Faculty of Arts Dean’s Teaching Awards
- Posted:
- June 5th, 2008
- Editor
Deans Teaching Awards
A ceremony was held last week at the Monash Staff Club to recognise excellence in teaching within the Arts Faculty. For the first time, there was also recognition of the work of sessional teaching staff.
Dr JaneMaree Maher, Associate Dean (Education), School of Political and Social Inquiry, said the Faculty of Arts contained many passionate and committed teachers and those receiving awards exemplified all the best attributes; concern for students, innovative and engaged teaching practices and a vision of education as transforming the world everyday in small yet significant ways. Nominations were made by Heads of schools and undergraduate coordinators, drawing on unit evaluations and other evidence of curriculum quality.
In her address, Professor Rae Frances congratulated all the awarded staff and said that decisions between excellent teachers were always challenging; she noted that “the number of awards today reflects the depth of talent in teaching in the Faculty of Arts”. Professor Frances said that “teachers in classrooms are Monash University’s most important ambassadors and memories of great teaching will stay with students for all of their lives”.