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  • The Centre for Research in Child Development was established in 2017 with funding from the MOE, Singapore.

    Hosted at the National Institute of Education (NIE), the centre will conduct studies focusing on factors that influence the course of development from early to middle childhood.

    Research will focus on the development of children’s competencies in four areas:

    • executive and self-regulatory abilities,
    • social-emotional skills,
    • linguistic skills, and
    • mathematical skills.

    A further area of focus is the development of new methodological and analytical tools that provide more accurate and efficient measures.

    A cornerstone of the centre is a large-scale longitudinal study that tracks children’s development from infancy.

    Other projects will focus on understanding the foundation of development, but with an eye towards intervention and practices that will help children develop optimally.

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    Centre Director 

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    Professor Tan Oon Seng


     

    Head, Infancy & Early Childhood Research 

    Anne Rifkin

    Dr Anne Rifkin


    Head. Early & Middle Childhood Research

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    Dr O'Brien Beth Ann


    Head, Education
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    Dr Nirmala Karuppiah

     

     

     
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  • Seminar Title

    Presenter

    Date

    Time

    Venue

    Use shared book reading to promote bilingual preschoolers’ language and literacy development

    Dr Sun He

    8 Feb 2018

    10 am - 11 am

     NIE5-01-TR502

    Instruction First or Generation First: Review of Cognitive Load Theory and Productive Failure

    Dr Chen Ouhao

    9 Mar 2018

    10 am - 11 am

    NIE5-01-TR501

    What Do We Know About Early Signs and Detection of Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)?
    Dr Nah Yong Hwee (Fei)
    17 Apr 2018
    10 am - 11 am
    NIE5-01-TR501

    Making Sense of Quality, curriculum and curriculum implementation in early education – global and local perspectives

    		 Dr Heidi Layne 30 May 2018 10 am - 11 am NIE5-01-TR503
     

  • For internship opportunities, please email the specific Principal Investigator (under "Our People") that you are looking to work with. 

  • For enquiry, please contact us via the following:

    TELEPHONE

    (65) 6219 6275 / (65) 6790 3208

    EMAIL

    nie.crcd@nie.edu.sg

    MAILING ADDRESS

     National Institute of Education
    Nanyang Technological University
    Centre for Research in Child Development (CRCD)
    Block 5, Level B3
    1 Nanyang Walk
    Singapore 637616
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