CJ Koh Professorship

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 the late Mr Ong Tiong Tat, executor of the late lawyer Mr Koh Choon Joo’s (CJ Koh) estate, to the Nanyang Technological University Endowment Fund.

About the Professorship

CJ Koh Professorship

CJ Koh Professorial Lecture Series

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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. Since 2016, the Professorship and Lecture Series have since been moved under the purview of the Office of Strategic Planning and Academic Quality.

Named CJ Koh Professors

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16th CJ Koh Professor

Professor Justin Dillon

Area of Expertise: Curriculum and pedagogy, Specialist studies in education, Education systems, Environmental education curriculum and pedagogy, Climate change impacts and adaptation
Prof James Arthur
15th CJ Koh Professor

Professor James Arthur

Areas of Expertise: Relationship between theory and practice in education, particularly the links between character, virtues, citizenship, religion and education
George Siemens
14th CJ Koh Professor

Professor George Siemens

Areas of Expertise: Networks, analytics, and human and artificial cognition in education
Pam Grossman
13th CJ Koh Professor

Professor Pam Grossman

Areas of Expertise: Assessment, Testing and Measurement | Professional Development | Teachers and Teaching
Richie Roulton
12th CJ Koh Professor

Professor Richie Poulton

Areas of Expertise: Mental health, gene X environment prediction of complex disorders, and psychosocial determinants of chronic physical disease
Fernando Reimers
11th CJ Koh Professor

Professor Fernando Reimers

Area of Expertise: Global Education
Dennis Shirley
10th CJ Koh Professor

Professor Dennis Shirley

Areas of Expertise: Comparative & International Education Curriculum & Instruction Formative and Whole Person Education Philosophy of Education
Linda Darling Hammond
9th CJ Koh Professor

Professor Linda Darling-Hammond

Areas of Expertise: Achievement | Assessment, Testing and Measurement | Diversity and Identity | International and Comparative Education | Special Education | Standards | Teachers and Teaching
John Seely
8th CJ Koh Professor

Dr John Seely Brown

Areas of Expertise: Digital youth culture, digital media, and the application of technology to fundamentally rethink the nature of work and institutional architectures
Ruth Hayhoe
7th CJ Koh Professor

Professor Ruth Hayhoe

Areas of Expertise: Chinese higher education and educational relations between East Asia and the West
Andreas Schleicher
6th CJ Koh Professor

Professor Andreas Schleicher

Areas of Expertise: Teacher policies and student assessment practices
Andy Hargreaves
5th CJ Koh Professor

Professor Andy Hargreaves

Areas of Expertise: Professional capital, collaborative professionalism, leading from the middle, education and equity, student engagement, well-being, and educational change
Hannele Niemi
4th CJ Koh Professor

Professor Hannele Niemi

Areas of Expertise: Teachers' professional development, quality of teacher education, moral education, and technology-based learning environments.
Robin Alexander
3rd CJ Koh Professor

Professor Robin Alexander

Areas of Expertise: (i) curriculum conceptualisation, development, reform, expertise and management; (ii) international, comparative and development education; (iii) pedagogy, teachers, teacher education and professional development; (iv) policy and policy-making in education; (v) primary education; (vi) talk in teaching and learning, and dialogue in education
Susan Fuhrman
2nd CJ Koh Professor

Professor Susan Fuhrman

Areas of Expertise: State policy design, accountability, deregulation, and intergovernmental relationships
Marilyn Cohran Smith
1st CJ Koh Professor

Professor Marilyn Cochran-Smith

Areas of Expertise: Practitioner inquiry and teacher education research, practice, and policy with a focus on social justice and equity

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