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Ph.D (Queensland), M.Sc

B.Sc (Oregon),Adv. Cert.Ed

(Slpore),

NanyangTechnological

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION

SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Dean's Message

University

National Institute of Education

Mission Statement of the School of Physical Education

SPE Advisory Council

Organisation of SPE

Facilities

SPE Programmes

Academic Unit System

SPE Curriculum Areas

Other features of SPE programmes

International Links

Research and Development

SPE Publications for 1996

Continuing Education Programmes

Conferences and Seminars

School of Physical Education Faculty

Chairman, NIE Council : D r Cham Tao Soon

President, N T U Lond., BE

FIES, MIVA, PPA

Director, NIE : Professor Tan Wee H in

Sing.

Dean : D r Quek Jong

(Oregon)

(Slpore)

Cert. Ed. Senior Lecturer

School o f Physical Education

University,

National Institute of Education,

469 Bukit Tirnah Road. Singapore 259756.

Tel: 469 5352 Fax: 468 7506

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DEAN'S ME

P H Y S I C A L E D U C A T I O N

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T h e School of Physical on has

significant growth over the last five

student enrolment, programmes of study and

, number of staff have steadily increased and we are

ptimistic that this trend will continue.In addition to

the increase in our number of graduate

research have broadened and more .

,. research been, ,

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of the strengths of the School is that

we have faculty members from different parts of

xperiences which make our programmes unique.

Therefore we plan to attract the best graduate students in this region . and other parts of the our prime objective is t o prepare

professionalsfor the endeavour to respond nationalneeds

and t o be relevant to emerging challenges in our society.

.

T h e School looks forward to

with great expectancy as we consolidate and develop our

programmes and research initiatives even move .

Gardens Campus in the year ,

2000 wi l l enhance the

teaching and research

facilities of the School and

enable us to continue to

provide Singapore w i

physical e d u c a t i o n 7

professionals for the

local schools and the

broader community

generally.

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NANYANG Technological University (NTU) TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY (NTU)

has its origin in the former which was

established in I. primary function is to train leaders, professionals

and entrepreneurs for the nation and to advance research and

development in both the academic and disciplines.

i NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION

National Institute of Education was formed through the

amalgamation of of Education and

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P H Y S I C A L E D U C A T I O N F O R

Chairperson: Dr. Quek JinJong,

Dean, School of Physical Education.

Col. (Dr.) LowWye M U~ , - ' - -

Medical Officer,

HQ Army Medical Service

Goh Ek Piang,

Specialist Services Branch,

Ministry of Education. . Carmee Lim,

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Principal, Raffles Girls school,

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Director, Sports Excellence Division,

Singapore Council

Sock Miang,

Lecturer, School of Physical Education

Dr. Gordon Schmidt,

Senior Lecturer,

School of Physical Education

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Indoor Sports

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FACILITIES IndoorTeachingFacilities

School premises have six lecture

rooms, an Audio-Visual-Aid Centre, four

computer lab and a resource

for the Olympic Academy.

IOutdoor

include asix lane athletic track with

a andRugby.

Close by is an weather sand-filled artificial

- the of its kind in

The School i s proud of its new

Swimming Complex with an Olympic size

pool complete with diving plus

swimming pool.

are five tennis with

a practice wall. There are five Outdoor Courts which can be used for

Handball, Basketball, Netball and Volleyball. Also two separate courts

are for

Facilities

Fo r sports there is a large Sports

Hall which is capable of activitiesat once. There

is also a Gymnasium purpose built for Educational and Olympic

Gymnastics, a Dance Studio, seven Squash Courts, a Combative area

and a fully equipped

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SPE PROGRAMMES in Physical

T h e Diploma in Physical Education

is a two year

'A' and

of the is the

and academic skills necessary to teach

as amajor subject and either English

in Singapore

Iincludes modules from four main areas, namely

academic education studies, curriculum

studies and practicum. Practical and theoretical

the student to teach from an

academic and knowledge-based

Post Education

In primary or schools. aims to develop

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Facuhy ofEducation, Univenrty Leeds, Endand.

ArtsIScience

par,

Students

Dip.PE BAIBSc

(M.A. M.Sc.)

(Ph.D.).

Undergraduate programmes

T h e Bachelor o f wi th

Diploma in Education (Physical Education) is a four full time

programme of study designed to prepare specialist teachers of Physical

Education for the primary and secondary schools and junior colleges.

who gain high grades throughout years one and two may be

eligible to be selected to enter the twin-track Honours programme.

The Honours programme is designed t o extend the students

academically and to introduce them to the principles and practice of

research in physical education.

External Examiner: Professor David Sugden

of

. . . GraduatePGDE PE .

Graduate programmes

T h e School of Physical Education offers

graduate degrees by research at the level of Masters and

and Doctorate A specialisation in physical education is also

available within the Masters of Education which is offered by course

work and dissertation jointly with the School of Education. A t the

graduate level, candidates pursue an independent research project in an

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edkation, sports sports studk-under

supm4sion en qqdrttd facult)r member,

ACADEMIC UNIT

mid ..- - --

tmmt arrduee;urral

wwk Plasters (MA

MSc.)

I consideradon and be

fuarm.

Research schdanhips mifable

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p u m . t h d r rsseklrch basis.The

both tad e m m a s candidates.

A curriqlurn acmss years

,gqa&ad in the brrn academic unit rystern comprised

ribad aQcdreS arid free elerctivQs modukk will opportuntty develop skills

an8 seeondzrry school.The academic par of 16

semcpcrs lectures, week study

W M ~ d axun period) ain weak brtween

Pipdmic sati&ctot-y

work complete

&o"t semester.

P H Y S I C A L E D U C A T I O N F O R

approved topic from the general fields of

sciences or

the of

and

programme is currently under

will available in the near

are far those

candidates with good honours degrees to

on a full time scholarship is open to

and

stimulating four SYSTEM of study is of an

also enjoy the to their teaching in both the

primary comprises two

week (thirteen weeks of one of exam and witha break semesters.

, units are awardedu pthe completion of course

modules where on average a student is expected to

20 academic units per

SPE CURRICULUM T h e education of professional teachers of

1 Anatomy

Praaice

Practicum

programmes.

students

I sporting

teachers

lecturers.

Biomechanics

Academic areas in SPE

Physiology

Teaching Practice

Motor Learning

aspects of Management Psychology

ofTeaching

T h e purpose of the SPE it to educate

effective teachers of physical education for Singapore

schools. The o r Teaching Practice (TP) is

therefore, an important component of all

Its major function is to provide the with the

opportunity t o develop teaching competencies in a

variety of physical and activities, under the

guidance and supervision of cooperating and

university

OTHER FEATURES O F Outward camps PROGRAMMES I

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d od yw,Thia experience extension thdr

education p k Outward

I Singapore.The

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Singapore National

jointly tbnded the woc i d N a t l o ~ I lnstiee

major

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Bound SPE

of the pre-service students enrolled in

the School of Physical Education must complete a

residential camp experience at the their first

is an of first year

outdoor module:and takes at

Bound course is designed to teach our

students the skills necessary to achieve growth

as as understand the full of such an experiential

learningexperience.

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. .LINKS

Academy

T h e Singapore Olympic Academy was

in It is under the of

Olympic Council (SNOC) and is

by the of Education. The thrust of the Olympic

Academy is the AnnualAcademic Session

a wMch dl gr;rduatiq.audent~ ofdm !W@ d gussl~s frwn

facutties of HIE as as im-d guafs fmm around kuth East Ada resldsntial pmgramme.

d life

w9llneas of Singapore citizens,a$ & wain competsr"rt

Participants other well

participatein a three day

and

To and develop

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ofYoung

andvalidation

Selected Research Projects

School has received i t s highest

of fundingin a single academic year since it became

a part of the University in Some of the projects that faculty are

. on include:

with that Adults

The Influenceof Military Experience on the Learning

andTeachingof Secondary School Physical Education

Effects of Physical Activity on Physical Fitness, Body

Composition and Other CardiovascularDisease Risk

Factors in Overweight SingaporeanSchoolboys

Body Composition and Lipid Profile of Singapore

School Children with Disability

The..Required Intensity of Exercise To Improve

Cardiovascular Function in Children in Singapore

The Effect of PE Class and ECA Activity on

CardiorespiratoryFunction in Children in Singapore

Assessing ECA Coaches' Concerns about Teaching

PsychologicalSkills to StudentAthletes

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Inter-generationalRisk Factor Analysis

of Body Composition Techniques of Singaporean

School Children and their Families.

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I sport.These

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Jnls. Prof.Pubs. Conf.Proc. inThe

I History;The

SPE PUBLICATIONS T h e SPE faculty publish in a variety o f FOR 996 reaching a wide audience of readers, including scholars and

academics interested in topical, professional and academic issues in

physical education and would include a whole range of

printed materials from magazineand newspaper articles t o international

peer reviewed professional and academic journals; chapters in books;

books and conference

proceedings. The faculty

SPE Publications 1995196 have published in the

Peer Rev. Books

Types of Publications

lnternational Council on

Health Physical Education

Recreation: Spor t and

Dance Journal; The

Australian Counci l o f

Health Physical Education;

the Bri t ish Journal o f

Physical Education andThe

CanadianJournal of Health

Physical Education and

Recreation. In addit ion

faculty have published

papers lnternational

Journal o f Applied Sport

Psychology; The

lnternational Journal o f

Sport Journal o f Teaching in Physical Education, The

European Journal of Physical Education;

The Journal o f Sport Sciences; The

Australian Journal of Sport Science and

Medicine; The British Journal of Sport

Medicine; Adapted Physical Activity

Quarterly and Developmental Medicine

and Ch i ld Neurology. A clear

demonstrat ion o f the scholarly

commitment o f the faculty t o the

academic disciplines related t o

Physical Education.

Sport

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CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMMES

American College of Medicine

The School of Physical Education offers

certification courses for the American College of Medicine

(ACSM) two times per ACSM Leader certification

provides for individuals who possess the to

safely and implement fitness programmes for people who

are apparently healthy or who have a controlled disease.

who bringa range of backgroundand experience to the

This special courseis designedfor people

I Certificate of Physical Recreation

employed or wishing to be employed in physical recreation setting in the near future. It is

that the candidates will be students

course. A t the completionof the would

an introduction to the teaching of physical

recreation activities in community

CONFERENCES AND AIESEP December 1997 SEMINARS

School of Physical Education i s

honoured to be asked to host the first world AIESEP conference in Asia

which will be known as "AIESEP Singapore 1997 World Conference on

Teaching, Coaching, and Fitness Needs in Physical Education and the

Sport Sciences". AIESEP is the international association for Sport and

Physical Education in universities and institutes for higher education.

The themes of the Singapore conference will and Coaching:

in elite teams, competitive sport for children, and children

with special needs, as well as in-service teaching and coaching and

research in teaching and conference will be from 4

December 1997 through 6 December 1997 at the Garden

campus.

Quek lrn long Ph.D (Qreensland) MSc B.Sc Adv. CertEd (Slpore)

(Stpore) Dean

T& PhD St&). M k BPE (Dm) (Alberbe) cert (Slpom) Lecturer.Vi

Aplin, M.Sc (Loughborough) B.Ed. (Lough.)

(Lough.)

Deans

18 BSc MSc

asvice-principal

Ph.D. of

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OlympicAcademy andvice

specialisation: Development

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schools

degrees

level,she

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Hayward Parlee

Ph.D.is

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Development fir

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specialisation:

SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION FACULTY

(Oregon) (Oregon)

Cert Ed. Senior Lecturer,

Sock Miong (Oregon (Alberta)

Ed. Dean

Nicholas G.

Hons Cert Ed Lecturer

Office

Dean Quek joined the teaching profession

in 1963 and has taught in primary, secondary and junior college levels

for years. Upon completion of his and in 1984, he was

appointed of Victoria Junior College. He then joined

the College of Physical Education in 1985. Subsequently, he was sent on

scholarship to read his at the University Queensland in 1987.

When CPE and merged in to be part of NTU, Dr. Quek was

appointed as Dean of the faculty. Currently, he is also the Principal of

the SPE Singapore President of the Singapore

Physical Education Association.

Areas of Motor Fitness Testing & Psychological

Profiles Athletes.

Dr Teo-Koh has taught in both primary

and secondary in Singapore before completing her undergraduate

and Master at the University of Alberta, Canada. A t the

undergraduate won numerous awards, including the prestigious

University of Alberta Alumni Gold Medal in PE Recreation. A t the

graduate level, she was awarded the Harold Memorial

Fellowship. Her from the Oregon State University in the general

area of adapted physical education and exercise physiology. In 1996 she

was awarded the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Education Award. D r Teo-Koh has served on the Special Olympic

International Sports Rules Committee and is currently the Director of

Training, Special Olympics Singapore.

Areas of specialisation: Physical Education students with special needs,

Growth & Motor PE Primary and Preschoolers, Outdoor

Education.

Faculty

Mr has been lecturing in Singapore

since 1986, first at the College of Physical Education and later in the

School of Physical Education. His current research concerns the influence

of values and attitudes on the pursuit of sports excellence. He is an

Academic Fellow of the Singapore Olympic Academy and has been

engaged in the local, regional and international promotion of Olympism.

Areas of Social-psychology of Sport, Olympism, Women in

Sport, Sport and Culture.

Canagasaboi MSc

PE & Sp Sc (Lough.) & Cooching

PE, Australia)

Edn. CertEd Lecturer

Teck Heong, M.Sc (WAust) B.Sc PG Sc (WAust)

(Sipore)

Chia Hwa, BSc (Lough.)

PE

Goh-Leong Lai Keun

BSc

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OtympicAcademy.

Wellness

Ph.D

12

schools. CarlWolzAward

Hawaii.Currently,she

Kunalan (Loughborough)

Dip Dip T F (West Germany) Cert In H and Rec (West Advance Cert (Slpore)

(Slpore)

Ch'ng Alan

(Slpore) Dip

Dip Ed Lecturer

Yong Michael Hons

Dip (Slpore) Senior Tutor

M.A. (Hawaii) (Oregon)

Cert Ed (Slpore) Lecturer

Mr Kunalan taught six years in a primary

school and years in a secondary school before joining the Institute o f

Education in 1980. M r Kunalan participated inAthletics at the 1964 and

1968 Olympic Games. H e is currently the Honorary Secretary o f the

Singapore His current research interest is in the areas

o f coaching and exercise science.

Areas of specialisation: Track and Field, Exercise Physiology, Fitness and

Conditioningand Health Education.

Mr Ch'ng has taught in secondary schools

and junior college before joining SPE. He has served as a Head in a PE

department and has coaching background in schools. Currently he is

involved in national coaches' education and development. His research

interests are exercise testing, thermoregulation, fluid rehydration and

sport management.

Areas ofspecialisation: ExercisePhysiology, Sport Management Racquet Sports,

Teaching of Developmental Games.

Mr Chia has five years o f PE teaching

experience in Singapore secondary schools and worked as a Corporate

Manager in the private sector pr ior t o joining NIE as a Senior

Tutor in 1993. (On study leave f rom May 1995-April 1998 at the

University o f Exeter where he is pursuing studies in paediatric

exercise science).

M r s Goh has had years o f teaching

experience in schools pr ior t o joining the College o f Physical Education

in 1989. She was a member o f the Dance SyllabusWorking Committee

and has assisted in the planningand implementation o f the dance syllabus

in She was awarded the prestigious for Modern

Dance (Outstanding W o r k in Dance Education) at the University of

is working on a manual for the teaching o f creative

dance in primary schools.

Areas of specialisation: Dance (modern, ballet, folk and creative dance),

Movement Education(Curriculum Gymnastics), Labanotation. Dance History,

Dance Education.

Ph.D (Queensland) Hons.(New

0.M (0risbane CAE) Adv. Dip.PE

h r ) Ed (Exeter)

Koh,john Nam M.Ed (Victoria)

RE (Carnegie, (Slpore)

Hui, Bervyn BA Hons,

(Lough.)

A ~ ~ r o f e s s o r Haslam

Haslam

aVice

asvice

Haslam

internationa1,semi-professional

offechnology

famousAustralian

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Specialisation: Soci+Cuhural

Management,Tmck

held

atwollongong Ph.D.

Horton, Peter A.

MM. England)

(S t Luke's College, Cert Senior Lecturer

Sang

Cert Leeds) Cert Ed. Adjunct Senior Lecturer

Lee Peng

PGCE Senior Tutor

joined the School of

PhysicalEducation in1992. He has been a tenuredProfessor of Education

and Physical Education at the University of Western Ontario, Brock

University and the Universityof Regina in Canada over the last 22 years.

Professor is interested in the psycho-pedagogicalaspects of the

management of youth sport From 1990-1992 he was President

of CAHPERD and Editor of the CAHPERD Journal. He served

Dean of the School between 1992 and 1995. Professor was an

England youth soccer player and later a

national level coach. In squash he played in a semi professional league

and achieved provincial level coaching status.

Areas of specialisation: SportManagementSportPedagogy, Coach Education,

Soccer,Squash.

D r Horton joined the School of Physical

Education in 1993 after teachingat Queensland University

and Griffith University-GoldCoast He has had wide teachingexperience

in schools in both Australia and the United Kingdom. He was also a

member of the 'Wallabies" in over 50 games including

2 Test matches in the 1970s. D r Horton is the Head of Studies at the

Singapore Olympic Academy.

Areas of Analysis of Sport, Sport History, Sport

Sociology and Olympic Studies.

Mr Koh is the Deputy Executive Director

of the Singapore Sports Council. He teaches and researches in the area

of Sport Administration and is particularly interested in the national

sport delivery system in Singapore.

Areas of Specialisation: Sport and Field, Rugby.

Mr Lee was trained in Loughborough on

a Public Service Commission teaching scholarship. He spent five years

teaching in a junior college and the post of Head of Department

(PE) before joining the School of Physical Education in January 1995.

(On study leave University inAustraliapursuinghis

in Sport Psychology).

Areas of Specialisation: Sport Psychology, Gymnastics, Swimming.

McGill PhD, Dip Ph (Otago)

- Senior

McNeill, MSc (Loud.) Adv.Dip. &

(Nonington)

Raynor Ptr.D (UWA) Dip (OWA) WE (Hons) (UWA) Lsburer

Soong Xion Xiang Paul i fhD.(Mory/and) I E p g h o i )

McGill

ofspeaalisation:ComputerApplications Sporq

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Raynor

ofWestern

control,skill biomechanics,with

neuromuscular

SkillAcquisition, Netball.

specialisation: Wellness Health

,

Lewis MS (New Mexico)

Ed Dip Tchng (New Zeoland)

Lecturer

MichaelC.

Ar t Science of Movement Lecturer

Annette

Ed.

M.D. (Shanghai)

Dr is interested in the use of

selected psychological strategies used by elite athletes during training

and competition and in particular translating techniques used in Sport

Psychology to the teaching of Physical Education and sports skills.

Areas to Physical Education and

Sport Psychology and Teaching Methods.

Mr McNeill joined the College of Physical

Education in 1988 after years of teaching secondary physical education

in Leicestershire, England. Mr McNeill teaches across curricular

disciplines and specialises in the application of pedagogical theory in

practice. He is currently researching Sports Excellence in Schools in

Singapore.

Areas of specialisation: Sport Pedagogy, Physical Education and Gymnastics.

Dr joined the School of Physical

Education in July 1994 after completing her doctoral thesis at the

University Australia. Her academic teaching areas are motor

acquisition and netball being her specialist

curriculum area Her research interests include the movement problems

experienced by poorly coordinated children from a biomechanical and

perspective. Other research topics include the motor

performance of Singaporean school children and the biomechanical

analysis of landing techniques used in netball.

Areas of specialisation: Motor Control, Biomechanics,

Dr Soong is a medical doctor who studied

Exercise Physiology at Shanghai Physical Education Institute and graduated

with a Master's Degree of Education. He completed a doctoral

programme (Exercise Physiology) at the University of Maryland in the

USA in 1993 where he managed the Exercise Physiology Lab. D r Soong

joined the School of Physical Education in 1993. His research is focused

in the area of paediatric exercise science.

Areas of Sport Medicine, and Education, Ex

Physiology and Table-tennis.

Schmiklt, I. PhD MSc 133 (McGiIO

Leaurer

Stensel, Ph.D (Lough.)

Sc (Lough.) PGCE (WUHE)

(WLIHE)

john Bsc Cert (Slpore)

Totor

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Kwang, MSc B.Sc Cert (Slpore)

Schmidt has experientncsr

H6m-h' t tethniml m s u

a %a CdT* d Sgrn M d ~ f n e , ha b c o o r d i ~ o ~ dlG d&% the '

ACW firnm.9 bo Slngapre. imo~ved in ~ m a l assessment; fior roronary facmrs and 1

dlltdren

Areas speciallsdkian: &or̂ ck@ Eva/uatlons

W @ t i o n , Hcatth i k t m , B o d y Kin-w, Aguetla Tiuining.

Stensel the ~ c h o d Physical

Ph.D E n @ d Hh curnne

rimearth focmts '~~ h&, prtkular physical accMty Ilpopromcelns.

Areas ~edubotion: hrcise phvsio/ogy, Nlruirion, Fttnm Conditioning Field.

junior Singapore

1992 &

Fistd hi& Loughbmugh Universl$,

Techlogy (UIG) pursuhg Ph.D. Biornschaniu.)

A m ofs$e&I~on: Blornechsnics,Tmck & M, R&

prtmry schods I3

transferring education

).ears. 1984, Master degne Physical

University Oregon,graduating

a m inTachingAnalysis.

IP861,k.wrtappointedHddfXnndECAinzn i n d e p e n h

ofspe&Ihtiun: Pedagogy, Soda1 Racquet

Sports.

Gordon (Indiana). (Indiana)

Senior

David

M .

B.A. Hons Lecturer

Tan Cher Chay, (Oregon),

Ed. Senior

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Tan Eng Harry (Oregon) (Oregon) In Ed

Lecturer

Dr

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he Is

a risk

composition of school and their families.

of Physiology, Fitness and

Risk Compositionand

Dr joined of

Education in 1993 havingcompleted his in

on the between exercise and andIn

the effects of on lipids and

of Sports and

T i and

Mr Tan has taught in primary and

secondary schools as well as in a college in prior to

joining SPE. From to 1994, he was a National Coach in Track

(for jump). (On study leave at

his in

Sports Games.

Mr Tan taught in for

years before to teach physical in a junior college

for the next five In he completeda in

Educationat the of with a major emphasis

in the Social Psychology of Sports and a minor

In

secondary school. He joined the SPE in January 1995.

Areas Sport Psychology of Sport,

km Kwang. Son, p&D MSc

<&A;

Spore

D r ~ a l k u s k i

actively

AIESEP

specialisation: Development,

1990 Beijing

Activity,

Steven (Georgia) (Oregon)

..

,Dr Tan is the first Overseas Graduate

Scholar of the School of Physical Education. He has taught in public

schools and tertiary institutions in and has worked as a Fitness

Consultant in the private sector prior to joining SPE. In 1984, he was

awarded the Institute of Education Best All-Round Student Prize and

the Rotary InternationalGold MedalAward. A t the undergraduatelevel,

he was voted the NationalAssociation for Sport and Physical Education

(NASPE) Physical Education Major of the Year. Currently, D r Tan is

investigating the influence of pre-existing beliefs about teaching on

teacher development of second-career teachers.

Areas of specialisation: Sport pedagogy, curriculum theory, outdoor education.

has been with the School of

Physical Education since 1993. He has been involved in the

development of curricula in the areas of motor control and research

methods. He currently serves as co-Chair of the organizingcommittee

and Chair of the scientific committee of the Singapore 1997

World Conference. In addition to these duties, Dr. Walkuski is an

Academic Fellow of the Singapore Olympic Academy.

Areas of Motor Sport Pedagogy, and Research

Methods.

Dr Waters has more than ten years

experiencein public and private sector sport management in the United

States, Malaysia and Taiwan in areas of aquatics, fitness recreation and

youth sport. As Strength and Conditioning Coach for Chinese-Taipei,

he prepared athletes for the 1988 Seoul Olympics, and the

Asian Games. He taught in Taiwan's National College of Physical

Educationof PE and Sports for four years. His current research examines

sport and its role in national development.

Areas of specialization: Sport Management, Psycho-sociological aspects of

Sport Physical Strength and Conditioning.

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specialisation:

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Nuan

Hasan

Wright, Helen C. (Univ. of Leeds)

Hons. (Univ. of London) Ed. (Univ. of London)

Lecturer

Wright, Steven C. Ed. D (Boston) MA (Boston)

(St Lawrence) Senior Lecturer

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Dr taught in schools and colleges

for eight years before joining the College of Physical Education as a

lecturer in 1987. She has recently returned from the University of

Leeds, UK, where she studied for her while on study leave from

the School of Physical Education. Her current research focuses on the

difficulties experienced by primary school aged children with

Developmental Coordination Disorder and the management of this

disorder in a primary school setting.

Areas of specialisation: Skill Acquisition, Motor Control, Motor Learning,

Basketball, Swimming.

Dr Wr ight graduated from Boston

University and joined the School of Physical Education in July 1992. He

has taught in Thailand, Holland, Greece and Australia as well as in the

U.S.A. He is currently workingon a research project that examines the

factors that influence the professional and occupational socialisationof

physical educators in Singapore. Dr Wright has been involved in the

development and teaching of Sport Pedagogy and Curriculum Issues

modules, both at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Areas of Sport Pedagogy, Basketball, Outdoor Education.

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Yow Chea

Clerical Officers Wee Cheong Ban David

S Manimegalai

Soh Goon Huay Lydia

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Technicians Tong Geok Ping

Lim Chin Hong Charles

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