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Principals & School Leaders Sharing 2025

On 26 August 2025, we welcomed over 100 attendees from our DREAMS partner schools, along with MOE representatives and the DREAMS research team, for an engaging afternoon of sharing and discussion on the project's latest findings. The session began with Prof Kenneth Poon, Lead Principal Investigator (PI) of DREAMS, who shared broad insights from our study...

Lead Project, Project 1, Project 2, Project 3, Project 4, Project 5, Project 6, Project 7

2025-09-01

DREAMS Symposium 2025

On 8 January 2025, DREAMS hosted its inaugural symposium titled Adolescents at the Crossroads: Navigating Education and Society in the 21st Century. Held at the National Institute of Education (NIE) in Singapore, the symposium welcomed 200 attendees, including researchers, policymakers, school leaders, and teachers, all focused on advancing the understanding of adolescent development in the local context...

Lead Project

2025-01-15

Inaugural DREAMS Parent Webinar

Prof Kenneth Poon, lead Principal Investigator (PI), opened the webinar by highlighting the DREAMS project and its importance in advancing global research and shaping future practices and policies. Dr. Trivina Kang, co-lead PI, emphasized the value of participating in qualitative interviews as a platform for amplifying the voices of students and parents. Dr. Melvin Chan, co-lead PI, shared his findings on career and education exploration...

Lead Project, Project 1

2024-11-29

NIE Office of Education Learning Day

Sharing our project with our colleagues at @oer_nie Learning Day on 21 Oct 2024...

Lead Project

2024-11-29

Research and Management Information Division (MOE) Learning Day

On 27 August 2024, two of our Principal Investigators presented key insights from their research at the Ministry of Education's Research and Management Information Division (RMID) Learning Day, contributing to the ongoing conversation on adolescent development and education in Singapore....

Project 1, Project 3

2024-09-17

SingTeach: Adolescence: Exploring the Second Window of Opportunity and Risk

The adolescent years are important for several reasons as they represent a period of significant changes that shape an individual’s future. Dean of Office of Education Research at NIE and Conference Convenor of Redesigning Pedagogy International Conference (RPIC) 2024, Professor Kenneth Poon, seeks to bring forth certain factors that may impact the growth and development of adolescents in Singapore through a recently launched MOE-commissioned research project – called DREAMS – that follows 7,000 adolescents throughout...

Lead Project

2024-07-30

Events

School Leaders Sharing

  • Term 3
  • By invitation only

This session is for principals/school leaders of DREAMS participating schools. Our team will share key findings from the DREAMS study and hold a Q&A.

Parent Webinar 2025

  • Term 4
  • Zoom

Parents will be invited to a webinar where we will share insights from the DREAMS study and discuss topics relevant to adolescent development.