A word from the Associate Dean, Professional Practice

The Professional Practice and Inquiry (PPI)

The PPI course provides a meta-framework to develop pre-service teachers with a clear teacher identity, enabling them to reflect on their roles as educators, inquire about their own practices, and draw on theories and research to inform pedagogical approaches aimed at improving student engagement and learning. In these publications, pre-service teachers share how they assume ownership of their learning, recounting their reflective journey of "learning for teaching" and "learning from teaching." Each edition showcases the triumphs, challenges, and profound insights gleaned by pre-service teachers on their journey to become educators who prioritise the holistic development of their students. We believe that through these insightful sharings by our aspiring teachers, educators can resonate with their experiences and be inspired in their own teaching and learning endeavours.

Associate Professor Lee Ngan Hoe

is the Associate Dean for Professional Practice (Teacher Education & Undergraduate Programme) at the National Institute of Education. He also teaches pre- and in-service courses as well as graduate courses in mathematics education and supervises postgraduate students pursuing Masters, EdD, and PhD degrees. His publication and research interests include the teaching and learning of mathematics at all levels – primary, secondary, pre-university, as well as adult education, covering areas such as mathematics curriculum development, metacognition and mathematical problem solving / modelling.