Teaching Award Finalists
Awarded to an individual or team of teachers who have made an outstanding impact on student learning.
School of Health Sciences
Dr Cameron Younger
Cameron’s reputation at a University-level is best exemplified as being a recipient of the Deputy Vice Chancellor’s Teaching and Learning Excellence Award for Exemplary Student Feedback on Teaching. Cameron has created impactful and vibrant learning resources for students. The most important highlight of Cameron’s excellence in teaching is the sustained excellence Cameron has maintained for an extended period of time, maintaining an average teaching score (SFT/QLE) of 4.85 for over a decade.
School of Medicine and Public Health
Dr Meredith Tavener
Understanding the ‘why and how’ of health behaviour through qualitative research (QR) to effect positive change, and teaching others how to do the same, is what motivates Meredith as a leader and practitioner of QR. Her passion and commitment to teaching and learning is internationally recognised, as she uses real-world research dilemmas from her own work to enliven students’ perceptions of QR so that they see learning QR skills as enjoyable and relevant, even fun.
School of Education
Tess Rendoth
Tess excels in all aspects of her teaching - she inspires, motivates and influences current and past Teacher Education students who specialise in Special and Inclusive Education by contributing creative approaches to course delivery, design and technologies, including the creation of content for the SoE 360% SimCAVE. The impact of her excellence in teaching and learning has resulted in a trebling of SIE students, a very active alumni within the program, school and SIE community.
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