Prof. Woon Chia LIU
National Institute of Education (NIE), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore
Biography:
LIU Woon Chia is the Dean of Teacher Education at the National Institute of Education (NIE), Nanyang Technological University (NTU). She is also a Professor with the Psychology and Child & Human Development Academic Group, and a co-founder of the NIE’s Motivation in Educational Research Laboratory (MERL). During her Deanship, she led her team to develop and implement the NTU-NIE Teaching Scholars Programme (TSP), the enhanced Bachelor of Arts (Education)/Science (Education) and the 16-month extended Postgraduate Diploma in Education programmes. In addition, she was a key member of the steering committee and a co-chair of the working committee that shaped the Singapore Teaching Practice (STP), which articulates Singapore’s vision of learning in the classroom, our beliefs about students as learners, and the teaching practices that support the realisation of this vision.
Her research interests include teacher education, innovative pedagogy, e-portfolio, clinical practice, and motivation. She is currently working on a number of funded research projects including ‘Creating a Motivating School’, and ‘Field Experience in Teacher Education II: Student Teachers’ Perception and Experience’.