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The Faculty of Education of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) presents the Academy for Leadership in Teacher  Education  (ALiTE)  International  Webinar  Series  for  Exemplary  Scholarship on “Teacher Education in Post-pandemic Times: The Singaporean Experience” to be delivered by Professor Low Ee Ling, Dean, Teacher Education, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore in May 2021.

COVID-19 has changed the way we live, work and learn overnight and forever. As the world moved into lockdown and populations around the world were confined to our homes, digital and virtual platforms for teaching and learning remained the mainstay of continuing our efforts at education. This lecture will highlight issues we have to confront in re-designing teacher education in order to ensure that our learners not just survive but thrive in the face of a new and uncertain normal. This involves learners being able to solve complex and unprecedented problems from a multidisciplinary lens. Teachers must be prepared to nurture learners who can rise up to these new and unpredictable challenges ahead.

Members of the media are welcome to cover this online event. Details are as follows:

Date: May 3, 2021 (Monday)
Time: 4:00 to 5:30 pm (HKT)
Speaker: Professor Low Ee Ling, Dean, Teacher Education, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Language: English

To be conducted by ZOOM Webinar
Registration: https://hku.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_McJROT5TTj-7pXpZmNEhhQ

Professor Low Ee Ling is an internationally renowned expert in teacher education, world Englishes, and Applied Linguistics. She was Co-PI on the Stanford University International Teacher Policy Study, and Singapore’s representative to Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Global Education Innovation Initiative (GEII) projects. In 2017, Professor Low served as an international expert for the Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD)’s review of Initial Teacher Preparation for the Welsh government and the Australian government. She is also the country representative for the OECD Education 2030 initiative. She is currently Dean for Teacher Education at National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

For   media   enquiries,   please   contact   Ms   Emily   Cheung,   Senior   Manager   (Development   and Communications), Faculty of Education, HKU (Tel.: 3917 4270 / E-mail: emchy@hku.hk).