Zongyi Deng

Mailing address: NIE/NTU, 1 Nanyang Walk, Singapore 631616

Email: zydeng@nie.edu.sg

MSU degree: Ph.D. in curriculum, teaching & educational policy, 1997

Dissertation topic: The nature of key ideas in teaching high school physics: three topics in optics, color, the speed of light, and light interference.

Current position: Assistant Professor, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological, University, Singapore

Language: English and Chinese

Publications:
Deng, Z. (in press). The Fallacies of Jerome Bruner s Hypothesis in The Process of Education: A Deweyan Perspective. Journal of Educational Thought

Deng, Z (in press). Beyond Teacher Training: Singaporean Teacher Preparation in the Era of New Educational Initiatives. Teaching Education.

Deng, Z., & Gopinathan, S. (2003). Continuity and Change in Conceptual Orientations for Teacher Preparation in Singapore: Challenging Teacher Preparation as Training. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 31 (1), 51-65.

Deng, Z. (2001). The Centrality of Subject Matter in Teaching Thinking: John Dewey s Idea of Psychologizing the Subject Matter Revisited. Educational Research Journal, 16 (2), 193-212

Deng, Z. & Gopinathan, S. (2001). Research on Teaching and Teacher Education in Singapore (1989-1999): Making a Case for Alternative Research Paradigms. Asia-Pacific Journal of Education, 21 (2), 76-95

Deng, Z (2001). The Distinction between Key Ideas in Teaching School Physics and Key Ideas in the Discipline of Physics. Science Education, 85, 263-278

Deng, Z. & Gopinathan, S (1999). Integration of Information Technology into Teaching: The Complexity and Challenges of Implementation of Curricular Changes in Singapore. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education & Development, 2 (1), 29-23