{"id":305,"date":"2025-02-27T09:58:57","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T09:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-t-acad-nus.pantheonsite.io\/?page_id=305"},"modified":"2026-09-07T08:04:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T08:04:55","slug":"about-nusta","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nus.edu.sg\/teachingacademy\/about-nusta\/","title":{"rendered":"About NUSTA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>\n\t\t\tAbout NUSTA\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>The NUS Teaching Academy was established on\u00a0<strong>24 April 2009 <\/strong>as a unit under the Office of the Provost. It serves as a think tank for educational matters for the university, is made up of Academy members and headed by an Executive Council.<\/p>\n<figure itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nus.edu.sg\/teachingacademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/About-NUSTA-1st-section-image-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"About NUSTA- 1st section image\" title=\"About NUSTA- 1st section image\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<h2>\n\t\t\tChair&#8217;s message\t<\/h2>\n<figure itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nus.edu.sg\/teachingacademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Photo_Alex-Mitchell-1.png\" alt=\"Photo_Alex-Mitchell 1\" title=\"Photo_Alex-Mitchell 1\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<figure itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nus.edu.sg\/teachingacademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/unnamed-file.png\" alt=\"\"\" title=\"\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n\t<p>NUS Teaching Academy champions research-driven, innovative practices to enhance student learning and shape educational policy.<\/p>\n\t<p>Welcome to the NUS Teaching Academy.<\/p>\n<p>The NUS Teaching Academy comprises a group of passionate educator-scholars who are committed to understanding effective teaching practices to enhance student learning in higher education.<\/p>\n<p>We champion the implementation of evidence-based pedagogical approaches in teaching and learning, and we drive projects that shape pedagogies and influence educational policy in NUS. Currently, we are set to investigate effective innovative and sustainable teaching practices to enhance student learning in several projects:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Generative AI and technology<\/li>\n<li>Blended learning<\/li>\n<li>Interdisciplinarity<\/li>\n<li>Adult education &amp; continuing education and training<\/li>\n<li>Community and engagement<\/li>\n<li>Adjunct faculties<\/li>\n<li>Student life<\/li>\n<li>Play as pedagogy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These initiatives are grounded in research and should translate into practice to enhance student learning.<\/p>\n<p>While the Teaching Academy remains as a separate identity, we also collaborate with CTLT, CHILL, SCALE, the Futures Office, faculties, and other university units.<\/p>\n<p>We invite you to explore the resources from the Teaching Academy&#8217;s projects and engage in the dialogue sessions that aim to connect students, faculty members, and the wider NUS community.<\/p>\n<h2>\n\t\t\tMisty So-Sum Wai-COOK\t<\/h2>\n<h2>\n\t\t\tChairperson of the NUS Teaching Academy\t<\/h2>\n<h2>\n\t\t\tOur Mission &#038; Vision\t<\/h2>\n<figure itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nus.edu.sg\/teachingacademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/circle-blue-bg-300x296.png\" alt=\"circle-blue-bg\" title=\"circle-blue-bg\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<figure itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nus.edu.sg\/teachingacademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/circle-orange-bg-300x297.png\" alt=\"circle-orange-bg\" title=\"circle-orange-bg\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<figure itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nus.edu.sg\/teachingacademy\/wp-content\/plugins\/bb-plugin\/img\/pixel.png\" alt=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<h2>\n\t\t\tAims &#038; Purposes\t<\/h2>\n\t<p><strong>The aims of the Teaching Academy are:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li>To champion teaching and learning at NUS so as to reaffirm the centrality of the educational mission of NUS<\/li>\n<li>To provide a platform to enable members to connect with each other, share their expertise, and experiment with new pedagogies<\/li>\n<li>To recognise members of the NUS teaching community who have excelled in teaching and contributed to enhancing the quality of education at NUS.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nus.edu.sg\/teachingacademy\/wp-content\/plugins\/bb-plugin\/img\/pixel.png\" alt=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<h2>\n\t\t\tInduction\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>New Members are inducted each year to refresh the NUS Teaching Academy.<\/p>\n<p>NUS Staff who wish to be a part of the Teaching Academy, please click <strong>FIND OUT MORE<\/strong> for information on the induction process.<\/p>\n<p>The call for nominations is in January &#8211; February each year.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nus.edu.sg\/teachingacademy\/induction-of-fellows\/\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"    rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFIND OUT MORE\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n<figure itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nus.edu.sg\/teachingacademy\/wp-content\/plugins\/bb-plugin\/img\/pixel.png\" alt=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About NUSTA The NUS Teaching Academy was established on\u00a024 April 2009 as a unit under the Office of the Provost. 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