Awards

2014 – Critics Choice Book Award, American Educational Studies Association, USA. Each year, a committee of AESA members selects a number of titles it regards as outstanding books that may be of interest to those in educational studies. For more information, see: http://www.educationalstudies.org/awards.html

2011 – Walter M. Sindlinger for exemplary research paper, Office of the Provost, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, USA
 
2011 – International Award for Excellence for top journal article for 2010, International Journal of the Humanities, University of Illinois-Urbana Campaign, USA

2011 – Selected for the Division B: International Curriculum Research Graduate Student Seminar at the American Education Research Association conference (Competitive selection with grant), New Orleans, USA

2011 – Selected for the New Scholars Workshop, comparative and International Education Society conference (competitive selection), Montreal, Canada

2009 – Education Pioneers Fellowship, New York, USA

2008 – Teaching Excellence Fund, Ministry of Education–Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

2007 – Overseas Graduate Scholarship, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

2005 – Recognition for significant impact on teaching scholar, Ministry of Education, Singapore

2004 – Nominated by the school for The President’s Award for Teachers, Singapore

2003 – Finalist for the Outstanding Youth in Education Award (National), Singapore

2001 – Hewlett-Packard Innovation in IT award, Singapore

2001, 2002, 2005 – Ministry of Education Outstanding Contribution Award, Singapore