Dr. Yeow-Tong Chia

Looking forward to the opening webinar of BRIDGE-AsiaTE: Asia Capability in Teacher Education – National Priorities and Regional Engagement, taking place on 19 June 2026, 12.00 pm–1.30 pm AEST

This opening session will explore how Asia capability is currently framed within national policy and teacher education scholarship, particularly in response to the recent Parliamentary Inquiry into Asia capability and its implications for the sector.

We are delighted and honoured to have two distinguished speakers at the opening webinar:

• Professor Keita Takayama (Adelaide University)
• Emeritus Professor Fazal Rizvi (University of Melbourne)

This webinar is co-organised by the Sydney School of Education and Social Work University of Sydney and the Asian Studies Association of Australia - ASAA

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BRIDGE-AsiaTE: Asia Capability in Teacher Education – National Priorities and Regional Engagement BRIDGE-AsiaTE is co-organised by the Sydney School of Education and Social Work at the University of Sydney and the Asian Studies Association of Australia.

Highlights of Day 1 of 24th Malaysia and Singapore Society of Australia (MASSA) conference (15 January 2026)

It was an honour and a privilege to meet Professor Gungwu Wang AO again, and to hear his invaluable insights on history, civilisation, and culture. My sincere thanks to Professor Wang for taking the time to meet and for graciously autographing two of his recent books. I hope to have the opportunity to meet him again, and I wish him continued good health and happiness.

I was interviewed by Faculti about my work (with Zhenzhou Zhao) on Citizenship and Education in Contemporary China. 🌏📚
In the conversation, I share some thoughts on how ideas of moral cultivation and citizenship come together in Chinese education, the influence of cultural traditions, and the challenges faced by migrant students navigating identity and belonging.
Grateful to Faculti for the chance to bring these discussions to a wider audience. You can watch the interview here:
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Citizenship and education in contemporary China: contexts, perspectives and understandings What does it mean to be a "good citizen" in modern China?

It has been 10 years since the passing of Singapore’s founding Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. On the day of his passing on 23 March 2015, I had the honor of being interviewed by The Wire alongside Mr. Bob Carr, former Australian Foreign Minister. You can listen to the recording here

Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew dies aged 91 - The Wire In the early hours of this morning Singapore’s elder statesman Lee Kuan Yew died of pneumonia. The party he created,...

My article with Dr Yijun Yang titled ‘Understanding educational policy transfer: an analysis of the Japanese influence on China’s vocational education’ has been assigned a volume and issue number (Volume 54, issue 8, 2024). “This article examines the process of China’s borrowing of the Japanese vocational education model from 1895 to 1922 from the perspective of educational policy transfer.” https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03057925.2023.2204990 University of Sydney Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Understanding educational policy transfer: an analysis of the Japanese influence on China’s vocational education This article examines the process of China’s borrowing of the Japanese vocational education model from 1895 to 1922 from the perspective of educational policy transfer. This study serves as a uniqu...