Educational Qualifications

  • 2015

    PhD in Education, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

    Dissertation: Embracing Creativity in Upper Primary Children through Open-ended Word Problems

  • 2005

    Master of Education, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

  • 1997

    Post Graduate Diploma in Education, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

  • 1991

    Bachelor of Science in Business Economics and International Business, Marquette University, Wisconsin, USA

Academic and Professional Experience

  • 2026 - Present

    Deputy Director, University Research Office, Singapore University of Social Sciences

  • 2023 - 2026

    Assistant Director, University Research Office, Singapore University of Social Sciences

  • 2021 – Present

    Senior Lecturer, Singapore University of Social Sciences

  • 2017 - 2021

    Lecturer, Singapore University of Social Sciences

     

Awards and Honours

SUSS Award for Teaching Excellence 2020

 

Selected Internal Grant

  • Co-Principal Investigator – Funded by MOE SUF on “Profiling the Positive Development of Youths in MENDAKI Programmes” March 2024 to Dec 2026
  • Principal Investigator – Funded by MOE SUSS FDS on “Creativity Experiences of Singaporean Pro-C Creators: A Mixed-Methods Study” 1 September 2025 to 1 April 2027)
  • Co-Principal Investigator – Funded by MOE SUF on “Striving for Success (StriveS) – Tracking Academic Trajectories of MENDAKI Participants” June 2023 to 31 May 2026

Selected Publications

Chung, Y. J., Lim, Q. P., Goh, C. P., Chong, S., & Hor, K. K. L. (2025). Positive youth development revisited: A contextual–theoretical approach for disadvantaged youth in Singapore. Youth, 5(4), 109. https://doi.org/10.3390/youth5040109

Hor, K., Chong, S., Chung, Y. J., & Zulkarnain, Z. A. B. (2026). Building from within: Identity and inner capacities in the positive development of Malay youth in Singapore. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 14(6), 526–547. https://doi.org/10.4236/jss.2026.14603

Hor, K.L.K.(2018).  Do upper primary mathematics teachers recognise creativity experience in their students? [Paper presentation and best paper award]. Seventh Intl. Conf. on Advances in Social Science, Economics and Management Study. Rome, Italy. 

Ng, A.K. & Hor, K.L.K (2005). Teaching attitudes, emotional intelligence and creativity of school teachers in Singapore. Educational Research Journal. 20(2), 207 – 220.

 

Conference Papers

Hor, K.L.K. (2024, 24 to 26 May). Open-ended Tasks, Experience and Common Sense in Education and Assessments, Scientific Committee of the 7th World Conference on Research in Teaching and Education, WORLDTE [Oral Presentation].

 Hor, K.L.K. (2025, 3 to 5 October). Using AI Tools in Educational Assessments and Assignments: A Comparative Study, 2nd World Conference on Education [Oral Presentation]

 Hor, K.L.K. (2023, July 12 to 14). Sustainable Development as a Core Course in a Singapore University: Is Creativity Present Here? International Conference on Education and Psychology [Oral presentation].

Hor, K.L.K. (2022, Sept 20-24). Creativity During Covid-19 pandemic in Singapore: A Case Study via the 4Ps of Creativity, IAFOR: The Barcelona Conference on Education [Oral presentation].

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