Su Ching Teng

Associate Professor Teng Su Ching

Associate Professor

S R Nathan School of Human Development

Tel: +65 6248 5984

Email: c2N0ZW5nQHN1c3MuZWR1LnNn

Educational Qualifications

  • 1999

    PhD (Applied Linguistics)

  • 1990

    MA (English Language), National University of Singapore

  • 1972

    Diploma of Education, University of Malaya

  • 1971

    BA (English Literature, Hons), University of Malaya

Academic and Professional Experience

  • 2004 - 2005

    Vice-Dean (Special Projects and Outreach), Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore

  • 1996 - 2004

    Assistant/Deputy Director, Master in Public Policy Programme, National University of Singapore

  • 1989 - 1996

    Lecturer/course/examination coordinator, Center for Language and Communications, National University of Singapore

Public Policy Teaching Cases:

Teng S C. 1990.
The Changing face of Public Housing. Public Policy Programme, National University of Singapore

Teng S C, 1997.
Parents’ Maintainence Bill. Public Policy Programme, National University of Singapore

Teng, S C. 1998.
The Mountains are High and the Emperor is Far Away: The Suzhou Industrial Park. Public Policy Programme, National University of Singapore

Teng S C 1999.
A City Without Chickens: the Hong Kong Bird Flu: Public Policy Programme, National University of Singapore

Teng S C 1999.
Counterfeit English Medium School in Hong Kong: the Hong Kong Bilingual Policy. Public Policy Programme, National University of Singapore

Teng S C. 2001.
The Community Development Council: A New Creature. Public Policy Programme, National University of Singapore

Teng S C 2004.
Creating Value with E-Government. Public Policy Programme, National University of Singapore

Teng S C. 2004.
Maternal Health Care in Indonesia. (This case was commissioned by World Bank to be used for a World Bank course on “Public Policy and the Private Health Sector in Asia”)

Teng S C. 2004.
The Lallang effect: The grassroots effort in combating Sars in Singapore. Public Policy Programme, National University of Singapore

Teng S C 2004.
Creating Value with E-Government. Public Policy Programme, National University of Singapore

Teng S C 2005.
Decentralisation in Cambodia: Three Views. Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore

Teng S C 2006.
A Charity Gone Wrong. (This case written for a course on ethics for the training of Brunei civil servants).

Teng S C 2011.
Second Chance. SIM University. (This case and its teaching notes were written for a leadership course offered as an elective in the University Core Curriculum)

Policy Research:

Cognitive development in early childhood and its implications for policy on center-based early childhood development programmes.

Social Capital and its Determinants: a study of the South West Community Development Council District.

Editorial Work on Books:

Teng, S C and M L Ho. eds.
The English Language in Singapore: Implication for Teaching. Singapore; Singapore Association for Applied Linguistics, 1995.

Teng, S C and B S Teoh, eds.
Reading in a Multilingual context: From Theory to Practice. Singapore: Singapore Association for Applied Linguistics, 2002

Low, E L and S C Teng. eds.
The Teaching and Use of Standard English. Singapore: Singapore Association for Applied Linguistics. 2002

Conference Papers:

Teng, S C.
Quality of Texts: Can Theme Tell. Paper presented at International Conference on Discourse Analysis. 16 October 1997. University of Macau, Macau

Teng, S C.
Metalinguistic Awareness and the Case Method. Paper presented at World Association for Case Method Research and Application (WACRA) Conference. 17 June 2001. Lund University, Lund, Sweden.

Teng, S C.
Early Childhood Environment: What Statistics Show. Paper presented at the Thinking Child Conference. 3-4 September 2001, SUNTEC City Singapore

Teng, S C.
Social Capital: A Study of South West Community Development Council. Paper presented at Building Social Capital, MCDS Research Seminar. 25 September 2003. Holiday Inn Parkview Singapore.

Teng, S C.
Preparing our graduates for the 21st Century. Paper presented at the Character and Citizenship Education Conference. 8 – 9 November 2011, NIE.

Chapter in Book:

Teng S C.
Appropriacy in Language Use: A Feature of the Standard use of English. In The Teaching and Use of Standard English. Eds Low Ee Ling and Teng Su Ching 2002: Singapore Association for Applied Linguistics

  • Problem-based learning, specifically the use of the case method in developing creative and analytical thinking
  • Public Opinion and Democratic participation
  • Social Capital
  • Civil Society
  • Strategic Management in the private and non-profit sectors
  • Communications
  • Adult Learning
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