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Outstanding Performance in Teaching |
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- Genuine care and concern for student performance and development and be responsive to their feedback, devoting time to meet with students outside classrooms for discussion and counseling; careful design and marking of student assignments and receiving good feedback from students.
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- Adoption of learner-centred approaches, ability to engage/inspire on students and demonstration of superior classroom acumen, which may include a good understanding of pedagogy, understanding how students learn and adopting suitable teaching and assessment approaches that can achieve better student learning outcomes; being able to interact with students and engage them in learning with enthusiasm; inspiring and supporting students, with respect for their diverse learning needs, to build confidence and capability (including critical thinking, analytical skills, values, etc.) and outstanding classroom (as well as outside-classroom) teaching.
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- Course/programme/curriculum design that can reflect a command of the field, which may include demonstrating up-to-date knowledge of the field of study in the design of the curriculum and student learning resources (e.g. textbooks, e-learning resources) and adopting complementary research-informed teaching practices; and developing appropriate student learning outcomes and adopting innovative approaches to teaching and assessment which can facilitate students’ achievement of the learning outcomes.
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- Past/present achievement(s) and leadership in teaching and potential scholarly contribution to and impact on the development of effective teaching practice within her/his own institution and/or in other institutions, which may include demonstrating educational research and innovations in the field of study; and demonstrating leadership in the promotion of teaching excellence within the institution and/or in other institutions. In the case of team nominations, the impact of the collaborative work of the team on the development of effective teaching practice will also be considered.
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- For all awards in teaching, the Selection Sub-Committee/Committee would look for contributions which go beyond classroom teaching, such as provision of service/experiential learning opportunities to students, internationalisation of students’ learning experience, use of eLearning technologies, contribution to the development of teaching and learning such as participation in projects supported by internal and external teaching grants and conferences, and other initiatives that are in line with the University’s strategic goals.
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For Team Teaching Award:
- Demonstration of collaborative work as an advantage, supported with detailed information about the impact of outcomes/outputs of collaborative work.
- Proof of enhancement of student learning through the collaborative work of the team.
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