AAEE AWARD WINNERS - 2004
Engineers Australia – Australasian Association for Engineering Education (EA – AAEE) Award for:
Excellence in Teaching and Learning in Engineering Education
Award for Excellence in Teaching and Learning in
Engineering Education:
Wageeh Boles (QUT)
A/Prof Boles has a distinguished
list of teaching awards and development grants, a strong record of service and
leadership on teaching-related committees, and a substantial teaching-related
publication record.
He has demonstrated not only individual teaching prowess, but major contributions
to curriculum development relating to the degree program as a whole,
rather than to individual subjects or units and he has also a strong
record of motivating and stimulating colleagues as Associate Dean and program
leader.
Commendation for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
in Engineering Education:
Peter O'Shea (QUT)
McGraw Hill – Australasian Association for Engineering
Education (McGraw Hill – AAEE) Award for:
Excellence in Curriculum Innovation in Engineering Education
Award for Excellence in Curriculum Innovation in Engineering
Education:
Carolyn Crosthwaite (UQ)
Anyone who has experienced the enormous effort, vision and perseverance required to accomplish major curriculum and culture change in engineering schools will know how to value the magnitude of this achievement. To have gained buy-in, commitment, and active and sustained participation from practically all staff of the division, including the most senior staff, is remarkable and speaks volumes both for the dedication and missionary powers of the curriculum team, and for the outright merit of the project and the strong evidence of its effectiveness. It is particularly pleasing to read the student tributes, as well as the evidence of industry acceptance and enthusiasm.
Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE) Award for:
Excellence in Inclusive Practice in Engineering Education
Award for Excellence in Inclusive Practice in Engineering
Education: Peter O'Shea (QUT)
Although Inclusiveness can take a number of different directions (ideally, of course, all of them) Dr O’Shea’s focus on international students is, I think, a particularly important one encompassing unfamiliar language, unfamiliar educational culture and expectations, and often relative isolation, difficulty of access to lecturer and tutors, and the absence of the supportive environment usually associated with full-time on-campus study. Dr O’Shea seems to have been particularly successful in developing a range of educational techniques and material that caters for a wide variety of learning styles, capabilities and circumstances, while also being highly effective for individual students anywhere across this spectrum.
There were no nominations for:
Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE) Award for:
Excellence in a Curriculum Team Project in Engineering Education