Critical Education Research Cluster Welcome Event

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Critical Education Research Cluster Welcome Event

December 13, 2024

The Critical Education Research Cluster held its welcome event for FASS faculty members on 20 November 2024. About 20 faculty members met over breakfast to discuss new avenues for education related research and classroom innovations to advance critical pedagogy.

A/P Kamalini Ramdas sharing, photo courtesy of A/P Robin Loon
A/P Kamalini Ramdas sharing, photo courtesy of A/P Robin Loon

A/P Kamalini Ramdas (NUS Geography), Head of the Research Cluster, shared the cluster’s vision to “advance critical education research that is impactful both within and outside the classroom by developing projects and promoting research collaborations between FASS researchers and other researchers/educations in NUS and beyond.”

Dr Menusha De Silva sharing about herself, photo courtesy of A/P Robin Loon
Dr Menusha De Silva sharing about herself, photo courtesy of A/P Robin Loon

The opening event saw lively discussion amongst faculty members across FASS interested to hear about each other’s experiences and strategies for how to advance critical education research. Members at the meeting shared about their teaching practice and philosophy and how these spoke to structures of power in education.

The event closed with A/P Kamalini unveiling the plans for the upcoming year and how attendees can contribute to cluster activities.

The first event will be the official launch of the Critical Education Research Cluster on 10 January 2025 with a keynote by Professor Shirley Steinberg (University of Calgary), Winner of the 2024 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Paulo Freire Legacy Award.

To find out more about the launch event, please click here. Alternatively, you may reach us at cerc@nus.edu.sg for enquiries about the event.

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