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Making the best of it

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  1. I wanted to thank you for all the help that you have given me over the semester. Frankly, nobody would have been better than you as a mentor. You must have been really busy since you won your Award. I was obviously asking a lot and I don’t know how you could have found time to help me as much as you did. I am very pleased to be able to saythat you are aformerteacher of mine. (from presentation by Iain Hay and Mark Israel, 2008)

  2. Mark Israel Ron Smith Making the best of it

  3. Impact on you? • Has the award lived up to your expectations? • What difference has the award made to you? • Talk for 5 minutes • Share for 5 minutes

  4. Value of teaching awards • At structural level • CSHE Report, Australia (2005) • offering recognition & rewards to wider diversity of practices • raise priority given to good teaching • support efforts of universities to encourage culture of teaching excellence • awardees are resource for advancement of learning & teaching

  5. At individual level • Ballantyne et al. (2003) review • questionnaires to 40 recipients of AAUT (1997-2001) awards • found • given participants personal validation and encouragement • contributed to winners’ reputation and credibility • caused teachers to reflect on their teaching practices • acted as incentive for others to improve their teaching

  6. End of career • scepticism, envy and resentment

  7. Cheap labour • Overwhelming • sheer quantity of requests • perceived need to meet others’ high expectations

  8. Talk to • numerous groups of potential, starting, continuing & completing students • lunchtime staff seminar to another discipline at distant campus • local community groups

  9. Awards & leadership • Can teaching awards accelerate development of educational leadership • incentive for academics before they apply for award • giving recipients greater authority and opportunities to influence teaching

  10. Used as • status symbols • teaching assessors • drivers for change • motivational speakers

  11. Used to • develop policy • write grant applications • mentor colleagues

  12. Educational Change: Cultures • Higher education – scholarly approach • Carnegie scholars (US) • Scholarship of teaching and learning • Inquiry projects (identify issues/concerns) • Study them • Document approaches/results • Share them with colleagues

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