Nadeem Memon, and Avi Mintz (eds.) Discipline, Devotion, and Dissent: Jewish, Catholic, and Islamic Schooling in Canada. Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
Memon, Nadeem (2012) “From Mosques to Madrassas: Muslim communities in Canada in search for preservation and renewal” in Jasmin Zine (ed.) Islam in the Hinterlands: A Canadian Muslim Studies Anthology. University of British Columbia Press.
POLICY/CONFERENCE REPORTS
Memon, Nadeem and Eidoo, Sameena (2009) “Conference Report on the 5th AMSS Regional Canadian Conference on Nation, Citizenship, and Belonging” in American Journal of Islamic Social Scientist.
Niyozov, Sarfaroz and Memon, Nadeem (2006)“Exploring the Educational Aspirations of Muslims in Ontario’s Schools: An Education Roundtable” Comparative and International Education Society Newsletter Number 142.
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Niagara University | UNITED STATES |
| Open University of Cyprus | CYPRUS |
| Southern Cross University | AUSTRALIA |
| Technological University Dublin | IRELAND |
| University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
| University of British Columbia | CANADA |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Toronto | CANADA |
| University of Tubingen | GERMANY |
| University of Tulsa | UNITED STATES |
| University of Victoria | CANADA |
| Waterloo Region District School Board | CANADA |
| Zayed University | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
External engagement & recognition
| Engagement/recognition | Year |
|---|---|
Keynote SpeakerAustralian Islamic Education Conference, Epping, Australia |
2016 |
Keynote SpeakerToronto Muslim Homeschoolers Conference |
2015 |
Conference Co-Chair, Building Your Professional Learning CommunityIslamic Schools League of America |
2012 |
Invited presentation: Establishing a Vision for Islamic SchoolsOntario Association of Islamic Schools |
2011 |
Invited presentation: Faith and Inclusivity: Reacting and Responding to Islamophobia in SchoolsSafe Schools for All: Conflict Resolution and Peacemaking Education Conference |
2010 |
Invited presentation: Building Inclusive Schools: Acknowledging and Adapting to the Needs of Faith Conscious StudentsCanadian Association of Statutory, Human Rights Agencies, Ontario Human Rights Commission, Canada |
2008 |
Invited presentation: Faith and Inclusivity: Reacting and Responding to Islamophobia in SchoolsSafe Schools for All: Conflict Resolution and Peacemaking Education Conference |
2008 |
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 |
| Being culturally and religiously responsive: an analysis of Indonesian participants¿ experiences of international education programs in Australia | Current |
| Challenging Epistemological Coloniality through a Taymiyyan Framework and an Ecology of Knowledges for an Islamic Pedagogy of Liberation | Current |
| Character Education in the Islamic Tradition and Its Implementation in Australian Primary and Secondary Islamic Schools | Current |
| Examining the emergence of Islamic Pedagogy in Australian Islamic Schools with implications for renewal. | Current |
| Fostering a sense of belonging for newly arrived culturally and linguistically diverse children and families: an investigation of transition practices in an Australian Islamic primary school | Current |
| Islam, Muslims, Education, and Schooling | Current |
| Muslim millenials in Islamic school leadership: factors impacting experiences and expectations | 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 |
| Weaving affective awareness and culturally responsive pedagogy: an ethnography of teachers in super diverse Australian classrooms | Current |
| Religiously responsive pedagogies in an Australian preschool: a narrative inquiry based on Muslim parents' and non-Muslim educators' perspectives and experiences | Completed |
| Volunteering in Australian Islamic schools: students¿ perspectives, experiences, motivations and challenges | Completed |
| What does respect for children mean in light of children's rights? perspectives of preschool children's parents and educators in an early childhood program in South Australia | Completed |
