Assistant / Associate Professor in History Education at The National Institute of Education, Singapore

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• Application deadline: 15 September 2025

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Overview

The National Institute of Education (NIE) is among the world’s top education institutes, recognised for its excellence in teacher education and educational research.  NIE has played a key and pivotal role in shaping and developing Singapore’s teaching profession and landscape through evidence-informed, practice-focused and values-based programmes and initiatives.

An autonomous institute situated within the research-intensive Nanyang Technological University, NIE is consistently ranked within the top 15 in the world for research impact in the field of Education.

The Humanities and Social Studies Education (HSSE) Department at NIE/NTU combines the expertise of scholars and experienced education specialists in history, geography and social studies to deliver impactful research and teacher education programmes. We offer an extensive range of courses focused on both classroom pedagogy and disciplinary content relevant to history, geography, and social studies educators, curriculum specialists, undergraduate teaching scholars and higher degree students. HSSE scholarship in educational practice ─ as well as in the disciplines of history, geography, and social studies ─ is relevant to a range of 21st Century issues fundamental to the preparation of professionals interested in teaching careers, school leadership and educational specialisations. HSSE also has several collaborative projects focused on sustainability and disciplinary thinking that focus on innovations designed to lead practice and guide change in education.

HSSE Department intends to appoint a tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor in History Education, focusing on any of the following: 

• History teacher education  
• Teacher professional development
• History curriculum development
• Concept-based teaching
• Historical thinking / field-based / history classroom pedagogies
• Assessment and evaluation in history  

This position will provide the suitable applicant with opportunity to conduct research in his /her area of specialization and teach history education at the world’s #15-ranked university (QS World University Rankings 2025). In addition, there will be unique opportunities to work with academic geographers, historians and educational research scientists and explore history education research in primary and secondary school contexts through collaborative research projects.

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