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CURRICULUM VITAE
SARFAROZ NIYOZOV
(1) Date of Preparation
August 20, 2018
(2) Rank
Associate Professor
Curriculum Studies and Teacher Development
Comparative and International Education
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), University of Toronto
(3) Degrees
Ph. D Curriculum Studies and Teacher Development
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto (OISEUT) Department of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning (CTL)
Toronto, ON. Canada 2001
M Ed Teacher Education
Aga Khan University (AKU), Institute for Educational Development (IED)
Karachi, Pakistan 1995
Certificate in Arabic Teaching (Distinction)
Burghiba School of Modern Languages, University of Tunis, Tunisia 1992
B A + B. Ed Arabic Philology
Tajik State University, Department of Oriental Studies
Dushanbe Tajikistan, USSR 1983
(4) Employment History
July 2010-present: Associate Professor, Department of Curriculum,
Teaching and Learning and Center for Comparative,
International, Development Education, OISE, UT
August 1, 2015 – July 31, 2018: Director (Dean) & Associate Professor, Institute for
Educational Development, Aga Khan University,
Pakistan
July 2012- July 2014: Editor, Journal of Curriculum Inquiry, OISE UT
June 1, 2009-2014: Co-Director, Center for Comparative, International and Development Education OISE UT
August 1, 2005- 2010: Assistant Professor, Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning and Center for Comparative, International, Development Education, OISE UT
September 2001-June 2005: Research Fellow and Coordinator of Central Asian Studies Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, the UK
August 1995—August 1997: Institute for Education Development Aga Khan University Karachi, Pakistan
November 1992-December 1993: Instructor, Department of Humanities, Khorog State University, Tajikistan
September 1989- October 1992: Instructor, Department of Oriental Studies Tajik State University Dushanbe, Tajikistan
(5) Research
Year: 2016-2018
Type: Group:
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount: $ 9 000 USD
Title: IED’s students’ struggle with academic reading and writing
Source: AKU Research Council
Year 2014- 2015
Type: Individual
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount: 2 750
Title: Youth Radicalization: Policy and Education Responses
Source: SSHRC Small Institutional Grant
Year 2014-2018
Type: Group
Role: PI
Amount: 300 K CDN
Title: Muslim students’ experiences of schooling: A comparative study
Source: SSHRC
Result: (Recommended but not funded)
Externally-Funded Research
Year: 2011- 2012
Type: Collaborative
Role: The Learning Partnership's Afghan Boys Initiative, Research Committee
Member
Amount: None
Purpose: Exploring the Educational and Social Challenges Faced by Afghani Students in Toronto
Year: 2009-2010
Type: Collaborative
Role: Co-Investigator
Amount: 27, 000
Source: Council for Ontario Directors of Education (CODE)
Purpose: Exploring the Impact of Immigration and Globalization on Canadian
Urban Public Schools: A case Study of Teachers Working with Muslim
Students
Year: 2007- 2011
Type: Individual
Role: Principal Investigator
Source: SSHRC
Amount: $ 77, 500
Purpose: Exploring Teachers’ Perspectives on the Education of their Muslim Students in Toronto Public, Catholic and Islamic Schools
Year: 1999-2000
Type: Group with Hussaini Mirhasan (a free-lance Afghan scholar in Toronto)
Role: Principal Investigator
Source: Institute of Ismaili Studies Amount: $ 3, 000
Purpose: Study on the Writings and Traditions of Nasir Khusraw: A Window to
Understanding Ismailism in Central Asia
Internally-Funded Research
Year: 2014-2015
Type: Individual
Source: OISE
Amount: 3 000
Title: Youth Radicalization: Educational Response.
Year: 2012-2013
Type: Group
Role: Team member with Robert Lato & Margaret Wells, Pre Service Education
Source: OISE
Amount: 4000
Title/Purpose: Inquiry into Practice: Learning Global Matters in Local Classrooms
Year 2012-2013
Type: Group
Source OISE
Amount: 5000
Role: Principal Investigator with Ph D students Gary Pluim and Angela McDonald
Title: Exploring Reflexivity in the Beliefs and Practices of Global Education Teacher Candidates
Year: 2009
Source: SSHRC Small-Scale Institutional Grant (SIG)
Amount: 2 850
Title/Purpose: Related Activities on Muslim Education
Year: 2006- 2007
Type: Individual
Role: Principal Investigator
Source: U of T Connaught
Amount: $ 10, 000
Purpose: Doing Research in the Education, Culture and Society of Central Asia
Year: 1996-1997
Type: Group with Bernadette Dean
Role: Principal Investigator
Source: Seed Grant. Aga Khan University, Institute for Educational Development (IED)
Amount: $ 3, 000 USD Purpose: IED’s Impact: Claims, Expectations and Realities
(6) Taught Courses from 2005 to 2018:
a) At Aga Khan University, IED:
Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning Offered twice - Falls 2016- 2017
(b) At OISE, University of Toronto:
Bachelor of Education Courses
EDU 5536H: Issues of International and Global Education Offered 6 times
EDU 5533H:
Perspectives in Muslim Education Winter 2011
Graduate Education Courses at OISE
CTL 1037H: Teacher Development: Cross- Cultural and Comparative Perspectives Offered 7 times
CIE 1001: Introduction to Comparative International and Development Education Offered 7 times
CTL 1319: Comparative and International Perspectives on Religion and Education
Offered 2 times CIE1006: Transnational Perspectives on Democracy, Human Rights and Democratic Education in an
Era of Globalization (A Special, Transnational Course Offered on Line to Students at
Universities of London, Melbourne and Toronto) Offered once in 2014
Independent Reading Graduate Courses
Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on
Muslim Education Fall 2006
Theories, Methods and Empirical Studies of Sociology Education and Society in
Soviet and post-Soviet Central Asia Fall 2009
Graduate Courses outside OISEUT/Canada
Sociology and Education in Central Asia, Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Part 2: June 1-16, 2013
Sociology and Education in Central Asia, Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Part 1: July 1-15, 2010
Doing Qualitative and Anthropological Research in Central Asia, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
July, 20005
Graduate Courses at AKU IED
Curriculum Teaching and Learning Fall 2016
Graduate Supervision
At AKU IED
Completed M Phil 2
Near Complete M Phil 2
At OISE University of Toronto
Supervision (Completed) M. A 5
PhD 4
Supervision in Progress PhD 2
Theses Committee Membership at OISEUT (Completed)
PhD 15
M A 3
Theses Committee Membership (in Progress)
PhD 1
Teacher Education Program Assistants 1
Graduate Assistants 9
Research Assistants 5
Titles of Completed Supervision
PhD Theses, University of Toronto
Ishikawa, Wakako. (December 2017). An examination of health education condition in Timor
Leste. University of Toronto.
Panjwani, Antum. (February 2017). Muslim Children’s Representation in Canadian School
Curriculum. University of Toronto.
De Young, Matthews. (September 2014). Teachers as Mentors of the Students: Opportunities,
Challenges and Implications. University of Toronto.
Bukor, Emese. (March 2011). Exploring teacher identity: Teachers' transformative experiences
of re-constructing and re-connecting personal and professional selves. University of Toronto.
Master’s Theses, University of Toronto
El-Sheriff, Lucy (2013, August). The Experience and Impact of Community Schooling on its Graduates in Egypt. University of Toronto.
Ali, Sana (August 2012). The experiences of Muslim girls with curriculum/schooling in public
secondary schools in Ontario Canada. University of Toronto.
Rao, Julia (September 2010). International Volunteer Teachers in Rural Indigenous Schools in
Ecuador: An exploration into the capacity for culturally relevant teaching and the space
for Indigenous knowledge within their pedagogy. University of Toronto.
Manji, Sheila (April 2009). Taking the Teacher out of Teaching: Local and Foreign Teachers’ Perspectives on Using an American Resource Kit to Teach English in a Private School in Mexico. University of Toronto.
Kalia, Ekta. (September 2008). Retired South Asian Teachers’ Experiences of Joining Canadian
Teaching Force (This thesis was awarded Outstanding Dissertation Award by Canadian Teacher Education Association in 2009). University of Toronto.
M Ed. Qualifying Research Papers, University of Toronto
Isakov, Zacharia. (March 2013). Jewish Day Schools in Toronto: Toward Expanding the Scope
and Purpose of Jewish Education
Aboulnoor, Raghda. (2014, April). Egyptian Teachers’ Perceptions of Quality Teaching: A Study
of Constructivism in Egyptian Urban Schools in Cairo
Master’s Theses’ Supervisions at the Aga Khan University, Karachi
Completed:
Nawaz, Fouzia. (2017 October). Understanding and developing academic resilience among high school science students: A case study of grade 9 Biology students. (M Phil).
Kemani, Saresh. (2017, October). Learning from volunteering: A mixed method study Ismaili youth in Karachi. (M Phil).
Submitted for Final Defense
Khan, Abdul Wali. (2018). Exploring education faculty perceptions of and experiences with four year B Ed at the Karakoram International University, Gilgit. (M Phil)
Ali Shah, Amjad. (2018). Examining NGO’s leadership practices of mobilizing communities to increase access for the marginalized youth in rural Sindh. (M Ed.)
Theses Committee Membership for Master’s Theses (University of Toronto)
Ali, Asma Maryam (2011, September). Islamic Environmental Stewardship Through Aboriginal Spiritual Ecology: How Muslim Students Can Learn Stewardship Through Aboriginal Teaching.
Batlett, Tiffany. (September 2009). Teaching Teachers to Teach Peace: A Reflective Pre-Service Case Study
Malcom, Alison, (September 2009). Second Chances: A Study of Rural Malawian Youth in a Complementary Basic Education Programme
Anwar, Arif Kazi. (December 2009). Towards Role Framework for Mobile Devices in Educational Contexts
Theses Committee Membership for Doctoral Theses (University of Toronto)
Salehin, A. (2018, March). Peace education in Bangladesh.
Kovalchuk, S. (2015 July). Teacher education for democratic citizenship in post-Soviet Ukraine
Cashman, R. (2015, May 6). Conflict and Creativity in Jewish Modern Orthodox Girls' Education: Navigating Tradition and Modernity
Herath, S. (2015, April 7). Teachers as transformative intellectuals in post-conflict reconciliation: A study of language teachers' identities, experiences and perceptions
Tonkin, L. (2014, December 10). FRESH: A Phenomenological Enquiry.
Ghali, Mona. (2014, December 10). Education and (In)Security: The Canadian International
Development Agency's Education Sector Support to Conflict-Affected States, 2000-2013
Chishti, Maliha. (2014, April 4). Post-Conflict Interventions in Afghanistan: A Post-Colonial Critique.
Hooper, Sally Ann. (2013 September 20). Small Spaces for Meaningful Participation in Democratic Life? A Community's Perspectives of their Involvement in an Early Childhood Education and Care Program.
Bhimani, Salima. (2013, July 24). Mapping the assembly of Muslim exceptionality and exceptional Muslims. Ismaili Muslim encounters through discourses, bodies and space in the Canadian colonial nation.
Gamblin, Kate Moss. (2013, April 12). Becoming a Sustainability Chef: An Empirical Model of Sustainability Perspectives in Educational Leaders
Eidoo, Sameena (September, 2012). When you witness an evil act you should stop it with your hand- Citizenship Learning and Engagement of Muslim Youth Activists in Toronto, Canada
Cummings, Everton. (2012, August). A Stepping-Stone to do Something Else: Exploring Why Jamaican
Student Teachers Enter and Complete Teacher Education
Khan, Ranya (2011, December). Meeting the needs of English Language Learners with Interruptions in their Formal Schooling: A Comparative case Study of Two Teachers’ Classrooms.
Fiki, Hana (2011, October). Teaching English as a Foreign Language and Using English as a Medium of Instruction in Egypt.
Chao Feng, Mathew. (2010, December). The cooperative classroom: Scaffolding EFL elementary learners’ English literacy through the picture word inductive model—the journey of three teachers in Taiwan
Hales, Stephen. (2010, November). Municipal School Curricula Knowledge Dynamics in
Brazil's Northeast.
Chao, Jia. (2009, September). Understanding school stories: A narrative inquiry into the cross- generational schooling experiences of six current and former Chinese students.
Memon, Nadeem. (2009, August). From protest to praxis: A history of Islamic schools in North America
Marinos, Edward. (2009, January). Learning professionals’ perceptions on the viability of adult learning cycle model for training in business organizations
He, Rowena. (2008, September). Curriculum in exile: A life-based inquiry into the political socialization experiences of three Chinese Tiananmen student exiles
Li, Ling. (2008, June). Constructing professional identity in China and Canada
Dicum, Julia. (2007, January). A comparative oral history study of the learning experiences of WWII and Afghan war survivors
Ali, Takbir. (2007, April). Understanding how improvement-oriented high school teachers experience
change in Northern Pakistan
Gomes, Louise. (2006, January). A case study of issues of success in four Public primary schools
in a low-income region of Northern Mexico
Mahdavina, Mahdi. (2005, December). Evaluation of global education in Iran: A case study
Serving as Theses External Examiner
• for a PhD Thesis at University of Alberta
Wattar, D. (2014, April). Globalization and Teacher Development in Syria. PhD thesis. University of Alberta
• for M Ed Thesis at the Aga Khan University, Karachi
Noor Shamsuddin. (2016). Teachers’ perception of Social Studies in Pakistan. AKU IED
(8) Publications & Scholarly Output
Details by Categories, Since 2002
Books and Volumes
Silova, I., & Niyozov, S. (2018, forthcoming). Globalization in the Margins: Education Reforms
in the post-Soviet Context. Teachers College Press.
Ali, T., Niyozov, S. (2018) (Eds.). Lessons from the Implementation of Educational Reform in
Pakistan: Implications for Policy and Practice. Karachi: Oxford University Press.
Ashraf, D., Tajik, M., and Niyozov, S. (Eds.). Educational Policies in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan: Contested Terrain in the Twenty-First Century. Rowman and Littlefield.
Niyozov, S., & Tarc, P. (2015). Working with, despite and against global best practices.
Proceedings of the April 25, 2014 International Symposium at OISE University of
Toronto. On line available ttp://www.oise.utoronto.ca/cidec/UserFiles/File/Research/CIDE_RICE_UWO/FINAL_Working_with_against_and_despite_global_best_practices_October_28_2015.pd
Rao, J., & Niyozov, S. (2014). International Volunteers Teaching in Ecuador: Opportunities and
Challenges for Culturally Relevant Teaching. Saarbrücken: LAP LAMBERT Academic
Publishing.
Niyozov. S., & Nazariev, R. (2005). (Eds.), Nasir Khusraw: Yesterday, today, tomorrow.
Proceedings of the Nasir Khusraw’s Millenary Conference in Tajikistan. A joint
publication of the Institute of Ismaili Studies, Tajikistan Academy of Sciences, and
Khorog State University. Introduced by Sarfaroz Niyozov and Ramazon Nazariev.
Dushanbe: Noshir Publishing House, 675 pages.
Theses
Doctoral
2001. Understanding teaching in the rural, mountainous and post-Soviet Tajikistan Department of Curriculum, Teaching, Learning Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto
Master’s
1995. Controversy as a strategy for teaching Social Studies in Pakistani classrooms
Institute for Educational Development, The Aga Khan University
PUBLICATIONS
Papers in Refereed Journals
El-Sheriff, L., & Niyozov, S (2016). “Successful’ alternative education: Still Reproducing
inequalities? The case of the Community School Program in Egypt. Canadian and International Education, 44 (2) article 5.
Niyozov, S., & Dastambuev, N (2012). Exploiting globalization while being exploited by it: Insights
from Central Asian Education Reforms. Canadian and International Education. Special Issue: Theorizing International Education: (Shifting) Contexts, Concepts, Methods 41 (3). 5- 35.
Rao, J., & Niyozov, S. (2012). International Volunteers' Serving as Teachers in Rural Indigenous
Schools in Ecuador: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities. Canadian and International
Education, 41(2)
Niyozov, S., & Memon, N. (2011). Islamic education and Islamization: Evolution of themes, continuities and new directions. Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs. 31(1), 6-34. Shamatov, D., Schatz, E., & Niyozov, S. (2010). Peer Review publication for improving scholarship
in Central Asia. Academic Review Journal of American University of Central Asia, 1(11),
172-180.
Niyozov, S. (2010). Teachers and teaching Islam and Muslims in pluralistic Societies: Claims,
misunderstandings, and responses. Journal of International Migration and Integration
(Special Issue, edited by M. Andrew & J. Ipgrave), 11 (1), 23-40.
Niyozov, S., & Pluim. G. (2009). Teachers’ perspectives on the education of their Muslim students.
A missing voice in the educational research. Curriculum Inquiry, 39 (5), 637-677.
Niyozov, S, Shamatov, D. (2009). Teachers trading: Ideological implications for post-Soviet
education and society in Central Asia. Political Crossroads, 16 (2), 21-38.
Niyozov, S. (2008/9). Understanding teaching beyond content and method. Insights from Central
Asia. European Education, 40(4), 46-70.
Park, J., & Niyozov, S. (2008). Madrasa education in South Asia and Southeast Asia: Current
issues and debates. Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 28 (4), 323-351.
Ling, Li., & Niyozov, S. (2008). Negotiating Teacher's Professional Identity in a Changing Chinese
Society. Education and Society, 26 (2), 69-84.
Niyozov, S., & Shamatov, D. (2007). Teachers or trading. Local voices and global issues from
Central Asia. In Gerves, M., & G. Long (Eds.), Toronto Studies in Central and Inner
Asia Studies. 8, 281- 303.
Niyozov, S., & Shamatov, D. (2006). Teaching and trading. Dilemmas of everyday life economy
in Central Asia. Inner Asia, 8 (2), 229-262.
Niyozov, S. (2004). Shi’a Ismaili tradition in Central Asia: Evolution, continuities and changes.
Central Asia and the Caucasus. Journal of Social and Political Studies, 6 (24), 39-46.
Niyozov, S. (2003). The realities of being a woman teacher in the mountains of Tajikistan. Cashiers
d’Asie Centrale. Journal of the French Institute of Central Asian Studies, Vol. 11/12, 119-159.
Book Chapters
Panjwani, A., & Niyozov, S. (2019). Madrasa Schools in East Africa: An Islamic Perspective in
Holistic Education. In M Binder, J. Miller et al., (Eds.), International Handbook in Holistic
Education. London: Routledge
Pardhan, A., and Nyozov, S. (2018, forthcoming). Early childhood education in Pakistan: key opportunities and challenges. In Bhutta, Z., et al., (Eds.), Health and SDGs in Pakistan (pp. 137-151). New
York: Paramount.
Niyozov, S., & Lalani, M. (2018, forthcoming). Peace education in Pakistan; Challenges and Opportunities. In. Drinkwater, M. (Ed.). Transnational Perspectives on Education, Democracy and Human Rights. Sense Publishers.
Niyozov, S. (2018). Controversy as strategy for teaching Social Studies in Pakistan. In Khamis, A., & S. Bhutta (Eds.), AKU-IED Reflecting on the Past, Journeying into the Future Innovation, Research
and Scholarship in the Developing World. A 'Commemorative Edition. Aga Khan University Press.
Niyozov, S. (2018). Islamic education in post-Soviet Tajikistan: a tool for creating and
sustain nation state. In Sivasubranam, M. & Hayhoe, R. ( Eds.), Religion and
Education. Comparative and International Perspectives (pp. 85-110).Oxford:
Symposium Books.
Niyozov, S. (2017). Conclusions: Turning the Global into Locally Sustainable Reform Model.
Lessons from the STEP programme. In Ali, T., Niyozov, S. (2017) (Eds.), Lessons from
the Implementation of Educational Reform in Pakistan: Implications for Policy and
Practice. Karachi: Oxford University Press.
Niyozov, S. (2017). Fieldwork as socially constructed and negotiated practice. In Silova, I., Kovalchuk, S., and Korzh, A., and Sobe, N. (Eds.), Reimagining Utopia: Methodological
Challenges of Researching Education in Central Asia. Lexington: IPA publishing.
Bahry, S., Niyozov, S., Shamatov, D., Ahn. E. & Smagulova, J., (2017). Bilingual education in Central Asia. In O. García and S. A. May (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Language and Education, 3rd Edn, Volume 5: Bilingual Education (pp. 259-280). New York: Springer Science + Business Media. Niyozov, S., Elnazarov, H., & Aksakolov, S. (2016). Islamic Education in post-Soviet
Tajikistan. Seizing the Potential of a Contested Field. In Ashraf, D., Tajik, M., & Niyozov,
S. (Eds.). Contested Terrains: Education in Mountains of Central Asia. (pp. 53-80). Lexington Books.
Niyozov, S., & Khaki, J. (2016). Transforming Contested Terrains into Sites of Opportunity. In
Ashraf, D., Tajik, M., & Niyozov, S. (Eds.). Contested Terrains: Education in Mountains of
Central Asia (pp. 177-196). Lexington Books.
Niyozov, S. (2016). Pedagogy in cross-cultural context. Insights from Central Asia and
developing world, revisited. In K, Bichmore, R. Hayhoe, R. Reed, C, Manion and K.
Mundy (Eds.), Comparative education for teachers: An introductory textbook on
comparative and international education. (pp. 88-118). Toronto & New York: Canada
Scholars Press.
Niyozov, S. (2016). Islamic Education and Religious Pluralism: The limits. In N. Memon& and
M. Zaman (Eds.), Philosophies of Islamic Education: Historical Perspectives and
Emerging Discourses. Routledge.
Lato, R., Niyozov, S., & Wells, M. (2014). Sharing global classrooms: An international
experience. In Evans, M., & Gambir, M. (Eds.), Inquiry into Practice: Reaching Every
Student Through Inclusive Curriculum (part 2).Toronto: OISE Publications
Pluim, G., McDonald, A., & Niyozov, S. (2014). Bend without breaking: A study on
teacher candidates' practice of critical reflexivity as learners and teachers of global
education. In Evans, M., & Gambir, M. (Eds.), Inquiry into Practice: Reaching Every
Student Through Inclusive Curriculum (part 2).Toronto: OISE Publications.
Niyozov, S., & Bulbulov, J. (2013). Education in Tajikistan: Disproving Claims and
Missing Hopes. In Brock, C., & Ahmed, M. (Eds.), Education in West and Central Asia (pp.
241-272). London: Bloomsbury.
Niyozov, S. (2014). A Comparative Analysis of Ivanow’s and Bertels’ same –titled work “Nasir
Khusraw and Ismailism”; Toward Rethinking Central Asian Ismaili Studies. In Daftary F., & Elnazarov, H. (Eds.), Russian Scholars on Ismailism (Dedicated to 125th Birth Anniversary of Wladimir Ivanow).
Niyozov, S. (2011). Easier Said than Done: Taking Religious and Cultural Dimensions Seriously. In
Rolheiser, C., Evans, M., & Gambir, M. (Eds.), Inquiry into Practice: Reaching Every Student
Through Inclusive Curriculum (pp. 27-29).Toronto: OISE Publications.
Niyozov, S. (2011). Teachers’ view on their work with Muslim schooling in a primary school. In
Rolheiser, C., Evans, M., & Gambir, M. (Eds.), Inquiry into Practice: Reaching Every Student
Through Inclusive Curriculum (pp.114-115).Toronto: OISE Publications.
Niyozov, S. (2010). Revisiting teacher professionalism discourse through teachers’ professional life in
post-Soviet Tajikistan. In Silova, I. (Ed.), The challenges of education in reform: Central Asia in
a global context. Greenwich CT: IPA Publishing.
Niyozov, S., & Shamatov, D. (2010). Teachers surviving to teach: Implications for post-Soviet
education and society in Central Asia. In J. Zajda (Ed.), Globalization, ideology and education policy reforms, Vol. 11.Netherlands: Springer.
Niyozov, S., & Dastambuev, N. (2010). In-service teacher training in post-Soviet Tajikistan. In Karras, A. Calogiannakis, P., & C. Wolhuter. (Eds.), International handbook on teacher education. Nicosia:
The University of Nicosia Press and the UNESCO Chair of Education, University of Nicosia (fo English edition). & The University of Cyprus Press (for Greek edition).
Niyozov, S., & Punja, Z. (2010). The role of spirituality in the life and work of Ismaili teachers.
Insights from Central Asia. In J. Lin & J. Miller. (Eds.), Spirituality, religion and peace education (pp. 185-208). Greenwich CT: IGA Publishing.
Niyozov, S. (2008). Pedagogy in cross-cultural context. Insights from Central Asia and developing world. In R. Hayhoe and K. Mundy (Eds.), Comparative education for teachers: An introductory textbook on comparative and international education. (pp. 133-160). Toronto & New York: Canada Scholars Press, Teachers College Press, and World Congress of Comparative Education Societies.
(The Chinese version of this book, including my chapter, will be published by the Education Science Press in Beijing in 2010).
Bahry, S., Niyozov, S., & Shamatov, D. (2007). Bilingual education in Central Asia. In J.
Cummins & N. H. Hornberger (Eds.), Encyclopedia of language and education, 2nd
edition, Vol. 5. (pp. 205-224). Netherlands: Springer.
Niyozov, S. (2006). Education in Tajikistan. A window to understanding change through continuity.
In R. Griffin (Ed.), Education in the Muslim world. (pp. 77-128). Oxford: Symposium Books.
Niyozov, S., & Bahry, S. (2006). Challenges to education in Tajikistan: The need for a research based
solution. In J. Earnest & D. Treagust (Eds.), Educational change and reconstruction in
societies in transition: international perspectives. (pp. 211-232). Rotterdam: Sense Publishers BV.
Niyozov, S., & Elnazarov, H. (2005). Predislovie k Russkomu Izdaniyu (A Foreword to the Russian
edition). In Hunsberger, Alice (2005). Nasir Khusraw. The ruby of Badakhshan (pp. 9-12).
Russian translation by Leila Dodikhudoeva. Edited and introduced by Sarfaroz Niyozov and
Akim Elnazarov. Moscow: Ladomir Publishing House (In Russian), 306 pages.
Niyozov, S. (2004). The effects of the collapse of the USSR on the life and work of the teachers
in Tajikistan In A. DeYoung & S. Heyneman (Eds.), The challenge of education inCentral Asia. (pp. 37-64). Greenwich CT: IGA Publishing House.
Niyozov, S. (2004). Central Asia to 1700. In. M. Ruthven and A. Nanji (Eds.), Historical atlas of
Islam. (pp. 94-95). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Niyozov, S. (2003). Globalization and teachers’ life and work: Case studies from rural Tajikistan. In
H. Daun. (Ed.), World system globalization and educational change. Eight cases. (pp. 89-
116). Stockholm: Stockholm University Press.
Nanji, A., & Niyozov, S. (2002). The Silk Road: Crossroads and encounters of faiths. In C. Borden
(Ed.), The Silk Road: Connecting cultures, creating trust. (pp. 37, 39-41). Washington DC:
The Smithsonian Institution.
Papers in Refereed Conference Proceedings
Niyozov, S. (2011). Teachers’ Role in the Education of Muslim Students in Western Public Schools:
Toward Constrictive and Balanced Approach. In Nakamaki, H. (Ed.) Inter-college Project for
Education about Religions and Cultures. Part II. Overseas Research Reports (pp. 11- 45).
Osaka: National Museum of Ethnology.
Niyozov (2007). Getting real with teacher renewal. In J. Kitchen (Ed.), Teacher induction,
mentoring and renewal. Proceedings of the teacher induction, mentoring and renewal
symposium. (pp. 89-99). Toronto: OISE Center for Teacher Development.
Niyozov, S. (2005). Nasir Khusraw: Yesterday, today, tomorrow. An introduction. In Niyozov.
S., & Nazariev, R (2005). (Eds.), Nasir Khusraw: Yesterday, today, tomorrow. Proceedings of the Nasir Khusraw’s millenary conference in Tajikistan. A joint publication of the Institute of Ismaili Studies & Tajikistan Academy of Sciences, and Khorog State University. (pp. 1-25). Dushanbe: Noshir Publishing House.
Niyozov, S. (1996). Educational implications of high altitude mountain research. In Collection
of article and abstracts of the Conference on Mountain Research: Challenges and
Directions of XXI century. (pp. 221-224). Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan: International University
of Kyrgyzstan Press.
Editorials in Referred Journals
Niyozov, S. with D. Thiessen, E., Campbell and others. (2013). Perspectives on pedagogy.
Curriculum Inquiry, 43(1), 1-13.
Niyozov, S. (2013). Toward justice, inclusion, and hope: Exposing the invisible, rethinking
the assumed, and reviving the creative possibilities in curriculum and schooling. Curriculum
Inquiry, 43 (3), 2- 32.
Niyozov, S. and Anwaruddin, S. (2014). Returning to our pasts, engaging difficult knowledge,
and transforming social justice. Curriculum Inquiry, 44 (3), 3- 30.
Papers in Non-Refereed Journals and Volumes
Shamatov, D. & Niyozov, S. (2014). Cooperative learning (In Russian). Bilingual Journal
Tренер, 5, 22-26.
Niyozov, S., & Memon, N. (2006). Exploring the educational aspirations of Muslims in Ontario
schools. An education roundtable. In CIES Newsletter Florida State University, No. 142.
5 pages. Avalable athttp://www.cies.us/newsletter/sept%2006/Niyozov.htm
Niyozov, S. (2001). Globalization’s effects on teachers’ life and work: Case studies from rural,
mountainous Tajikistan. ERIC publications. ED 469740, Available on line: http://eric.ed.gov./Ericwebportal"
Book Reviews (published)
Niyozov, S. (2008). Review of How NGO’s react: Globalization and education reform in the
Caucasus, Central Asia and Mongolia. (Edited by Iveta Silova and Gita Steiner-Khamsi,
2008). Bloomfield, CT: Kumarian Press. In Curriculum Inquiry, 38(4), 477- 482.
Niyozov, S. (2007). Review of From sites of occupation to symbols of multiculturalism:
Reconceptualizing minority education in Post-Soviet Latvia. (By Iveta Silova, 2006).
Information Age Publishing Inc. In Comparative Education Review, 52 (4), 322-324.
Niyozov, S. (2006). Review of International perspectives on citizenship, education and religious
diversity. (Edited by Robert Jackson. 2003). Routledge/Falmer, London). In International
Journal of Citizenship and Teacher Education. 1(1), 91-92.
(9). Creative Professional/Academic Activities
(a). Graduate Programme Development
Master of Assessment, Monitoring and Evaluation (MAME). A graduate degree programme
proposal for preparing specialists in assessment and evaluation. AKU –IED, 2018.
Master of Studies in Teaching. A master’s degree programme proposal for preparing specialists in
Seven areas of Teaching. AKU –IED, 2017.
(a). Organization of International Conferences, Symposia and Seminars
• Member of the Planning Committee: IED’s International Conference
• Co-Chair of the Planning Committee: February 12-13, 2015: Toronto Youth Radicalization: Policy and Education Responses Conference. In collaboration with Midyanta Somali Community Center, Toronto.
• Co-Chair of the Planning Committee: April 14, 2014: Toronto, OISE; Working With, Against and Despite Global Best Practices in Education. A Symposium Ontario of the Comparative Educators in Ontario, Canada.
• Co-Chair and Principal Instructor: June 1- 16, 2013. Sociology of Education: A Graduate Course for the Tajik Educators and local NGO leaders, University of Commerce, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
• Co –Chair of the Planning Committee: February 22, 2011, Toronto, OISE: Joe Farrell Student Symposium.
• Co-Chair and Principal Instructor: June 1- 16, 2010. Sociology of Education: A Graduate Course for the Tajik Educators and local NGO leaders, University of Commerce, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
• Chair and Principal Instructor: June 26- July 30, 2005. Qualitative Research Methodology Course on the Anthropology of Muslim Societies and Cultures. Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
• Chair of the Task Force and Key note speaker: September 2-7, 2003, Tajikistan: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow: An International Conference devoted to the Millenary Celebration of Nasir Khusraw’s Life and Legacy, Dushanbe and Khorog Tajikistan.
b. Facilitation of Central Asian Scholarship (Edition and Translation of Books & Collection of Articles
Dodykhudoeva Leila (2007). Poetry as means of preaching: The concept of good word in Nasir Khusraw’s poetry. Edited by O. Akimushkina, S. Niyozov and H. Elnazarov. Moscow: Natalis Press. (In Russian), 383 pages.
Steblin-Kamenski, I., Karamshoev, D, & Niyozov, S. (2005). (Eds.), Languages and ethnography of the
Roof of the World. Collection of the scholarly papers by the young Tajik scholars at Saint
Petersburg University, speakers of the Pamiri languages. Saint-Petersburg: Peterburgskoe
Vostokovedenie.
Hunsberger, Alice (2005). Nasir Khusraw. The ruby of Badakhshan. Translated to Russian by
Leila Dodikhudoeva. Edited and introduced by Sarfaroz Niyozov and Akim Elnazarov.
Moscow: Ladomir Publishing house. (In Russian), 306 pages.
Sharipov, Khudoi (2003). Secrets of living: Analysis of Nasir Khusraw’s poetry. Dushanbe:
Nodir Publications. (In Tajik), 275 pages.
Invited Unpublished Book Reviews
Niyozov, S. (2009). A Preliminary Review of the Tajikistan’s National Standards for Primary Education (Grades 1- 4). A Report Prepared for the QLP/USAID, Tajikistan.
Niyozov, S. (2009). Review of The Qur’an and its interpretations. A Secondary Curriculum Module. For the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London. 13 pages.
Niyozov, S. (2009). Review of Literature in Muslim societies: Students' text and teachers' guide (Parts 1 & 2). Secondary Curriculum Module. For the Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2008. 16 pages.
Niyozov, S. (2008). Review of The Aga Khan and Ismailis: An open palm. By Plekahnov, S. (2007). Moscow, Ladomir Publishing House. For the Aga Khan Development Network. 8 pages.
Niyozov, S. (2007). Review of Poetic Language as a means of propagation: The concept of “noble word” in Nasir Khusraw’s legacy. By Dodykhudoeva, L. (2007). For the Institute of Ismaili Studies. Moscow: Ladomir Publishing House. 13 pages.
Niyozov, S. (2006). Review of Sultan Qabus: A reformer on the throne. By Plekhanov, S.
(2006). For the AKDN, Aiglemont, Paris. 12 pages.
Interviews:
Bachamury, D. (2011). The new Islam comes with a reluctance to label orthodoxy, The
Globe and Mail, Sunday July 3, 2011. (Also gave interviews for CIDEC News
Letter and for The Toronto Starr)
Published Research and Administrative Reports
Niyozov, D., & Tarc, P. (2015). Working with, despite and against global best
practices. Collection of articles from 2014 symposium of Ontario comparative educators.
Niyozov, S. (2011). A portrait of the Middle Eastern students. In Yau, M. O’Reily, L. Rosolen, A, Archer
(Eds.), Census Portrait. Understanding our Students’ Ethno-Racial Background. TDSB’s
Research and Information Services. Spring 2011, pp. 3-8.
Available at:
http://www.tdsb.on.ca/wwwdocuments/programs/student_census/docs/PortraitsMiddleEa
stern.pdf.
Unpublished Research and Administrative Reports
Research Reports
Niyozov, S., with Jama, M. (2015). Youth Radicalization: Educational Responses. A summary report
from the Youth Radicalization Conference at OISE, February 2015., 30 pages.
Niyozov, S. (2013). Teaching Sociology of Education in Tajikistan. Challenges and
opportunities. An illustrated report prepared for the Open Society Institute of the Soros
Foundation, Dushanbe Tajikistan, 59 pages.
Niyozov. S. (2008). Reforming curriculum in Tajikistan: Possibilities, issues and challenges of
teachers’ involvement. A Report Commissioned by the USAID, Washington DC. 74 pages.
Niyozov. S., & Memon, N. (2006). Exploring educational aspirations of Muslim students in Ontario, Canada. Report on the Round Table at OISE/UT, May 14th, 2006. 21pages.
Niyozov. S. (2006). Being a Shi’a Imami Ismaili Muslim in the 21st century in Canada. A conceptual
framework for understanding, articulating, enacting, and negotiating identity. A Concept Paper Commissioned by the Canada Ismaili Religious Education Board (ITREB) Canada. 20 pages.
Curriculum Development Project
Niyozov, S. (2017). Report on collaboration between AKU–IED and Azim Premji University’s faculty of education.
Niyozov, S., & Tajik Mir Afzal. (2016). Report on collaboration between AKU–IED and New
Castle University’s faculty of education (Australia).
Niyozov. S. (2016-2017). Advisor to Curriculum Development for the University Central
Asia’s Liberal Arts Undergraduate Programme. (2016-2017) on modules Globalization
and Youth and Intercultural Communications.
Niyozov. S. (2005). The writings of Nasir Khusraw, a medieval Persian poet and philosopher. a
window to understanding Ismailism in Badakhshan. A Report Commissioned by the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, UK- 104 pages.
Administrative/Policy Papers
Niyozov, S. (2013). Review of the report on the feasibility study of the Institute for
Education at the University of Central Asia. 10 pages.
Sinclair, M., & Niyozov, S. (2009). Report on Afghan education and research project at
CIDEC, OISEUT. -2 pages.
Niyozov. S. (2009). Central Asian community leadership and institutions. Issues and
implications for moving forward. A Strategy Paper for the Aga Khan Development Network, Aiglemont, France. 10 pages.
Niyozov, S. (2007). Muslim education project (MEP) at OISEUT. Parameters and principles. A
Concept Paper Submitted to Dean J. Gaskell, OISEUT. 10 pages.
Niyozov, S. (2004). Establishing a research unit in Central Asia. Challenges and opportunities. A
Concept Paper for the Institute of Ismaili Studies. London, UK. 15 pages.
Niyozov. S. (2002). Central Asian Studies at the IIS. A strategy for policy, directions, and practice, The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, UK. 12 pages.
Niyozov, S. (2001). Adaptation of the Ta’lim (religious education) curriculum to Tajikistan’s context: Issues and challenges. A Concept Paper for the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, UK. 5 pages.
Audio-Video Presentations:
Niyozov, S. (2012). Globalization and Education in Central Asia. A key note at the TEDX
network event in Tajikistan. Dushanbe, Tajikistan July 22, 2012.
Niyozov. S. (2010). Teachers Perspectives on the Education of their Muslim Students in the
GTA. On line available at http://cus.oise.utoronto.ca/UserFiles/Media/PICSF/Niyozov_Full_Interview.mov
(10). Conference Papers and Presentations
Invited Keynote Speeches
Niyozov, S. (2018). Creativity in Elementary Education. A talk a conference organized by Foundation Public School, Karachi on February 14, 2018.
Niyozov, S. (2017). Early child education in the context of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). At
the Health 8th Annual Publics Health Conference. Health Services Academy, Islamabad,
December 7, 2017.
Niyozov, S. (2011). What we cannot do alone we can do together; Challenges and opportunities for
Ontario Islamic Schools. At the Meeting of the Ontario Islamic Schools’ Board, Principals and
Community. Toronto, February 27, 2011.
Niyozov, S. (2008). Sharing Privilege with Responsibly: The Challenge of Quality Education.
Keynote Graduation Speech at Happy Academy Independent School, Toronto, June 17,
2008
Niyozov, S. (2006). Contemporary Issues in the Muslim World. Educational Implications for
Ismaili Muslim Community in Canada. At the Annual Ta’lim al-Islam Seminars
Organized by the Ismaili Religious Education Board for Canada. July, 26, 2006.
Invited Academic Lectures
Niyozov, S. (2018, May 26). Re-Imagining and Re-Claiming: Tajiks and Central Asians. At Asha Vahishta Initiative (AVI) Conference. May 26, 2018. Toronto, Canada.
Niyozov, S. (2017). Education and Strategies to enhance early child development in Pakistan.
At the conference on Pakistan’s Challenges of Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition in the
Context of Sustainable Development Goals: Issues and Progress. Organized by the World
Health Organization and the Federal Ministry of Health Services, Regulation and
Coordination. Karachi, Aga Khan University, November 17-18, 2017.
Niyozov. S. (2016). Teachers’ professionalism and development in Central Asia: What can we
learn from international experience? An online (Skype)lecture to the M A students at the
Nazarbaev’s University’s Graduate School of Education. Astana, Kazakhstan,
November 1, 2016
Niyozov, S (2016). Education and globalization: Lessons from Central and South Asia. An on-
line lecture of the graduate students of Comparative Education at OISE, University of
Toronto. October 30, 2016.
Niyozov, S., & Dastambuev, N. (2016). Issues of school reform in Tajikistan. At the VIII NIS
International Research-to-Practice Conference Taking Change to Scale in Education, Astana,
Kazakhstan. 27-28 October 2016. http://conferences.nis.edu.kz/?page_id=2947&lang=en
Niyozov. S. (2015). Teachers’ professionalism and development in Central Asia: What can we
learn from international experience? An online (Skype)lecture to the M A students at the
Nazarbaev’s University’s Graduate School of Education. Astana, Kazakhstan, April 2,
2015.
Niyozov, S. ( 2015). Reflections on Day 1 of the Youth Radicalization Conference. At the Youth
Radicalzation Conference at OISE, University of Toronto, February 12, 2015.
Niyozov, S. (2014). The Global Crisis of Teaching Profession: Where Do we stand in
Central Asia? At the Academy of Educational Development, Dushanbe Tajikistan,
June 26, 2014.
Niyozov, S. (2014). Breaking the Global Assumptions about Borrowing and Lending of
Western/ Global Best Practices. At the Institute for Professional Development, Khorog, Tajikistan, June 12, 2014.
Niyozov, S. (2014). Reflexivity, Difficult Knowledge and Reflective Practice as Tools for
Teacher Professional Development. At the Central Institute for Teacher Development, Astana, Kazakhstan, May 23, 2014
Niyozov., S. (2014). Teachers’ professionalism and development in Central Asia: What can we
learn from international experience? An online (Skype)lecture to the M A students at the
Nazarbaev’s University’s Graduate School of Education. Astana, Kazakhstan, April 8,
2014.
Niyozov, S. (2013). Constructing Ismailism through Academic Scholarship. A Comparative
analysis of the same-titled book “ Nasir Khusraw and Imsailism” by V. Ivanow and
Andrei Bertels. An open public lecture At the Ismaili Center in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, June 16, 2013
Niyozov. S. (2013). Encountering Globalization in Central Asia; Going beyond neoliberalism.
Center for Comparative, International and development Education (CIDEC), OISE,
University of Toronto; January 22, 2013.
Niyozov, S. (2012). Exploiting Globalization While Being Exploited by It: Insights from Central Asia. At
the Research Seminars, the Institute for Education Development of the Aga Khan University,
Karachi, Pakistan, March 26, 2012
Niyozov, S. (2012). Becoming a Glocal Citizen: A Journey from Central Asia to the World. At
Youth Forum organized by the National Ismaili Religious Education Board, Pakistan,
Karachi AKU Auditorium, March 25, 2012.
Niyozov, S. (2012). A Comparative Review Russian Scholars Ivanow and Bertels’ Work on
Nasir Khusraw and Isma’ilism. Lecture to the National Ismaili Religious Education
Board, Karachi Pakistan, March 24, 2012.
Niyozov, S. (2012). The Challenge of Educating Muslim Students in Canadian Schools. Lecture
to the Staff Members of Pakistan National Ismaili Religious Education Board, Karachi,
Pakistan, March 26, 2012.
Niyozov, S. (2011). A Comparative Review Russian Scholars Ivanow and Bertels’ Work on
Nasir Khusraw and Isma’ilism, at the International Conference on Ismaili Traditions and
Spirituality of the People of Pamirs in the Works of Russian Scholars. Saint-Petersburg,
Russia, December 7-10, 2011.
Niyozov, S. (2011). The Challenge of Teaching Muslim Students in the West. Implications for
Islamic Studies. At the University of Toronto’s Islamic Studies Group’s Lecture Series.
November18, 2011.
Niyozov, S. (2011). Religions and Comparative Education: Going Beyond EFA and MDG, At
the Introduction to Comparative, International, and Development Education Course ,
OISE, University of Toronto, November 14, 2011 Niyozov, S. (2011). Addressing the New Challenges of Education Quality and Equality: The
Need for Critical Comparative and Reflexive Mindset. At the Strengthening Education
Systems in Developing Countries. A Symposium at the Aga Khan Foundation Canada,
Ottawa, May 5, 2011.
Niyozov, S. (2011). Engaging Globalization Constructively: Lessons and Insights from Central
Asia. At Engaging Globalization. A Symposium at the University of Western Ontario,
Canada, April 27 2011.
Niyozov, S. (2010). Education of Muslim Students in Western Contexts. Issues, Opportunities
and Implications for Muslim Education in Central Asia. At the University of Central
Asia’s Aga Khan Humanities Project. Dushanbe Tajikistan, July 26, 2010.
Niyozov, S. (2009). Teachers’ Perspectives on the Education of Muslim Students. A Marginal
Voice in Education Research. At Education on Religious Cultures in University Curricula. A Symposium on Religion and Education. Kobe University and National Museum of Japan, Osaka Japan, August, 10, 2009.
Niyozov. S. (2009). Language, Education and Identity in Badakhshan Province of Tajikistan.
University of Kentucky, Lexington USA, Shugni Research Group, May 11- 14, 2009.
Niyozov, S. (2009). Dilemmas of Teachers Life and Work in the Post-Soviet Tajikistan. What
Sort of Professionalism Could we talk About? At Challenges of Education Reform:
Central Asia in a Global Context. International Conference Organized by the Harriman Institute, Columbia University, New York City, January 23-24, 2009.
Niyozov, S., & Kassam, A. (2008). Teachers’ Perspectives on the Teaching Islam and Muslim
students in pluralistic world. At the International Colloquium on Islam and Education in Pluralistic Societies; Integration and Transformations. University of Montreal, May 6-9, 2008.
Niyozov, S. (2007). Local and International Perspectives on the value of funding faith-based
schools. The case of Islamic Schools. At the First Research Symposium. Department of
Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning. OISE University of Toronto, Ontario, October 2,
2007.
Invited Panels
Rizvi, N., Niyozov, S. (2018). Educating for uncertain times. At the Oxford Center for Comparative, International Education Symposium, June 8-9, 2018.
Niyozov, S. (2017). The role and mission of higher education in the context of political
and economic uncertainties. Oxford Center for Comparative, International Education Symposium, June 8-9, 2017.
Niyozov, S. (2017). Research as negotiated practice. At the Annual Conference of Comparative,
International Education Society, March, 9, 2017.
Niyozov, S. (2017). Islamic education in post-Soviet Tajikistan. At the Annual Conference of
Comparative International Education Society, March, 9, 2017.
Niyozov, S. Damieni, J., Syed, N. Siddique, A. (2016). Differentiating the Pedagogy:Classroom vs. Experiential Learning Approach. The International Conference on Experiential Learning, Organized by the Institute for Business Management, Karachi, Pakistan, April 9-10, 2016.
Niyozov, S., Libent, D, Jensen, E. (2016). Early years education for sustainable development:
Issues, challenges and the way forward. At the Annual Research Institute, Early Years’
education as a basis for sustainable development. Organized by Aga Khan University
Institute for Educational Development East Africa, February 17- 19, 2016.
Niyozov, S., with Liu-Smith, Y., Asad, M. I., & Ahmed, M. N., (2015). The national curriculum,
global ideas and local context. At Principals’ Conference, organized by the Aga Khan
University Examination Board, Karachi, October 1, 2015.
Niyozov, S., with Shamatov, D., and Dastambuev, N. (2015). Academic freedom and western led
research in Central Asia. Annual meeting of the Comparative, International Education
Society, Toronto, March 10, 2015.
Niyozov, S. with Kovalchuk, S., Kutsyuraba, B., Alekseyenko, A., Shamtov, D., Shaw, M., and
Silova, I. (2012). Comparison of convergences and divergences of post-Soviet educational transformations. Issues, impacts, and implications. A moderated discussion at the CIES, Puerto Rico, April 2012.
Niyozov, S. (2010). Standing for what you teach, teaching what you stand for. At Teaching
English to Students from Arabic-Speaking Countries. A panel organized by the
center for teaching and learning English, University of Toronto. April 26, 2010.
Niyozov, S., Adams, L., Kadyrzhanov, R., Shamatov, D., & Schatz, E. (2009). Towards a
working paper series by Central Asian scholars: A plan and critique. At the Central
Eurasian Studies Society’s Conference Rethinking Central Asia. University Toronto,
October 9-12.
Niyozov, S., (2008) with A. Taylor (Open Society Foundation, London), T. Abdushukurova
(OSI Tajikistan), E. Kazimzade, (Center for Educational Innovations, Azerbaijan), E. Natsagdorj ( Mongolian Education Alliance), C. Gara (Save the Children), A. Price-Rom (Academy for Educational Development, USA), I. Silova (Lehigh University) and G. Steiner-Khamsi (Teachers College, Columbia University). How NGOs react: Globalization and education reform in Caucasus, Central Asia and Mongolia. At Comparative, International Education Society, Harriman Institute. New York. March 28, 2008.
Niyozov, S. (2007). Curriculum for University of Central Asia. At the University of Central Asia’s Round Table. Aga Khan Foundation, Ottawa. September, 2006.
Niyozov, S. (2006). Pedagogical Insights from Central Asia. At the Asia's Challenge to Canadian Education, University of Toronto’s Asia Institute’s Annual Round Table. May 2006. Munk Center for International Studies
Other Academic Presentations
Niyozov, S. (2016). Educational challenges in Central Asia: A second order analysis. At the
Curriculum Development Workshop organized by the University of Central Asia,
Toronto April 2-5, 2016
Niyozov, S. (2015). Global implications of the western led research in Central Asia. At the
CIDEC seminar series. OISE University of Toronto. April 1, 2015
Niyozov, S. (2015). Religious pluralism and Islamic education. Annual meeting of the
Comparative, International Education Society, Washington, DC. March 12, 2015
Dastambuev, N., Kabilova, G., and Niyozov, S. Developing Educational Research and Theory
between Importing Global Practices and Developing Local Capacities. At the
Central Eurasian Studies Society’s Regional Conference, Astana, Kazakhstan, May
24, 2014. Available at: http://shss.nu.edu.kz/shss/Events/Conferences/ASEEES- CESS_Info/NU-ASEEES-CESS-Program.pdf
Niyozov, S., & Bulbulov, J. (2014). Reconfiguring a Soviet Education Structure to Serve Post-
Soviet Needs: The Case of the Institute for Professional Development (IPD), Badakhshan
Tajikistan. At the Annual Meeting of the Comparative, International Education Society,
Toronto, March 13, 2014
Niyozov, S. Dastambuev, N., & Qobilova, G. ( 2014). Sociology of Education as a Tool for
Engaging, Exposing, and Reconstructing the Local and Global Education Ideas in
Central Asia. At the Annual meeting of the Comparative, International Education
Society, Toronto, March 12, 2014
Niyozov, S. with Lato, R., and Wells, M. (2014). Teaching and learning global matters in local
classrooms: Perspectives on infusing international and global understandings in the
Ontario context. At the Annual Meeting of the Comparative, International Education Society, Toronto, March 11, 2014.
Niyozov, S. , Pluim, G., McDonald, A. (2014). “Bend Without Breaking”: Reflexivity in Global
Education. At the Annual Meeting of the Comparative, International Education Society,
Toronto, March 11, 2014
Niyozov, S., Edge, K., and Rizvi, F. (2014). Transnational Perspectives on Human Rights,
Democracy, and Citizenship Education: A Proposal for the Master Class. At the Annual
Meeting of the Comparative, International Education Society, Toronto, March 14, 2014
Niyozov, S. (2012). The More Things Change… Rethinking Post-Soviet Education and Societal Change
in Central Asia. Eurasia SIG Highlighted Session. Critical Perspective on Education and Society
in Central Asia, CIES Annual Conference, Puerto Rico, April 2012.
Niyozov, S. (2012). Teachers Working with Muslim Students. A Comparative Perspectives on the Islamic
and Public Teachers’ Perspectives. At the Annual Conference of the CIES, Puerto-Rico, April
2012.
Niyozov, S., & Dastambuev, N. (2011). Teaching Sociology of Education in Central Asia: Challenges and Opportunities for Developing Central Asian Social Sciences. At the
Comparative, International Education Society Annual Conference. Montreal,
May 1- 5, 2011.
Niyozov, S., & Khan, R. (2011). The dynamics of Teaching Muslim Students; The case of an
Islamic School in the GTA. At the Comparative, International Education Society Annual
Conference. Montreal, May 1- 5, 2011.
Niyozov, S. Bahry, S., & Akseer, S. (2011). Education in Afghanistan: Between Uncertain
Present and More Uncertain Future. At Seminar Series by the Center for Comparative,
International and Development Education, OISE, University of Toronto, January 20,
2011.
Niyozov, S., Anwar, A., Khan R. (2010). Public School Teachers Working with Muslim
Students: Opportunities and Challenges. At Bordering, Re-Bordering and New
Possibilities in Education and Society, World Congress of Comparative, International,
Education Societies, Istanbul, Turkey June 14-19.
Niyozov, S., & Whitsel, C. (2010). Quality in Transition: Exploring Perceptions and Obstacles in
Post-Socialist Societies). At Bordering, Re-Bordering and New Possibilities in Education and Society, World Congress of Comparative, International, Education Societies, Istanbul, Turkey June 14-19.
Akseer, S., Bahry, S., & Niyozov, S. (2010). Curriculum reform as symbolic domination via imposed ontology and epistemology. Paper presented at Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies Pre- Conference Thinking About and Enacting Curriculum in “Frames of War”, May, 2010. Montreal, Que., Canada.
Niyozov, S. (2009). Tensions and Dilemmas of Curriculum Reform in Tajikistan. At the Central
Eurasian Studies Society’s Conference Rethinking Central Asia. University Toronto,
October 9-12.
Niyozov, S., & Punja, Z. (2009). Ismaili teachers and embodied spirituality: Insights from Central Asia. At the Central Eurasian Studies Society’s Conference Rethinking Central Asia. University Toronto, October 9-12.
Niyozov. S., & Khan, R. (2009). Teaching Against the Odds. Working with Muslim Students in
Canadian Public Schools. At Nation, Citizenship and Belonging: Muslim Cultural Politics in Canada. 5th Regional conference of the Association of Muslim Social
Scientists, Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada, May 21, 2009.
Niyozov, S. (2009). Building Nation State, Joining Global Economy and International
Community (Tensions and Dilemmas of Curriculum Reform in Tajikistan). At the Comparative,
International Education Society, Charleston, South Carolina from March 22 - 26, 2009.
Niyozov, S. (2008). Ismailis of Central Asia: The More things Change the More they Remain
the Same: Post-Soviet Development Challenges. At the Annual Seminar of Central and Inner Asia Studies, University of Toronto, May 16-17, 2008.
Niyozov. S. (2008).Teachers' Perspectives on the Education of Muslim Students: Canadian and
International Perspectives. At the Comparative, International Education Society.
Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, March, 2008.
Niyozov, S. (2008). Developing a New Comparative and International Education Text for
Teachers and Comparative Education Students. At Comparative, International
Education Society. Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, March 2008.
Eidoo, S., Evans, M., Niyozov, S., Hawes, R., & Zoric, T. (2007). Educating for International
Understanding, Global Citizenship and Social Justice in an Initial Teacher Education
Program. At the World Congress of Comparative Education Societies, Sarajevo, Bosnia
and Herzegovina, September 6, 2007.
Niyozov, S. (2007). Meeting the Educational Needs of Muslims in the West. 9th National 0
Metropolis Conference, Toronto, Canada, March, 2007.
Niyozov, S. (2007). Getting Real with Teacher Renewal. A Response Paper to Professor
Richardson’s Paper on Teacher Renewal: What It is and how is it Engendered?
Teacher Induction, Mentoring and Renewal Symposium Organized by the Center for
Teacher development ate the OISEUT, February, 2007.
Invited Professional Presentations and Workshops
Niyozov, S. (2014). Teaching about Islam and Muslims in pluralistic societies. At the Equity &
Diversity studies class at Victoria University, University of Toronto. March 18, 2014.
Niyozov, S. (2014). Re-Imagining education and utopia in post-Socialist Contexts: Mobilizing
theory, methodology, and political rationalities at the Annual Meeting of the
Comparative, International Education Society, Toronto, March 10, 2014
Niyozov, S. (2013). Institutionalizing Education Reforms in Tajikistan. The case of Critical
Thinking and Active Learning. A workshop with the education officers at the Open
Society Institute, Soros Foundation, Tajikistan, June 11, 2013
Niyozov, S. (2013). Reviving Global Education Internationally: What can we learn from
international experience; A round table at OISE, University of Toronto organized for the
Visitors from Japan’s Education Institutions. Toronto, January, 16, 2013.
Niyozov, S. (2012). Life in Schools between Other Muslims and non-Muslims: Seeing Schooling
through the Experience of an Ismaili Muslim Student in Canadian Public School. A
workshop for the Secondary Teacher Education Program Faculty of the Ismaili Religious
Education Board. Toronto, Ontario, January 5, 2012.
Niyozov, S. (2011). Muslim Education in Canada and Western Education in Muslim Countries.
Comparative Insights. A presentation made at the CTL Doctoral Colloquium Class,
offered by Ruben Gaztambide- Fernandez, March 24, 2011.
Niyozov. S.(2010). Pedagogy in Cross-Cultural Context. A presentation for the B ED students
at OISE, November 12, 2010.
Niyozov, S. (2010). Doing Life History in Cross-Cultural Contexts: Pitfalls and prospects. ??
Niyozov, S., McDougall, D., & Wallace, John. (2010). Ethical Issues in Research Design.
Working with Children and Schools, Marginalized populations, and Other Challenges. A
professional development Workshop for all CTL affiliated faculty April, 9, 2010.
Niyozov, S. (2009). Revisiting Life History Research. A presentation for the Doctoral students
at OISE’s DOCTALK project. OISE, University of Toronto, October 14, 2009
Niyozov, S. (2009). Peacemaking ideas within Muslim Traditions and Islamic Education. Workshop. At
Safe Schools for All: Conflict Resolution and Peacemaking Education Conference. OISE University of Toronto, September 30, 2009.
Niyozov, S. (2009). Religious Curriculum and Teacher Education in Various Muslim Communities. At the Madrasa Teacher Training Summer Institute of Twelever Shi’a Muslim Community of Toronto. Toronto. May 17, 2009.
Niyozov, S. (2009). Teachers' Professional Status in Central Asia: Toward a New Framework.
Presentation at the Aga Khan Foundation's International Scholarship Alumni Meeting.
Toronto, OISE. February 28, 2009.
Niyozov, S. (2008). Education, Islam, and Teachers in Public Schools. Challenges and Resources. Workshop for Nelson Mandela Elementary Schoolteachers Toronto. November 6, 2008.
Facilitation of Round Tables, Panels, Workshops & Seminars
Niyozov, S., with Sinclair, M., Akseer, S, Joldoshalieva, R., & Bahry, S. (2009) "Hard Talk" on
State-Civil Society-INGO Relationships in Education Development in Central Asia:
Challenges, Future Possibilities and Roles for Outside Actors (Focus on: Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.) A Round table. OISE,
University of Toronto. October 8, 2009.
Niyozov, S., Kara, K. (Aga Khan Foundation Canada), Safeeda Begum (AKF Afghanistan) &
Mehmuda Akhtar (Bangladesh). (2007). A Video-Conference. Access to Quality
Education. The Works of the Aga Khan Foundation. Centre for Comparative,
International Education, OISE ISE, University of Toronto.
Niyozov, S., & Schugurensky, D. (2006- Present). Education in Developing Countries.
Challenges and Issues for Comparative International Educators with Kazim Bacchus, University of Alberta Video-Conference. October, 2006.
Niyozov, S., & Memon, N. (2006- present). Exploring Education Aspirations of Muslim students
in Ontario. Bi-annual OISE-based Round Table. Toronto.
(11). Other Creative Professional & Development Works
Title: Developing Liberal Arts Curriculum for University of Central Asia
Participants: Globally known scholars in the Humanities and Social Sciences in Central
Asia
Year: 2015-2017
Role: Advisor on two curricula projects: Intercultural Communications and
Globalization and Central Asia
Title: Peer Review Publication Initiative in Central Asia
Participants: Professor Edward Schatz, Central Asia Program at the University of Toronto
& Dr. Duishon Shamatov, Research Associate at the University of Central
Asia.
Year: 2008, October- 2009, October
My role: Facilitator/Mentor Funding: CIDA
Amount $ 10, 000 CDN
Outcome: (i) Report completed by Duishon Shamatov on peer-review publications on education and society in Central Asia in June 2009;
(ii) Panel of papers organized at the Central Eurasian Society's Conference
at University of Toronto in October, 2009.
(ii) Title: Curriculum Reform Initiative in Central Asia Participants: Quality
Learning Program at USAID, Tajikistan
Year: 2008, August- September
My Role: Researcher, Professional Development Consultant
Funding: USAID
Amount $ 8, 000 USD
Outcomes: (i) Report by Sarfaroz Niyozov on Teacher Involvement in Curriculum
Reform in Tajikistan: Possibilities and Constraints (80 pages)
(ii) Presentations: Teachers' Professional Status in Tajikistan: What sort
of Professionalism Are We Talking About? At Harriman Institute for
International Relations, Columbia University, January 22, 2009; Niyozov,
S. (2009). Building Nation State, Joining Global Economy and
International Community (Tensions and Dilemmas of Curriculum Reform
in Tajikistan). At the Comparative, International Education Society,
Charleston, South Carolina from March 22 - 26, 2009.
(iii). A paper Revisiting teacher professionalism discourse through teachers’
professional life in post-Soviet Tajikistan. Accepted for 2010. In Silova, I. (Ed.), The challenges of education in reform: Central Asia in a global context. Greenwich CT: IPA Publishing.
(iii) Title: Canada-Afghanistan Education Reconstruction Study Group under
CIDEC OISE/UT
Year: 2008-Present
Participants: Dr. M. Sinclair, Independent Scholar Toronto, Visiting Fellow at
OISE, Spogmai Akseer, Rahat Joldoshalieva, and S. Bahry, PhD
Candidates, OISE, University of Toronto
My Role: Sponsor and Coordinator
Fund: None
Outcome: Presentations, Round Tables and Panels at the October 2009 Central
Eurasian Studies Society’s Conference in Toronto; Leading to the
Publication of an Edited Book on Afghanistan Education;
Two Page Report in 2009
(iv). Title: Muslim Education Project (MEP) at OISE, Under the Office of Dean Jane
Gaskell
Year 2006-Present
Participants: OISE Graduates, principals of Islamic schools, Muslim educators and
community activists, Members of Public School boards
My Role: Coordinator
Fund: Occasional, from Dean’s Office and Muslim Organizations
Outcomes: Reports, Papers, Round Tables, Summer Institutes, Presentations t Public
and Islamic school Boards
(v) Title: Introduction to Qualitative Research and Anthropology of Muslim
Societies. One-Month Course for the Local Scholars. Institute of Ismaili
Studies in Collaboration with the Aga Khan Humanities Project. Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
Year: 2005, June – August
Participants: Local Scholars involved in Researching Local Cultural Traditions
My Role: Leader (Coordinator, Instructor)
Fund: 30, 000 USD
Outcome: Research Proposals by the Participants as Major Papers
(11). University & Professional Community Services:
AKU –IED, 2015-2018:
Chair, AKU-IED Management Committee
Chair, AKU-IED Financial Assistance Committee
Chair, AKU-IED Appointment and Promotion Committee
Member, AKU-IED Academic Review Committee
Member, AKU language Policy Committee
Member, President’s Council
Member, University Research Council AKU
Member, Board of Graduate Studies AKU
Member, Academic Council AKU
Member, Provost Academic Forum
Member, AKU-IED Research and Policy Advisory Committee
Member, AKU Resource Development Committee
Member, AKUEB Advisory Board
Member, AKU –IED Online Journal Advisory Board
Member, AKU PhD Committee Board
University of Toronto of T Services
2007, September- 2015 Associate Member, Central Asian Program at the Munk Center for
International Studies
OISE Services
2009-July-2012 Co-Director, Centre for Comparative, International, Development
Education (CIDEC)
2008- Present Sponsor/Coordinator of Visiting Fellowship on Canada-Afghan Education Reconstruction Group
2006 March-2015 Coordinator, Muslim Education Roundtable. OISE University of
Toronto, Dean’s Office
CTL/OISE Services
2014-2015 Vice Chair Faculty Council OISE
2010- 2012 Azim Premji Scholarship Award Committee.
2006-September-2015 Member, CTL Admission Committee
2006 April-2015 Associate member, Center for Urban Schooling
2006 January-2010 Core Member, Center for Teacher Development
2005 July-Present Core Member, Comparative, International & Development Program
2010-Present: Member Advisory Committee, Islamic Teacher Education Program
2005 July-December Member, CTL Appeal Committee
2006- 2008 Member, CTL Comprehensive Examination Committee
Professional Community Service
2012, May- present Member, (CESS) Executive Board, Central Eurasian Studies
Society
2011 May – 2012 May Member, (CIES) Comparative, International Education Society,
Member Presidential Nominee Committee
2009 July- 2010 July: Member CIES Gail P. Kelly Outstanding Dissertation Award
Committee
2007 January – Present: Member (WCCES) World Congress of Comparative and
International Education. Standing Committee
2007 - Present Reviewer of Articles for Scholarly Journals such as Comparative
Education Review, International Journal of Educational
Development, Asia Pacific Journal of Education; Curriculum
Inquiry, Journal of Islamic Education (Lahore Pakistan) and
Compare (UNESCO journal)
2006 June- Present: Aga Khan Development Network. Advisor on Central Asia and
Canada Muslim Education Issues
2005 July- Present: Canada National Ismaili Religious Education Board
Honorary Member: (appointed by His Highness the Aga Khan)
2005- Present: US- based Comparative, International Education Society
2004- Present: US-based Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS)
Member, Outreach Committee
2003-2005: Aga Khan Education Committee, Aiglemont, France
Member on behalf of the Institute of Ismaili Studies
2002-2003: Aga Khan Trust for Culture- Reviewer of the Aga Khan
Humanities Project’s curriculum and teacher education programs
1996-1997: University of Central Asia Task Force. Reserve Member and Translator
(12). Honors and Awards
2014: Distinguished Professor Award by the Students Association of the
Comparative, International and Development Education Center
(CIDEC), OISE University of Toronto
2011: Nominee, President of the Central Eurasian Studies Society,
North America
2009: Nominee, Vice President of the Comparative International
Education Society, North America
2007: Nominee, Successful Professionals’ Award of Canada’s Ismaili
Community
2002: The 2002 Outstanding Dissertation Award. American Education
Research Association
2002: The 2002 Outstanding Dissertation Award. Comparative
International Education Society
1997-2001: Aga Khan Foundation International Scholarship Award for Ph. D
studies at University of Toronto
1991-1992: Soviet Union’s Ministry of Higher Education Award for studies at
Burgiba School of modern languages in Tunisia
(13). Languages:
Fluent: Tajik/Dari/Persian,
Russian,
English,
Arabic,
Rushani/Shugnani
Conversation: Urdu
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