Academic Profile : Faculty
Assoc Prof Tan Kim Chwee, Daniel
Deputy Director (Academic), Research Management, Education Research Funding Programme Office
Associate Professor, National Institute of Education - Natural Sciences & Science Education
Email
Controlled Keywords
Daniel Tan is an Associate Professor at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He obtained his B.Sc.(Hons) and Diploma in Education from the National University of Singapore, and M.Sc. and Ph.D. from Curtin University of Technology. He taught chemistry in secondary school for 8 years before moving on to teacher education at the National Institute of Education. Daniel enjoys teaching chemistry education courses and received the Excellence in Teaching Commendation Award from the National Institute of Education in 2009 and 2014. He also received the Hewlett-Packard Innovation in Information Technology (HP INIT) Gold Award 2002 and INNERGY Awards 2002 (Gold) for the development of a chemistry multi-media instructional package in collaboration with Crescent Girls' School.
Daniel has conducted research in practical work, development of diagnostic instruments to determine students' understanding and alternative conceptions of science concepts, use of ICT in science learning, and the impact of educational research on classroom practices. He is an Editorial Board member of the International Journal of Science Education, International Journal of Physics & Chemistry Education, and Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Science Education Research. He is also an Advisory Board member for the Royal Society of Chemistry Advances in Chemistry Education Series, Chemistry Education Research and Practice, and the Journal of the Turkish Chemical Society, Section C: Chemical Education.
Daniel has conducted research in practical work, development of diagnostic instruments to determine students' understanding and alternative conceptions of science concepts, use of ICT in science learning, and the impact of educational research on classroom practices. He is an Editorial Board member of the International Journal of Science Education, International Journal of Physics & Chemistry Education, and Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Science Education Research. He is also an Advisory Board member for the Royal Society of Chemistry Advances in Chemistry Education Series, Chemistry Education Research and Practice, and the Journal of the Turkish Chemical Society, Section C: Chemical Education.
students' conceptions, diagnostic instruments, representations in science, chemistry curriculum, information and communication technology in science education
- Realising Lower Secondary Thematic Science Curriculum in the Classroom: Developing Teachers' Competences in Thematic Science Teaching