• Problem-based learning, specifically the use of the case method in developing creative and analytical thinking
• Public Opinion and Democratic participation
• Social Capital
• Civil Society
• Strategic Management in the private and non-profit sectors
• Communications
• Adult Learning

Public Policy Teaching Cases:

• Teng S C. 1990. The Changing face of Public Housing. Public Policy Programme, National University of Singapore
• Teng S C, 1997. Parents’ Maintenance Bill. Public Policy Programme, National University of Singapore
• Teng, S C. 1998. The Mountains are High and the Emperor is Far Away: The Suzhou Industrial Park. Public Policy Programme, National University of Singapore
• Teng S C 1999. A City Without Chickens: the Hong Kong Bird Flu: Public Policy Programme, National University of Singapore
• Teng S C 1999. Counterfeit English Medium School in Hong Kong: the Hong Kong Bilingual Policy. Public Policy Programme, National University of Singapore
• Teng S C. 2001. The Community Development Council: A New Creature. Public Policy Programme, National University of Singapore
• Teng S C 2004. Creating Value with E-Government. Public Policy Programme, National University of Singapore
• Teng S C. 2004. Maternal Health Care in Indonesia. (This case was commissioned by World Bank to be used for a World Bank course on “Public Policy and the Private Health Sector in Asia”)
• Teng S C. 2004. The Lallang effect: The grassroots effort in combating Sars in Singapore. Public Policy Programme, National University of Singapore
• Teng S C 2004. Creating Value with E-Government. Public Policy Programme, National University of Singapore
• Teng S C 2005. Decentralisation in Cambodia: Three Views. Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore
• Teng S C 2006. A Charity Gone Wrong. (This case written for a course on ethics for the training of Brunei civil servants).
• Teng S C 2011. Second Chance. SIM University. (This case and its teaching notes were written for a leadership course offered as an elective in the University Core Curriculum)

Policy Research:

• Cognitive development in early childhood and its implications for policy on center-based early childhood development programmes.
• Social Capital and its Determinants: a study of the South West Community Development Council District.

Editorial Work on Books:

• Teng, S C and M L Ho. eds. The English Language in Singapore: Implication for Teaching. Singapore; Singapore Association for Applied Linguistics, 1995.
• Teng, S C and B S Teoh, eds. Reading in a Multilingual context: From Theory to Practice. Singapore: Singapore Association for Applied Linguistics, 2002   Page 3 of 3 
• Low, E L and S C Teng. eds. The Teaching and Use of Standard English. Singapore: Singapore Association for Applied Linguistics. 2002

Conference Papers:

• Teng, S C. Quality of Texts: Can Theme Tell. Paper presented at International Conference on Discourse Analysis. 16 October 1997. University of Macau, Macau
• Teng, S C. Metalinguistic Awareness and the Case Method. Paper presented at World Association for Case Method Research and Application (WACRA) Conference. 17 June 2001. Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
• Teng, S C. Early Childhood Environment: What Statistics Show. Paper presented at the Thinking Child Conference. 3-4 September 2001, SUNTEC City Singapore
• Teng, S C. Social Capital: A Study of South West Community Development Council. Paper presented at Building Social Capital, MCDS Research Seminar. 25 September 2003. Holiday Inn Parkview Singapore.
• Teng, S C. Preparing our graduates for the 21st Century. Paper presented at the Character and Citizenship Education Conference. 8 – 9 November 2011, NIE.

Chapter in Book:

• Teng S C. Appropriacy in Language Use: A Feature of the Standard use of English. In The Teaching and Use of Standard English. Eds Low Ee Ling and Teng Su Ching 2002: Singapore Association for Applied Linguistics