Academic Profile : Faculty
Dr Kiren Kaur d/o Ratan Singh
Senior Lecturer, National Institute of Education - English Language & Literature
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Dr Kiren Kaur began her career about 25 years ago as a teacher in a primary school, holding various positions within the school she taught in. Now a teacher educator at the National Institute of Education (NIE) in Singapore, she is the programme leader for the Postgraduate Diploma in Education Curriculum English (Primary) program. Being at NIE has allowed Kiren the opportunity to view the teaching and learning continuum from a theoretical to practical perspective. Her doctorate dissertation work examined formative assessment enactment within primary schools in Singapore. Kiren's current teaching and research areas are related to literacy, pedagogy, differentiated instruction and assessment for young learners within the primary school context. The bulk of her teaching, publications and projects with schools are in these areas, specifically in teaching listening, speaking, reading, writing and in building assessment literacy. Kiren has shared on these areas at conferences, workshops and various sharing sessions within and outside of Singapore. She has also been involved in judging projects at national and international competitions. In 2016 and 2021, Kiren received the NIE Excellence in Teaching Commendation Award. Although much of Kiren's work mainly revolves around teacher education programmes at NIE, she remains very much in touch with teaching and learning in schools through sharing sessions, workshops and other types of research and primary school related projects.
Dr Kiren Kaur's research interests include areas related to literacy development and pedagogy for young learners as well as teacher education and development within the primary school context. This includes assessment literacy, formative assessment practices, oracy development, teaching listening and speaking, metacognition, teaching reading and writing as well as differentiated instruction. She has written articles and book chapters in these areas of research interest.
- Assessment as learning in writing classrooms supported by technology and AI
- Enactment of expert teaching by award-winning EL teachers in Singapore: An evaluation study
- Teacher Language and Talk in the Primary English Language Classrooms
- Growth in Bilingual & Biliteracy Proficiency: Environmental, Individual & Experiential Factors (GIBBER)
Awards
2021 Excellence in Teaching Commendation Award NIE
2016 Excellence in Teaching Commendation Award NIE
2008 Caring Teacher Award Ministry of Education (MOE)
2016 Excellence in Teaching Commendation Award NIE
2008 Caring Teacher Award Ministry of Education (MOE)