The CJ Koh Professorial Lecture Series was launched by the Office of Education Research on 1 March 2011. It was conceptualised for the purpose of knowledge building and sharing with our internal, external and international stakeholders in education, who can benefit from the information shared during each CJ Koh Professorship visit.
About the CJ Koh Professorship in Education
Each year, outstanding professors in the field of education are hosted by the National Institute of Education under the CJ Koh Professorship in Education programme. The CJ Koh Professorship has been made possible through a generous donation by Mr Ong Tiong Tat, executor of the late lawyer Mr Koh Choon Joo’s (CJ Koh) estate, to the Nanyang Technological University Endowment Fund. Previous visitors have included Marilyn Cochran-Smith from Boston College (in 2006), Susan Fuhrman from Teachers College, Columbia University (2009), and Robin Alexander, University of Cambridge (2010).
For enquiries, please contact Series Editor Associate Professor Low Ee Ling
eeling.low@nie.edu.sg
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Paving the Fourth Way: The Singapore Story This maiden report arose from a roundtable session held on 1 March 2011, in conjunction with the visit of the 5th CJ Koh Professor Andy Hargreaves, from Boston College’s Lynch School of Education. The Fourth Way is a book authored by Hargreaves and Dennis Shirley. In this report, Professor Hargreaves talks about what the Fourth Way is all about and his thoughts about why Singapore is considered to be paving the fourth way. The report also features key figures in Singapore’s education landscape, across the entire spectrum of the system, on developments in the areas of K-12 education, teacher education, educational leadership programmes, and educational research in general. Download "Paving the Fourth Way: The Singapore Story" (1.22 MB) |
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PISA: Lessons For and From Singapore This is a consolidated report of a symposium, seminar and public lecture presented by Professor Andreas Schleicher held from 1 to 3 November 2011 in conjunction with his appointment as our 6th CJ Koh Professor. He drew out implications from the 2009 PISA results for education reform and teacher policies in our bid to equip our students with skills for the 21st century. This issue also includes three thoughtful insights by Professor Schleicher on his visit to Singapore, Professor Wing On Lee on “PISA fever”, and Professor Sing Kong Lee on Singapore’s educational success. Download "PISA Lessons For and From Singapore" (2.44 MB) |
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UPCOMING ISSUE on the 7th CJ Koh Professor - Dr Ruth Hayhoe CJ Koh Professor Ruth Hayhoe is a specialist in Comparative Education and a Sinologist. From 1997 to 2002, she headed the Hong Kong Institute of Education and is now President emerita. She is also a professor in the Department of Theory and Policy Studies in Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto (OISE/UT), where she served from 1986 to 1997, including appointments as Chair of the Higher Education Group and Associate Dean. Before that she held teaching positions at Heep Yunn School in Hong Kong, at Fudan University in Shanghai and at the Roehampton Institute of Higher Education in London, as well as holding a diplomatic post at the Canadian Embassy in Beijing from 1989 to 1991. In honour of Hayhoe’s contributions to the field of comparative education and prestigious career, OER has published a booklet written by Prof Lee Wing On, Dean/Education Research. This is an excerpt from a chapter in Education and Global Cultural Dialogue: A Tribute to Ruth Hayhoe, written by Prof Lee and, edited by Karen Mundy and ZhaQiang and published by PalgraveMacmillan (2012). |
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