Chai Ching Sing
 
 
 
Position
Lecturer
 
Telephone
(65) 6 790 3286
 
Fax
(65) 6 896 8038
 
Email address
 
URL
 
 
 
 
Biographical Sketch
 

 

 

Dr Chai Ching Sing is a lecturer in the Learning Sciences and Technologies Academic Group since 2001. Before he joined NIE, he was a Head of Department in a secondary school. He obtained his BA from the National Taiwan University under the sponsorship of PSC Oversea Tenable Scholarship. He completed his MA in NIE in 2001 and his doctoral study in 2006.

 
 
Education
 
 
Bachelor of Arts  in Chinese Literature, National Taiwan University
 
 
 
Postgraduate Diploma in Education, (Sec) (NIE, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
 

 

 

Master of Arts in Instructional Design and Technology (NIE, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

 

 

 
Doctor of Education, University of Leicester.
 

 

 
 
Selected Publications
 
 
 
 
- Chai, C.S., Khine, M.S., & T. Teo (accepted).  Epistemological beliefs on teaching and learning: a survery among pre-service teachers in Singapore. Educational Media International.
 
 
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Chai, C. S. & Merry, R. (2006). Teachers’ Perceptions of Teaching and Learning in a Knowledge Building Community: An Exploratory Case Study. Learning, Media & Technology.31(2), 133-148.
 
 
 
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Chai, C. S. & Khine, M. S. (2006). An analysis of interaction and participation patterns in an online learning community. Journal of Education Technology and Society. 9 (1), 250-261.
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
Research Interest
 
 

Computer-supported collaborative learning, Teachers’ beliefs, and teachers’ professional development

 
Projects
 

Co-Principal Investigator of Project LSL 2/06 TT: Pre-service teachers’ beliefs about teaching and learning: An exploratory study