Biography
Dr Leong Wei Shin is Assistant Dean of Degree Programme and Student Life at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University (NIE-NTU), Singapore. Prior to joining NIE-NTU, Wei Shin was serving as Head of Aesthetics Department with a secondary school and a Unit Coordinator at Curriculum Planning and Development Division, Ministry of Education (MOE). Wei Shin currently teaches undergraduate, graduate and executive leadership and professional development courses on curriculum planning and implementation, assessment literacy, formative assessment and reflective practices. He is also involved in leading several research projects on Assessment for Learning and student self-regulation in MOE and schools (e.g. http://www.nie.edu.sg/project/oer-12-15-ccd). As the focal contact person for NIE of the Network on Education Quality Monitoring in Asia Pacific, he has regularly been invited by UNESCO to be their assessment specialist-representative and guest speaker on formative assessment and alignment of curriculum, assessment and teaching.
