Assoc Prof LEE Kooi Cheng
Centre for English Language Communication (CELC)

We speak with Assoc Prof Lee Kooi Cheng, recipient of the 2023 Outstanding Educator Award (OEA), where she talks more about relationships in teaching and learning.

In this episode, we are so pleased to speak with Assoc Prof Lee Kooi Cheng, recipient of the 2023 Outstanding Educator Award (OEA), where she talks about relationships in teaching and learning. In particular, we learn why such relationships matter in one’s learning journey, what such relationships look like, and how they can be sustained.

Some of the conversation points in this episode include the following:

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• On creating opportunities and spaces for students to learn and fall  (04:08)
• On recognising the value of relationships in teaching and learning, and being committed to developing and nurturing them (05:52)
• On learning how other colleagues share their knowledge beyond the classroom (07:36)

 

This episode is chaired by Assoc Prof Soo Yuen Jien, Deputy Director of the Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning (CDTL). Kooi Cheng’s OEA Public Lecture was held on 27 September 2023.

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LEE Kooi Cheng serves concurrently as Director and Associate Professor at the Centre for English Language Communication (CELC) and Master, Helix House. While her main interests are in the use of technology in (English) language teaching and learning and assessments, she also has a keen interest in the impact of experiential learning and living-learning programmes on undergraduate students’ university experience. Kooi Cheng is co-Editor-in-Chief of the Asian Journal of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (AJSoTL), Editorial Board member of SoTL in the South, Asian Journal of English Language Studies (AJELS), e-Foreign Language Teaching (e-FLT), Register, and Asia-Pacific Journal of Educators and Education (APJEE). Her publications range from English language teaching and communication to academic development and living-learning programmes. She is principal and co-investigator of respective grants funded by the university, Ministry of Education, and Temasek Foundation. Kooi Cheng can be reached at elcleekc@nus.edu.sg.