University Awards

Outstanding Educator Award

Teaching and learning should be not be a transactional experience. Rapport and engagement matter in strengthening our students’ learning and experience. The relationships we build with our students are the bedrock of successful partnerships that can lead to sustained learning.  ” Associate Professor Lee Kooi Cheng
Centre for English Language Communication
Helix House
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Current teaching portfolio

  • Critique and communication of thinking and design
  • Humanising technology
  • Technical communication for engineers

Teaching Achievements

  • Leading the Centre for English Language Communication, driving the conceptualisation and designing of courses that integrate disciplinary knowledge with writing, thinking and communication competencies, through partnerships with university faculties and departments
  • Championing out-of-classroom learning for a holistic student experience. Notable achievements include the conceptualisation and implementation of living-learning programmes. Key roles comprise stints as Master at Helix House (since 2023), Deputy Master at Tembusu College (2021 – 2023), Master at King Edward VII Hall (2016 – 2021), and Vice Dean at the Office of Student Affairs (2012 – 2016)
  • Pioneering and co-spearheading collaborations with ASEAN universities through projects focused on English language teaching (ELT), with total funding from Temasek Foundation exceeding S$1 million
  • Principal investigator and co-investigator of research grants funded by NUS and the Ministry of Education respectively, focusing on teaching methodologies, curriculum development, and academic literacy

Publication Credits

  • Co-author of book chapters and papers on ELT in internationally referenced teaching and learning journals, including the Asia Pacific Journal of Educators and Education, the International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), SoTL in the South Journal, and the Asian Journal of the SoTL
  • Presented as invited/plenary speaker at regional conferences, such as the 8th International Conference on English Language Teaching (2020) and the 8th International Conference on Languages and Arts (2019) 

International Standing

  • Co-editor-in-chief of the Asian Journal of Teaching and Learning (since 2021)
  • Editorial board member of the Asia Pacific Journal of Educators and Education (since 2021), SoTL in the South Journal (since 2017), and the Asian Journal of English Language Studies (since 2012)
  • Member of the International Advisory Board of the Electronic Journal of Foreign Language Teaching (since 2011)
  • General Secretary of the Asia Pacific Association for Student Affairs (2016 – 2021)

Awards and Accolades

  • NUS Residential College Teaching Excellence Award (AY2022/2023)
  • Public Administration Medal (Bronze) (2021)
  • NUS Annual Teaching Excellence Award (Team) (AY2019/20)
  • Fellow, NUS Teaching Academy (AY2012/13 – AY2018/19)
  • NUS Annual Teaching Excellence Honour Roll (AY2016/17)
  • NUS Annual Teaching Excellence Award (AY2015/16, AY2011/12, AY2008/09)

Education

  • PhD (University of Stirling)
  • MA (National University of Singapore)
  • BEd (University of Calgary)
 Honour Roll Recipients