Mathew Ong

Matthew Ong 

EdD student, National Institute of Education - English Language & Literature

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Biography
Matthew is on a quest to understand how students think about their own thinking during their multimodal composing. He is currently pursuing his Ed.D and the title of his thesis is ‘Designing For The Reflective Composer: A Case Study On The Use Of Reflexive Multimodal Composing In Students’ Pre-Writing’.

He is under the supervision of A/P Victor Lim and has co-authored with him a research article on assessing multiliteracies. 

Matthew is also passionate about using games for learning and has led the development of two online games ‘The Rise of Li’Ttledot’ and ‘The Revenge of the Letterpillar’ while serving in schools. 

Awards & Recognition

YearAward Title
2022Tan Poey Quee Doctor in Education (NIE-EdD) Scholarship 
2019Nanyang Outstanding Young Alumni Award
2018President's Award for Teachers
2016Ministry of Education Innergy (Schools) Award 
2010MOE Postgraduate Scholarship 
2008Inspiring Teacher of English Award
2007Worldwide Innovative Teachers Forum, Helsinki, Finland (2nd Runner-up)
2007Microsoft-Ministry of Education Professional Development Award (Distinction) 
2005Nanyang Technological University Alumni Gold Medal

Selected Publications

    Book Chapter:

    • Lim, K. Y., & Ong, M. Y. (2013). The Six Learnings Framework: Exploring the Dialectics of Intuition and Adaptivity in Citizenship Education. In Adaptivity as a Transformative Disposition for Learning in the 21st Century (pp. 61-72). Singapore: Springer Singapore. ( https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-4560-17-7_5)

      Journal Articles:

      • Lim, K. Y., & Ong, M. Y. (2012). The Rise of Li’Ttledot: A study of citizenship education through game-based learning. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 28(8). (DOI: https://doi.org/10.14742/ajet.779)

       

      Engagements of ELL students with the broader public