Salleh Hairon
Biographic Data
| ID | 6458263 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Salleh Hairon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Salleh |
| FAMILY NAME | Hairon |
| SIGNATURE | HAIRON S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Nanyang Technological University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9703-2532 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Distributed leadership of middle leaders in a Singapore polytechnic
Despite growing studies on distributed leadership, significant gaps persist in understanding how it manifests in higher education, particularly within Asian hierarchical institutional settings. Limited research has examined middle leaders’ lived experiences in enacting distributed leadership. This study examines distributed leadership practices of middle leaders in a Singapore polytechnic, exploring their perceived experiences, affordances, and c…
Back to the future
The “Thinking School, Learning Nation” national policy agenda set forth in 1997 has been considered a watershed moment in the history of Singapore education as well as the nation. It has brought about a raft of new educations reforms that are both comprehensive and intensive in nature. It has also brought about a succeeding education policy initiative coined as “Teach Less, Learn More”. This education policy initiative further strengthens, widens…
Perspectives on School Leadership in Asia Pacific Contexts
School Leadership and Educational Change in Singapore
Professional learning communities in Singapore and Shanghai
Professional learning communities (PLCs) have been recognised as having the potential to raise the quality of teachers, teaching and student learning through structured teacher collaboration, and have been featured prominently in Singapore and Shanghai – both considered top-performing Asian societies in the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA). Although embedded in education systems that are considered centralised, there are still …
Singapore schools and professional learning communities
While the literature on professional learning communities (PLCs) has proliferated, much of it derived from and contextualised in Anglo-American settings, the concept and practice of PLCs in Asian contexts of strong hierarchies have largely been ignored. Based on literature and documentary analysis, this paper investigates the systemic implementation of PLCs in Singapore schools. The authors seek to show first how policy developments have in effec…
Professional learning communities in Singapore and Shanghai
Professional learning communities (PLCs) have been recognised as having the potential to raise the quality of teachers, teaching and student learning through structured teacher collaboration, and have been featured prominently in Singapore and Shanghai – both considered top-performing Asian societies in the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA). Although embedded in education systems that are considered centralised, there are still …
Singapore schools and professional learning communities
While the literature on professional learning communities (PLCs) has proliferated, much of it derived from and contextualised in Anglo-American settings, the concept and practice of PLCs in Asian contexts of strong hierarchies have largely been ignored. Based on literature and documentary analysis, this paper investigates the systemic implementation of PLCs in Singapore schools. The authors seek to show first how policy developments have in effec…
Professional learning communities in Singapore and Shanghai
Professional learning communities (PLCs) have been recognised as having the potential to raise the quality of teachers, teaching and student learning through structured teacher collaboration, and have been featured prominently in Singapore and Shanghai – both considered top-performing Asian societies in the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA). Although embedded in education systems that are considered centralised, there are still …
Perspectives on School Leadership in Asia Pacific Contexts
School Leadership and Educational Change in Singapore
Back to the future
The “Thinking School, Learning Nation” national policy agenda set forth in 1997 has been considered a watershed moment in the history of Singapore education as well as the nation. It has brought about a raft of new educations reforms that are both comprehensive and intensive in nature. It has also brought about a succeeding education policy initiative coined as “Teach Less, Learn More”. This education policy initiative further strengthens, widens…
Distributed leadership of middle leaders in a Singapore polytechnic
Despite growing studies on distributed leadership, significant gaps persist in understanding how it manifests in higher education, particularly within Asian hierarchical institutional settings. Limited research has examined middle leaders’ lived experiences in enacting distributed leadership. This study examines distributed leadership practices of middle leaders in a Singapore polytechnic, exploring their perceived experiences, affordances, and c…
Pedagogy (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Professional development (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Education and Islamic Studies (2 works) · Faculty Development (2 works) · Mathematics education (2 works) · Professional learning community (2 works) · Psychology (2 works)