Our Faculty
Assoc Prof Chong Kwong Mei, Eddy
National Institute of Education eddy.chong@nie.edu.sgAssociate Professor Eddy K. M. Chong is a music theorist, educator, and academic leader with more than two decades of experience in music theory, music education, curriculum design, and teacher preparation. His work spans music theories across ...
Appointments:
Head, Visual & Performing Arts
Associate Professor, National Institute of Education - Visual & Performing Arts
Keywords: Education and Pedagogy | Teacher Education
Assoc Prof Tan Yuh Chaur Leonard
National Institute of Education leonard.tan@nie.edu.sgDr. Leonard Tan
PhD, MA, BA 1st Class Hons, DipMus Distinction, LRSM, LMusTCL
Doctor of Philosophy (Music Education/Conducting), Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, USA.
Dissertation: Towards a Transcultural Philosophy of Ins ...
Appointments:
Associate Professor, National Institute of Education - Visual & Performing Arts
Keywords: Education and Pedagogy | Philosophy | Psychology
Dr Jennifer Wong Pui Cheng
National Institute of Education jennifer.wong@nie.edu.sgJennifer Wong is a Senior Lecturer in the National Institute of Education - Nanyang Technological University (NIE-NTU), Singapore. She serves as the Assistant Head in the Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) Department where she oversees the Dram ...
Appointments:
Senior Lecturer, National Institute of Education - Visual & Performing Arts
Keywords: Curriculum Design and Assessment | Education and Pedagogy | Special Education | Teacher Education
Assoc Prof Charlene Rajendran
National Institute of Education charlene.r@nie.edu.sgCharlene Rajendran has taught theatre at the National Institute of Education since June 2001. She is a Malaysian theatre educator, practitioner, writer and dramaturg, particularly interested in issues of culture and identity in contemporary So ...
Appointments:
Associate Professor, National Institute of Education - Visual & Performing Arts
Keywords: Education and Pedagogy
Dr Ng Hoon Hong
National Institute of Education hoonhong.ng@nie.edu.sgNg Hoon Hong is a Senior Lecturer with the Visual and Performing Arts Department. He is also the Music Degree and Diploma Programme Leader. With more than a decade of experience as a secondary school music educator, he conducts music curricu ...
Appointments:
Senior Lecturer, National Institute of Education - Visual & Performing Arts
Keywords: Curriculum Design and Assessment | Education and Pedagogy | Teacher Education
Dr Rethinavel s/o Shanmugam
National Institute of Education rethinavel.s@nie.edu.sgRethinavel is a Lecturer in the National Institute of Education - Nanyang Technological University (NIE-NTU), Singapore.
Appointments:
Lecturer, National Institute of Education - Visual & Performing Arts
Keywords: Education and Pedagogy
Assoc Prof Lum Chee Hoo
National Institute of Education cheehoo.lum@nie.edu.sgChee Hoo is Associate Professor of Music Education with the Visual & Performing Arts Academic Group at the National Institute of Education (NIE), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He is Coordinator of the NIE Centre for Arts Res ...
Appointments:
Associate Professor, National Institute of Education - Visual & Performing Arts
Keywords: Education and Pedagogy
Asst Prof Agnieszka Chalas
National Institute of Education agnieszka.chalas@nie.edu.sgDr. Agnieszka Chalas is an artist, art educator, and Assistant Professor of Art Education within the Visual & Performing Arts department at the National Institute for Education (NIE). Prior to joining NIE, she was an Assistant Professor of Museum ...
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Assistant Professor, National Institute of Education - Visual & Performing Arts
Keywords: Curriculum Design and Assessment | Education and Pedagogy | Teacher Education
Dr Twardzik Ching Chor Leng
National Institute of Education chorleng.ching@nie.edu.sgTwardzik Ching Chor Leng has been practising Installation Art and Land Art for more than 10 years. She has exhibited extensively in group and solo exhibitions internationally and locally. Founder of the Arts group, Landing Space that is active ...
Appointments:
Senior Lecturer, National Institute of Education - Visual & Performing Arts
Keywords: Education and Pedagogy
Assoc Prof Tan Cheng Chye Marcus
National Institute of Education marcus.tan@nie.edu.sgMarcus Tan is Associate Professor of Theatre, Programme Leader for Practicum, and Chair of NIE's Visiting Artist Programme, an artist-in-residence programme he initiated. Prior to joining NIE, Marcus was a lecturer at Queen's University Belfast wher ...
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Associate Professor, National Institute of Education - Visual & Performing Arts
Keywords: Art, Design and Media | Philosophy
Mr Paul Benedict Lincoln
National Institute of Education paul.lincoln@nie.edu.sgArt maker, educator and Georgette Chen scholarship recipient, Paul Lincoln received a MFA (Painting) from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia in 1999 and is currently a Senior Lecturer at the Visual and Performing Arts academic ...
Appointments:
Assistant Dean, Continuing Education, Office of Graduate Studies and Professional Learning
Senior Lecturer, National Institute of Education - Visual & Performing Arts
Museum Director, NTU Museum
Keywords: Art, Design and Media | Education and Pedagogy | Science of Learning | Teacher Education
Asst Prof Gene Lai
National Institute of Education lai.jinxing@nie.edu.sgLai earned his PhD and MA in Ethnomusicology from Wesleyan University and an MMus in Western Music History and Literature from Ohio University. His research investigates the transnational impact of Indian folk drumming within Indian diasporic communi ...
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Assistant Professor, National Institute of Education - Visual & Performing Arts
Keywords: Education and Pedagogy | History | Sociology
Adjunct Faculty
Jeremy Monteiro
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION
Appointment: Adjunct Senior Fellow (Music)
Bio: Jeremy Monteiro PBM is a musician, pianist, composer, and vocalist and recipient of Singapore's prestigious Cultural Medallion. With a distinguished 48-year career spanning over 8,000 international performances since 1976, Monteiro has a discography comprising of 50 jazz albums, with four recent releases since 2022 ranking in the USA National Jazzweek chart's Top 50.
Monteiro is currently a Fellow of the London College of Music and the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce and holds a visiting professorship at the University of West London, a position he has maintained since 2016.