Education / Professional Qualification
- DOCTOR OF EDUCATION (EDD), INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT
OPEN UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA (OUM) - MASTER OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
UNITAR INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY - MASTER OF ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES (ESP)
UNIVERSITI PUTRA MALAYSIA (UPM) - BACHELOR OF ARTS (HONS)
UNIVERSITI PUTRA MALAYSIA (UPM) - DIPLOMA IN PROFESSIONAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY (FULLY ACCREDITED)
UDEMY
Teaching Areas at OUM
- SPECIAL NEEDS EDUCATION
- EARY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
- EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT
- INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY
- TESL/ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Interest, Expertise & Current Research
- PhD in Education (PhD)
- Master of Education by Research
- PhD in Education (PhD) by Research
- Early Childhood Education (ODL)
- Master of Education in Learning Design and Technology
- Postgraduate Diploma of Education in Learning Design and Technology
- Postgraduate Certificate of Education in Learning Design and Technology
5. External Advisor, SUNWAY University Malaysia
- Master of Education (Educational Leadership & Management (ELM)
- Special Needs Education (Programme Planning and Administration in Special Needs Education)
Publication & Other Links
Research and publication
Saminder Singh, Gurdip Kaur & Dan, Washima & Hussain, Mohd & Yunos, Farah & Joshi, Veena. (2026). Parental Engagement in Early English Language Acquisition: Motivations, Methods, Challenges and Coping Strategies. Journal of Qualitative Research in Education. 168-181. 10.54963/jqre.i46.1914.
Yang, Y., & Singh, G. K. S. (2026). An investigation into the key factors influencing the selection of childcare services by middle-income families in chongqing, China. Multidisciplinary Science Journal, (| Accepted Articles). Retrieved from https://malque.pub/ojs/index.php/msj/article/view/14552
Jean, O. D., & Singh, G. K. S. (2026). Curriculum Models in Context: Personal Narratives from Practitioner-Parents on Montessori and Reggio Emilia Approaches in Malaysian Preschool Settings. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 16(5), 649–664.
Saminder Singh, Gurdip Kaur & Yunos, Farah & Kumar, Menaga & Sing, Ramila & Joshi, Veena & Ramasamy, Radhega. (2025). Parental Involvement in Language-Delayed Young Children’s English Language Acquisition. Forum for Linguistic Studies. 7.
Tong, Hoey Chin Christy & Sidhu, Gurnam & Saminder Singh, Gurdip Kaur & Ruoyu, Wang. (2025). Predictors of academic achievement: The role of positive lecturer-student relationships in visible learning mind frames. International Journal of Innovative Research and Scientific Studies. 8. 329-337. 10.53894/ijirss.v8i2.5161.
Saminder Singh, Gurdip Kaur & Ghani, Yunera. (2025). Working mothers’ involvement in children’s preschool education in Malaysia. Edelweiss Applied Science and Technology. 9. 720-733. 10.55214/25768484.v9i6.7870.
Ngadni, I. ., & Singh, G. K. S. . (2025). Bridging academia and practice: Early childhood education students’ perspectives on industry-based learning. International Journal of Innovative Research and Scientific Studies, 8(6), 92–99. https://doi.org/10.53894/ijirss.v8i6.9510
Awards
- ASIA’s TOP RESEARCHER AWARD , 2026, by Asia Institute of Education for All
- TOP TEN Research Award, UNITAR International University, 2024/2025
- TOP TEN Research Award, UNITAR International University, 2023/2024
- Best Research Presenter Award at International Early Childhood Care & Education Conference (IECCEC) 2023, National Child Development Research Centre.
- Best Presenter International Conference on Education and Teacher Development (ICETD) 2020, Teacher Education Division of Malaysia (Pendidikan Guru Malaysia, Ministry of Education)
- Commonwealth Wise Women Mentor, Commonwealth of Learning, Canada, 2019
- Lean Six Sigma Foundation, White Belt Lean Six Sigma Award, 2019, MBizM malaysia & Australia
Keynote/Invited Speaker
- The Path to Female Leadership, 2021, Commonwealth Wise Women (COL), Canada.
- The Other Side of Play: Managing Child’s Play and Parental Involvement, 2021, Early Childhood Education, Kinderland Group of Education (PK Lee).
- 3rd International Early Childhood Care and Education Conference (IECCEC) 2024, “Balancing Digital and Real-World Play: The Role of Educational Leaders in ECE”, National Child Development Research Centre, UPSI.
- 2025 Women in Tech & Women Leadership Summit, “Leading Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Tech: Leveraging AI to Promote Inclusivity”, Corporate Connect Asia.
- Conference on Intelligent Technologies for Educational Applications, “AI Technologies and Neuroscience”, ITEA, 2026, Hong Kong (in collaboration with Universiti Malaya, Malaysia; Lingnan University, Hong Kong; and Zhejiang University, China).
- IEEE Technology and Innovation Conference (TIC 2026), “Digital Dementia in the Age of Intelligent Technologies”, World Research Union (WRU) and IEEE.
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