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Name Prof. Dr. Timothy Teo
Qualification
  • PhD in Educational Psychology, Measurement & Evaluation, Quantitative Methods, Musical Preferences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 2003
  • Master of Arts in Music Education, Quantitative Methods, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 1999
  • Bachelor of Arts in Music Education, Educational Research, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, 1995
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    Organization University of Macau
    Email timothy.teo@murdoch.edu.au
    URL NIL
    UTAR Contact Person Dr Priscilla Moses, priscilla@utar.edu.my


    Employment
    • Professor (Jan 2014 – Present) University of Macau/ Faculty of Education, Macau, China SAR
    • Honorary Professor (Jan 2014 - Dec 2016) University of Auckland, Faculty of Education, New Zealand School of Learning, Development and Professional Practice
    • Associate Professor (Dec 2011 - Dec 2013) University of Auckland, Faculty of Education, New Zealand School of Learning, Development and Professional Practice
    • Associate Professor (Sept 2010 - Nov 2011) Nanyang Technological University/ National Institute of Education, Singapore Learning Sciences & Technologies Academic Group
    • Assistant Professor (July 2005 - Aug 2010) Nanyang Technological University/ National Institute of Education, Singapore Learning Sciences & Technologies Academic Group
    • Associate Faculty (2010 – 2011) SIM University, Singapore, School of Arts and Social Sciences (Methods of Data Analysis)
    • Associate Faculty (2008 – 2009) SIM University, Singapore, School of Arts and Social Sciences (Structural Equation Modelling)
    • Associate Faculty (2007 – 2009) SIM University, Singapore, School of Business (Statistics; Quantitative Methods)
    • Associate Faculty (2003 – 2006) SIM University, Singapore, School of Arts and Social Sciences (Child Development)
    • Lecturer (Apr 2000-June 2005) Singapore Polytechnic, Singapore, School Info-Communications Technology
    • Senior Curriculum - Ministry of Education, Singapore
    • Specialist - Curriculum Planning & Development Division
    • Teacher (1989 – 1995) Various (Primary & Secondary schools), Teacher of English, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, and Music
    Funded Research Projects
    • National Science Council (Taiwan), 442,000(NTD), 2014
    • University of Macau (China SAR), 149,600 (MOP), 2014
    • Universiti Tengku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) (Malaysia), 24,500(RM), 2014
    • Ministry of Education (New Zealand), 400,000(NZD), 2012
    • British Academy Small Research Grant (United Kingdom), 6,750(GBP), 2011
    • Citi-NIE Financial Literacy Hub (National Institute of Education) (Singapore), 10,000(SGD), 2011
    • Ministry of Education (Singapore), 64,068(SGD), 2010
    • Office of Educational Research (National Institute of Education) (Singapore), 499,494(SGD), 2010
    • Citi-NIE Financial Literacy Hub (National Institute of Education) (Singapore), 16,945(SGD), 2009
    • Office of Educational Research (National Institute of Education) (Singapore), 68,482(SGD), 2006
    • Learning Sciences Laboratory (National Institute of Education) (Singapore), 32,743 (SGD) 2006
    • Learning Sciences Laboratory (National Institute of Education) (Singapore), 171,687(SGD) 2006
    Research Interests
    My research interests are inter-disciplinary in nature and include both substantive and methodological areas, organized into three clusters.
    • Educational Psychology (Self-efficacy-teachers and students; Beliefs about teaching and learning; Meta-cognition),
    • ICT in Education (Technology acceptance and adoption; Internet Addiction; E-learning),
    • Music Education (Psychological processes of music teaching and learning),
    • Quantitative Methods (Psychometrics; Instrument development and validation; Cross-cultural measurement; Measurement invariance; Issues in survey development and administration; Structural equation modeling; Multilevel modeling; Latent growth modeling).
    Publications & Presentations
    • Publications (In Press & Accepted) and published. (Total=122)
    • Articles in Non-Reviewed Journals (Total=3)
    • Manuscripts under Review/ Revision (Total=18)
    • Books and Chapters (Total=15)
    • Conference Presentations (Total=21)
    • Poster (1)
    • Talks and Workshops (23)
    Awards & Honours
    New Zealand Performance-Based Research Funding (PBRF) Exercise Awarded a quality category of ‘A'

    Category Description:
    • "Research outputs, peer esteem and contributions are of a world-class standard.", 2013
    • DOCTORAL STUDY LEAVE AWARD, Singapore Polytechnic, 2001
    • OVERSEAS ARTS BURSARY, National Arts Council (Singapore),1992-1995
    • OVERSEAS STUDY GRANT, Lee Foundation (Singapore),1992-1995
    • WONG HEE HUA MEMORIAL PRIZE, National Institute of Education (Singapore) (For outstanding performance in Music Education), 1989
    • STUDY BURSARY, Ministry of Education (Singapore), 1987-1989