PCL Department Projects

S/NTitle of ResearchPrincipal Investigator (PI)/co-PI from PCLEnd Date (As at Sep 2025)
1Design-centric Interdisciplinary Creative Problem Solving (ICPS-D): 
Developing critical thinking and creative skills in teachers
Dr Wong Yew Leong (PI) 
Dr Tan Lip Thye Michael (CO-PI)
Nov 2024 - Nov 2027

2

Shaping citizens for Singapore: A curricular study of citizenship education in Singapore.
RA-SAA
A/P Jasmine B.Y - Sim (PI)2025 - 2026
3What is worth leading for? School leaders' beliefs of education and schooling in Singapore.
Research Fund
Dr Tan Lip Thye Michael (PI)
Co-PI:
A/P Hairon Salleh. A/P Jasmine B.Y - Sim, A/P Mary Anne Heng, Dr Wong Yew Leong
Collaborator: Dr Sandra Wu
Apr 2025 - Oct 2026
4

A Critical and Ethical Framework for Artificial Intelligence in Education.
MOE ERFP Toer 1

A/P Fang Yanping (Co-PI)2024 - 2026
5Understanding Distributed Leadership Practices in Early Childhood Context:
Empowering and Enabling Preschool Educators for Current and Future Challenges (SFRF 2022-3)
A/P Jonathan Goh (Co-PI)2024 - 2026
6Exploring the Development and Demonstration of Citizenship Dispositions Among Youths in Singapore
ERFP Tier 1
Dr Sandra Wu (Co-PI)Aug 2024 - Jun 2026
7Examining the epistemological differences between assessment and evaluation
NIE ERFP Tier 1
Dr Lim Tong Li Christina2024 - 2025
8Toward equity-centered diversity-affirming teaching practice in Singapore:
Exploring the role of reflection in transformative teaching and learning
NIE Start-up Grant
Asst Prof Chang Wen-Chia (PI)2023 - 2025
9Dialogic Principles for a Research-Practice Partnership for Character Citizenship Education (OER 17/21 PAJ)
MOE ERFP Tier 1
A/P Fang Yanping (Co-PI)2023 - 2025
10A study on early Mathematics Professional Development 
ERFP (OER 27/22 PC)
Dr Lim Tong Li Christina (Co-PI)Mar 2023 - Oct 2025
11Understanding how teachers Hybridise Differentiated Instruction in Singapore
(OER 02/22 HTT)
A/P Heng Tang Tang (PI)
Dr Lim Tong Li Christina (Co-PI)
May 2022 - Oct 2025
12Evaluating Reading Gain from a Mobile Library Intervention in a Low-Income Neighbourhood
NUS Mobility Grant
Asst Prof Chang Wen-Chia (PI)2023 - 2024
13Phase 1 Core 4 Research Programme: Baseline Investigations of Designated Subject Domain Pedagogies in Singapore' Primary and Secondary Classrooms (C4P1)
NIE ERFP Tier 3
A/P Jasmine B.Y - Sim (PI)2023 - 2024
14Constructing Values' Meanings and Implications for Practice in Singapore's Pre-school Education Curriculum ERFP Tier 1 projectDr Sandra Wu (PI)Jul 2022 - Jan 2024

 

S/NTitle of ResearchPrincipal Investigator(PI)/co-PI from PCLEnd Date (As at Sep 2025)
1Teacher Motivation and Practices: Leadership Antecedents and Student Outcomes

Ast/P Luo Wenshu, Serena (PI)
A/P Ng Pak Tee (co-PI)
A/P Hairon Salleh (co-PI)
Dr Choong Pek Lan (co-PI)

5/31/2020
2Immigrant Teachers in Singapore Schools: Trajectories, Identities, and IntegrationA/P Sim Boon Yee Jasmine (co-PI)6/30/2020
3Effectiveness of Teacher Leaders in Singapore Schools: Context, Construct and CausalityA/P Hairon Salleh (PI)
A/P Goh Wee Pin, Jonathan (co-PI)
12/31/2020
4Vice-Principals in Singapore: Key Leadership Roles, Enablers and ConstraintsDr Kang Lu-Ming, Trivina (co-PI)6/15/2020
5Teacher Learning with Classroom Assessment in Singapore SchoolsAst/P Jiang Heng (PI)
A/P Fang Yanping (co-PI)
12/31/2020
6Navigating Diversities and Differences in Singapore Schools: An Exploratory Study of Students' Intercultural MindednessDr Mardiana Bte Abu Bakar (co-PI)11/13/2020
7Building an Evidence-Base to Support Teacher Growth: A Career-Long Perspective (Phase I)A/P Ng Pak Tee (co-PI)8/31/2020
8Pathways to Meaningful Careers:Understanding Successes and Challenges in the Transitions from School to Work for Singapore's ITE studentsDr Mardiana Bte Abu Bakar (co-PI)1/31/2022
9Teacher Resilience in SingaporeAssoc Prof Yanping FANG (PI)8/1/2021
10Scaling UP the Education Research: MAGICAL (SUPER-MAGICAL): Use of Comics in Teaching MathematicsA/P Lim Lee Hean (co-PI)6/30/2020
11Examining Teachers' Conceptions and Use of Reflection to Understand Their PracticeDr Christina Lim-Arasaratnam (co-PI)10/31/2020