Academic Profile : Faculty
Dr Ken Mizusawa
Lecturer, National Institute of Education - English Language & Literature
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Ken Mizusawa is a Lecturer in the English Language and Literature Academic Group and Programme Leader for the Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) in Literature at the National Institute of Education (NIE), an institute of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He is a teacher educator, education researcher, and a playwright represented by Playmarket, New Zealand. His play collection, The Boy Who Caused 9/11 and Other Plays, was published by Red Wheelbarrow Books in 2013. This publication included two works that were Highly Commended and one that shortlisted for Plays for the Young 2009, organised by Playmarket. His full-length play, Why Do We Do What We Do?, was shortlisted for the prestigious Adam New Zealand Play Award 2015. Mizusawa has published several education titles, two of which were Finalists for Best Education Title in the in the SBPA (Singapore Book Publishers Association) Book Awards 2019. He has co-authored the two-volume, Integrating Language and Literature (2016), and authored, Mastering Visual Literacy (2018). He is the editor of Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed (2018), a Singapore drama anthology cum lower secondary textbook designed in collaboration with the Ministry of Education (MOE). This text has now been adopted by over 45 secondary schools. In 2017, Mizusawa received the Excellence in Teaching Commendation Award from NIE. He was also an external consultant on the MOE’s Literature in English Teaching Syllabus 2019.
Given his background in secondary teaching, drama practice, creative writing, and literature, Mizusawa has a range of research interests. He is fully committed to idea that literacy education must be critical, multimodal, participatory, and dynamic to fully reflect and contend with 21st century realities. Hence, he has contributed research in the areas of multiliteracies, critical literacy, and visual literacy. He has also written on playwriting and drama and their place in secondary education. Currently, Mizusawa is exploring ensemble theatre pedagogy in literature education as well as teacher resilience in Singapore.
- Dialogic Principles for a Research-Practice Partnership for Character Citizenship Education
Awards
• 2019 Finalist, Best Education Title.SBPA Book Awards. SBPA
• 2017 Excellence in Teaching Commendation Award. NIE
• 2015 Shortlisted. Adam NZ Play Award. Playmarket
• 2009 Highly Commended.Plays for Young. Playmarket
• 2005 Most Outstanding Contribution (Individual) Award. MOE
• 2004 Associate of Teachers Network. MOE
• 2017 Excellence in Teaching Commendation Award. NIE
• 2015 Shortlisted. Adam NZ Play Award. Playmarket
• 2009 Highly Commended.Plays for Young. Playmarket
• 2005 Most Outstanding Contribution (Individual) Award. MOE
• 2004 Associate of Teachers Network. MOE