Rate My Professor Dylan Chown

Dylan Chown is a Lecturer in the Centre for Islamic Thought and Education (CITE) within the School of Education, College of Education, Behavioural and Social Sciences at Adelaide University. He holds a Master of Arts in Education (Leadership) from the National Centre of Excellence for Islamic Studies (NCEIS) at Griffith University, with research on the impact of educational leadership on the enactment of vision in an Australian Islamic school. He earned a Bachelor of Education from Queensland University of Technology, with double majors in Physical Education and Health Education. His PhD research examines Islamic pedagogy in practice through a case study of an Australian K-12 Islamic school. Chown's research specializations include teacher education, Islamic Pedagogy, Culturally and Religiously Responsive Pedagogy, inclusion, justice, school renewal, Pedagogical Justice, and diversity. He coordinates courses in the Islamic Pedagogy specialisation (minor) within the Master of Teaching (Secondary) and the Graduate Certificate in Education (Islamic Education). He is a member of UniSA's Centre for Research in Educational and Social Inclusion and the Pedagogies for Justice Research group.

With over twenty years' experience across roles as teacher, middle leader, principal, consultant, researcher, and lecturer, Chown previously served as Australian representative faculty member in the International network of educators for the Islamic Teacher Education Program (ITEP), a project of Razi Education (Canada/UAE) in collaboration with the University of Toronto. He is co-editor of Islamic Schooling in the West: Pathways to Renewal (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018). Key publications include 'Laying Foundations for Islamic Teacher Education' (Education Sciences, 2024, with Memon and Abdalla), 'Fostering Faithful Praxis: Tracing Educators’ Affective Turning Points in an Australian Islamic Teacher Education Program' (Education Sciences, 2024, with Memon and Brifkani), 'Being Responsive to Muslim Learners: Australian Educator Perspectives' (Teaching and Teacher Education, 2023, with Memon), and 'Culturally Responsive Pedagogy and the Muslim Learner: Meaningful Sources for Optimal Learning' (Routledge, 2023, with Abdalla). Chown received the ACHPER Secondary Teacher Award and was a finalist for the Queensland College of Teachers 2016 Professor Betty Watts OBE Memorial Award for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching. He serves on the Port Adelaide Football Club’s Power Intercultural Program Steering Committee, was a former advisory member of the Council of Imams Queensland as liaison between Muslim and Aboriginal communities, and co-founded BlackBase Youth Development and Mentoring Organisation, recipient of a Premier’s Award for Reconciliation. He regularly presents at conferences, schools, places of worship, and community events on education and understanding Islam for social cohesion.