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Associate Professor Ethan

IAL Staff

Director, Policy and Systems Thinking

Areas of Expertise: Learning Practice, Assessment, Evaluation & Quality, Workforce and Skills Development, Policy & Systems Thinking


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Chen, Z., Cordie, L., Schröter, H., & Zeng, X.D. (Eds.). (forthcoming, June 2026). Navigating the AI frontier in adult education: International practices and perspectives from adult learning, training and higher education. Routledge: Link

Chen, Z., & Tan, L. S. (2025). Unveiling the impact of job quality on work outcomes: the mediating role of motivation among adult educators. Cogent Education, 12(1): Link

Azhari, A., Rai, A., Ho, H.S., Jegathisan, A., Gill, S., Norfor, N., and Chen, Z. (2025). Inter-brain synchrony between undergraduate students during a naturalistic online seminar predicted greater relational satisfaction and task performance. Front. Neurosci. 19:1705767: Link

Chen, Z., Pavlova, M., Tangen, C. (2024). Adult Educators as lifelong learners in Singapore: factors influencing lifelong learning participation and professional growth, Asia Pacific Education Review, 2024: Link

Chen, Z., Murphy, I., Tan, B.Z., Choo, A., Ang, B., Chan, S., & Tangen, C. (2024). Elevating TAE business, jobs and skills: findings from the Training and Adult Education landscape study 2. Institute for Adult Learning, Singapore: Link

Chen, Z., & Murphy, I. (2023). Domain and pedagogical competency and currency: A framework for capability development of adult educators. Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 29(1), 273-293: Link

Chen, Z., Chia, A., & Bi, X. (2021). Promoting innovative learning in training and adult education – a Singapore Story, Studies in Continuing Education, 43(2), 196-207. Link

Chen, Z., Ramos, C., Puah, L.D., & Cheng, S. C. (2020). Training and Adult Education Landscape in Singapore: characteristics, challenges and policies. Singapore: Institute for Adult Learning: Link