PhD
University of Singapore (1974)
Research
Areas:
Environmental
Education & Conservation, Science Communication & Education,
Marine Biology & Ecology, Mangrove Ecology & Regeneration
Professional
Organisations
- Hon.
Fellow, Singapore Institute of Biology (SIBiol)
- President,
National Academy of Science, Singapore (SNAS)
- Immediate
Past President, Federation of Asian Scientific Academies
and Societies (FASAS)
- Founder
Member, Science Council of Asia
Previous Appointments
Lecturer,
Singapore University; Senior Lecturer, National University
of Singapore; The Director, Singapore Science Centre; Professor
of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University; Director,
National Institute of Education
Awards
Public
Administration Medal (Gold)
Public Service Medal
Public Service Star
National Science and Technology Medal
Green Leaf Environmental Award
National Order of Merit (Officer) France
Distinguished Friend of Ngee Ann
Distinguished Science Alumnus NUS
Public Administration Medal (Gold)(Bar)
President's Award for the Environment
Selected
Publications (2005-2009)
Refereed
Journals
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Hung
D, CK Looi & WHL Tan, Facilitating Inter-Collaborations
in the Learning Sciences. Educational Technology (2005)
45 (4) : 41-44
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Looi
CK, Hung D & WHL Tan, Linking the Learning Sciences
to Teacher Education : Teachers' Beliefs, Professional
Development and Scalability Issues. Educational Technology (2006)
46 (3) : 22-26
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Tan
WHL & R Subramaniam, Role of Scientific Academies and
Scientific Societies in Promoting Science and Technology:
Experiences from Singapore. International
Journal of Technology Management (UK)
(2009) 46 : pp. 38
- 50
Books
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Tan
WHL & R Subramaniam (editors)
E-learning and Virtual Science Centres, Information Science
Publishing USA (2005) 458 pp
-
Ng
PKL, SSL Lim & LWH Tan. Private Lives: An Expose of
Singapore's Shores. National University of Singapore (2007)
212 + viii pp
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Tan
WHL & R Subramaniam (editors) Handbook of Research
on New Media Literacy at the K-12 level. Hershey: IGI Global
(in press)
