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Ow Yeong Wai Kit

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

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Ow Yeong Wai Kit is completing his PhD, “Learning by Heart: The Art and Science of the Memorised Poem in English in Singapore Classrooms”, under the supervision of A/P Angelia Poon. His research interests include the science of learning, literature education, and modern poetry. As an English/Literature teacher with an MA (distinction) in English from UCL, he has edited four poetry anthologies, and serves as a board member of the Centre for Interfaith Understanding.

Awards & Recognition

YearAward Title
2019Outstanding Youth in Education Award, Ministry of Education
2015Rotary International 75th Anniversary Gold Medal, National Institute of Education
2015Justice Choor Singh Book Prize, National Institute of Education
2014John Oliver Hobbes Memorial Scholarship in Modern English Literature for Best Dissertation, University College London
2013Joanna Wong Gold Medal, University Scholars Programme, National University of Singapore
2012National University of Singapore Society Medal for Outstanding All-Round Achievement, National University of Singapore

Books:


Book Chapters:

  • Ow Yeong, W.K. (2020). “The Power of Literature Knowledge Organisers”. In Yeo, D., Ang, A., & Choo, S. (Eds.), The World, the Text, and the Classroom: Teaching Literature in Singapore Secondary Schools (pp. 94–114). Pearson.


Journal Articles:

  • Ow Yeong, W.K. (2014). “‘Our Failure of Empathy’: Kevin Carter, Susan Sontag, and the Problems of Photography.” Think Pieces: A Journal of the Joint Faculty Institute of Graduate Studies, University College London. 1(1), 9–17. https://doi.org/10.14324/111.2058-492X.002


Conference Presentations:

  • Ow Yeong, W.K. (2024, June 20). Learning by heart in L1 pedagogy: Envisionment-building through memorisation and recitation of poetry in English in Singapore. [Paper presentation]. ARLE IFTE Conference 2024 (Connections and Disruptions: Unsettling L1 Education: Intersections of Place, Identity and Technology), The University of Melbourne, Australia.

  • Ow Yeong, W.K. (2023, November 24). Powered by the science of learning: Using online knowledge organisers in the English/Literature classroom. [Paper presentation]. ERAS Conference and WERA Focal Meeting 2023 (Forging Ahead: Transforming Education in a Rapidly Changing World), NIE/NTU, Singapore.

  • Ow Yeong, W.K. (2023, November 22). Learning by heart: Motivating poetry memorisation in Singapore secondary-school Literature classrooms. In D. Nah (Chair), Motivating Students’ Engagement with Literary Texts in the Primary and Secondary English Classroom [Symposium]. ERAS Conference and WERA Focal Meeting 2023 (Forging Ahead: Transforming Education in a Rapidly Changing World), NIE/NTU, Singapore.

  • Ow Yeong, W.K. (2023, July 29). What makes a national literature: Postcolonial desire in Mohamed Latiff Mohamed’s Confrontation. [Paper presentation]. 4th Singapore Literature Conference 2021, National Library, Singapore.

  • Ow Yeong, W.K. (2023, July 4). Applying the science of learning to Literature education: Extending knowledge organisers to writing tasks. [Online paper presentation]. AATE-ALEA National Conference, Canberra, Australia.

  • Ow Yeong, W.K. (2023, June 22). Longings and belongings: Explorations of ethnicity and identity in Wena Poon’s and Alfian Sa’at’s short stories. [Paper presentation]. 16th International Conference on the Short Story in English. NIE/NTU, Singapore.

  • Ow Yeong, W.K. (2023, March 13). Applying the science of learning to Literature education: Extending knowledge organisers to writing tasks. [Paper presentation]. 56th International Regional English Language Centre (RELC) Conference, Singapore. 

  • Ow Yeong, W.K. (2023, February 17). “Disperse them now!”: Exploring crowded selves, styles, and National Education in The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye. NTU English Graduate Research Symposium, NTU College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, NTU, Singapore.

  • Ow Yeong, W.K. (2022, March 15). Creating knowledge organisers for the Literature classroom. [Paper presentation]. 56th International Regional English Language Centre (RELC) Conference, Singapore.

  • Ow Yeong, W.K. (2021, July 31). Enlivening Singapore Literature in the classroom: The case of Haresh Sharma's Off Centre. [Paper presentation]. 3rd Singapore Literature Conference 2021, Singapore.

  • Ow Yeong, W.K. (2021, June 2). The power of knowledge organisers in the Singapore secondary English Literature classroom. [Paper presentation]. Teachers’ Conference and ExCEL Fest, Academy of Singapore Teachers, Ministry of Education, Singapore.

  • Ow Yeong, W.K. (2021, March 17). The power of knowledge organisers in the Singapore secondary English Literature classroom. [Paper presentation]. 55th International Regional English Language Centre (RELC) Conference, Singapore.

  • Ow Yeong, W.K. (2020, August 26). Teaching Asian poetry in the Literature classroom. In S. Choo (Chair), Nah, D., Teng, S., & Liew, P.L., ELLB Literature e-Symposium [Symposium]. ELLB Literature e-Symposium, English Language and Literature Branch, Curriculum Planning and Development Division 2, Ministry of Education, Singapore.

  • Ow Yeong, W.K. (2019, July 27). Longing and belonging: Explorations of identity in Wena Poon & Alfian Sa'at's short stories. [Paper presentation]. 2nd Singapore Literature Conference, National Library, Singapore.

  • Ow Yeong, W.K. (2017, July 29). Examining Singapore literature in English: What and who do we read, and why? | What's worth learning by heart? [Paper presentation]. 1st Singapore Literature Conference, LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore.

  • Ow Yeong, W.K. (2014, March 28). The politics of race in contemporary Singaporean short stories: Alfian Sa’at and Wena Poon. [Paper presentation]. Faculty Institute of Graduate Studies Forum on ‘Race’, University College London, London, UK.

  • Ow Yeong, W.K. (2013, November 1). ‘Our failure of empathy’: Kevin Carter, Susan Sontag, and the problems of photography. [Paper presentation]. Faculty Institute of Graduate Studies Forum on ‘Empathy’, University College London, London, UK.


Others:

  • Ow Yeong, W.K. (2023, June 9). Poetry by heart: Harnessing the power of poetry recitation. [Workshop.] Poetry Festival Singapore, National Library, Singapore.

  • Ow Yeong, W.K. (2022, November 14). Creating knowledge organisers for the secondary-level classroom. [Workshop.] Raffles Institution Teachers’ Conference, Singapore.

  • Ow Yeong, W.K. (2022, July 5). Creating knowledge organisers for the Literature classroom. [Workshop.] Academy of Singapore Teachers, Singapore.