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Nicole Liaw is Deputy Centre Director, Singapore Centre for Character and Citizenship Education at the National Institute of Education (NIE), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

She has served as an education officer with the Ministry of Education (MOE) for 16 years with various experiences in both teaching and leading in junior college, secondary school, primary school and the Headquarters. She was last appointed as Vice-Principal in Ngee Ann Primary School and Deputy Director for Character and Citizenship Education Branch, MOE. 

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Kunawathyammal is a Senior Teaching Fellow in the Singapore Centre for Character and Citizenship Education at the National Institute of Education (NIE), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

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Lin Ping is a Teaching Fellow at the Singapore Centre for Character and Citizenship Education at the National Institute of Education (NIE).

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May Gay is a Research Fellow at the Singapore Centre of Character and Citizenship Education who works on establishing the theoretical and philosophical foundations of CCE through education research. She was Lead Specialist (2016 – 2022) for Character and Citizenship Education as well as Assistant Director for National Education (2014 – 2016) in the Ministry of Education, Singapore. May Gay’s areas of expertise include the planning, design, development and implementation of the Character and Citizenship Education policy and curriculum. She is committed to the teaching profession and has been providing professional development for both pre-service and in-service teachers on a diverse range of related topics to character education, citizenship education and social-emotional learning. Her research interests encompass values and ethics, and pedagogy and assessment for character education and citizenship education. 

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Chin Leng is a Teaching Fellow at the Singapore Centre for Character and Citizenship Education at the National Institute of Education (NIE).

As an educator with MOE for more than 10 years, Chin Leng believes strongly in Positive Education, an integrated approach cultivating the intertwining aspects of academic and wellbeing of a child, with its aim towards building flourishing communities. In schools, he held both Science and Student Wellbeing portfolios, designed interdisciplinary project curriculum in wellbeing, and led a Professional Learning Team for staff applying positive psychology into their daily work. At MOE Schools Division, he coordinated Secretariat efforts for GEAR-UP, a national initiative in secondary schools to strengthen protective factors for the vulnerable and at-risk students. Currently, at the SCCCE, he contributes to the research and professional development of teachers in CCE.

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Swee Chuan is a Teaching Fellow at the Singapore Centre for Character and Citizenship Education at the National Institute of Education (NIE).

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Fangxi is a Teaching Fellow at the Singapore Centre for Character and Citizenship Education (SCCCE) at the National Institute of Education (NIE).

She has served as an education officer with the Ministry of Education (MOE) for 15 years. In her years of service, Fangxi had the opportunity to work on and lead in various aspects of education in schools and at the Headquarters. This ranged from examining how assessment supports teaching and learning, developing scientific literacy in youths, and designing meaningful learning in Character and Citizenship Education (CCE). Most significantly, her work in supporting primary schools in the initial stages of assessment reform sparked her interest in the role assessment plays in education, motivating her to pursue her Master of Arts at the Institute of Education, University College London in 2014.

Prior to joining SCCCE, Fangxi was the Head of Department for CCE in a junior college. At the centre, she continues her work in the professional development of teachers in CCE, and hopes to contribute towards efforts to strengthen the connections between research, practice and policy in CCE.

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Jessica is Assistant Director in the Singapore Centre for Character and Citizenship Education at the National Institute of Education (NIE), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

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Celine is Senior Executive in the Singapore Centre for Character and Citizenship Education at the National Institute of Education (NIE), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

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Alicia is Assistant Manager in the Singapore Centre for Character and Citizenship Education at the National Institute of Education (NIE), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.