Top marks for Indigenous teaching
30th November 2005
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| Sue Green and colleagues pictured at Sorry Day 2004 |
UNSW Associate Professor Sue Green has won the Neville Bonner Award for Indigenous Teaching in the 2005 Australian University Teaching Awards.
Professor Green is the Director of Nura Gili (Indigenous Programs @ UNSW). She teaches in a number of areas including social work, Australian studies, cultural and identity studies and Indigenous Preparation Programs.
Professor Green’s award nomination cites her “extraordinary energy and commitment to ensuring as many Indigenous people as possible have access to educational opportunities”.
Professor Adrian Lee, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education and Quality Improvement) said: “The Neville Bonner Award is wonderful recognition of the magnificent talents and efforts of Sue Green, and a tremendous statement in support of Indigenous education at UNSW."
Central to Professor Green’s work has been the development of an emancipative model of teaching and learning. This is underpinned by a concept of “engaging heads, hearts and hands”, that seeks to bring students’ own experiences and views about the issues regarding Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal relations to the learning environment.
Associate Professor Jacqueline Cranney and Dr Sue Morris from the School of Psychology were finalists in the institutional awards category: teaching large, first-year classes, with a submission ‘Making the Big Small: Personalising the large class experience and promoting life-long learning skills.’
This year 11 university teachers and five university teams were awarded for their excellence in teaching. Introduced in 1997, the awards focus on raising the status of university teaching and recognising Australia’s talented academics. Winners in the teaching award categories receive $40,000 each and institutional award winner receive $50,000.
From 2006, the awards will be co-ordinated through The Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education.
More information on the 2005 University Teaching Awards is available on the Minister’s website.
Professor Green is the Director of Nura Gili (Indigenous Programs @ UNSW). She teaches in a number of areas including social work, Australian studies, cultural and identity studies and Indigenous Preparation Programs.
Professor Green’s award nomination cites her “extraordinary energy and commitment to ensuring as many Indigenous people as possible have access to educational opportunities”.
Professor Adrian Lee, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education and Quality Improvement) said: “The Neville Bonner Award is wonderful recognition of the magnificent talents and efforts of Sue Green, and a tremendous statement in support of Indigenous education at UNSW."
Central to Professor Green’s work has been the development of an emancipative model of teaching and learning. This is underpinned by a concept of “engaging heads, hearts and hands”, that seeks to bring students’ own experiences and views about the issues regarding Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal relations to the learning environment.
Associate Professor Jacqueline Cranney and Dr Sue Morris from the School of Psychology were finalists in the institutional awards category: teaching large, first-year classes, with a submission ‘Making the Big Small: Personalising the large class experience and promoting life-long learning skills.’
This year 11 university teachers and five university teams were awarded for their excellence in teaching. Introduced in 1997, the awards focus on raising the status of university teaching and recognising Australia’s talented academics. Winners in the teaching award categories receive $40,000 each and institutional award winner receive $50,000.
From 2006, the awards will be co-ordinated through The Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education.
More information on the 2005 University Teaching Awards is available on the Minister’s website.
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