Islamic Schools of Distinction

Nadeem A. Memon is an Associate Professor in the Centre for Islamic Thought and Education (CITE) in the School of Education at Adelaide University. His research focuses on teacher education with particular emphasis on Islamic Pedagogy, comparative faith-based schooling, philosophy of religious education, and culturally and religiously responsive pedagogy.Mohamad Abdalla AM is a Professor and the Founding Director of the Centre for Islamic Thought and Education (CITE) in the School of Education at Adelaide University. He has worked in the field of Islamic Studies for over 25 years and played a leading role in establishing Islamic Studies across several Australian universities.Dylan Chown is a lecturer in the Centre for Islamic Thought and Education (CITE) in the School of Education at Adelaide University. His research focuses on teacher education, with emphasis on Islamic pedagogy and culturally and religiously responsive pedagogy as well areas of inclusion and justice and school renewal.

• Chapter 1: Introduction: What makes an Islamic School distinct and why Islamic Worldview is necessary? - Nadeem Memon, Mohamad Abdalla, Dylan Chown.- Part I: Theoretical Foundations: Education Rooted in the Islamic Worldview.- Chapter 2: From Worldview to Praxis: Islamic Schooling Renewal through Design and Distinction - Mohamad Abdalla, Dylan Chown, and Nadeem Memon.- Chapter 3: Educating from and for an Islamic worldview: The Shakhsiyah Schools Story - Dr Farah Ahmed.- Chapter 4: Towards an Educational Framework Rooted in an Islamic Worldview: Multiplexity as a Case Study - Samir Mahmoud.- Chapter 5: Internalizing Beauty: Re-imagining behaviour education as spiralling towards beautified excellence in all things - Dr. Claire Alkouatli.- Part II: Examples of Theoretical Foundations: Drawing on the Islamic Worldview to Advance Distinct Islamic Schooling.- Chapter 6: Reclaiming Critical Thinking in Islamic Schools: A Quintessential Pedagogy for Navigating Complexity - Dr. Nada Ghamra-Oui.- Chapter 7: Fitrah Focused Islamic Schools: A Solution for Teacher Burnout and Student Behaviour Management - Kathryn Jones.- Chapter 8: Rethinking Behavior & Discipline at Islamic Schools through Prophetic Principles of Tarbiyah - Wadud Hassan.- Part III: School Case Studies: Australian Islamic Schools Journeying to Distinction.- Chapter 9: The Niyyah Project: A Journey of renewal in an Australian Islamic School - Zachariah Matthews.- Chapter 10: A Renewed Look at Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment Through a Prophetic Paradigm: A Case Study of Playford College - Abrahim Al-Zubeidi.- Chapter 11: Turning Inward: Leading School Renewal Through Islamic Worldview at Irfan College - Samah Taki.- Chapter 12: Sidrah Gardens: A Philosophy in Practice – Courage, Conviction, and Renewal in Islamic Schooling - Dylan Chown and Leyla Mahamoud.- Chapter 13: Islamic Worldview, Teacher Education and Professional Learning: Reframing Professional Identity in Islamic Schools - Dr. Ayda Succarie.- Part IV: Classroom Case Studies: Curriculum, Pedagogy, and Assessment Rooted in the Islamic Worldview.- Chapter 14: Niyyah in Practice: Transforming Science Education through Islamic Pedagogy - Thamina Kassar.- Chapter 15: Transformation and Redesign: Teaching English through an Islamic Worldview - Dr Ozan Angin & Fatima Jalloul.- Chapter 16: Exploration of the Islamic worldview from a Sporting Lens - Esra Boz.- Chapter 17: Family, Kinship, and Identity: An Islamic Pedagogical Approach to Teaching Aboriginal Histories in English - Eman Aweida.