Citations for outstanding UQ teachers

The University of Queensland has been awarded seven Australian Learning and Teaching Council citations for outstanding contributions to student learning.

The UQ winners will be among recipients at the 2011 Australian Awards for University Teaching ceremony at the Sydney Opera House on 16 August.

Citations can be awarded to academic, general and sessional staff, and institutional associates, who have made significant contributions to student learning in a specific area of responsibility over a sustained period.

They are valued at 10,000 dollars each.

UQ's winners are:

Associate Professor Philip Bodman of the UQ School of Economics, for sustained commitment, excellence and leadership in teaching economics, enabling and inspiring students to achieve outstanding academic and employment outcomes.

Associate Professor Matthew Davis of the UQ School of Mathematics and Physics, for implementing active learning methods that inspire, motivate and engage first year
physics students.

Mr Alan Duhs of the UQ School of Economics, for decades of inspiring students to learn through interactive, 'unsettling' teaching that illuminates the philosophical roots of economics, and for scholarly leadership in economics education.

Associate Professor Cliff Mallett, of the UQ School of Human Movement Studies, for creating an innovative, student-centred and authentic online postgraduate program for national and international sport coaches and other sports leaders.

Dr Liza O'Moore, of the UQ School of Civil Engineering, for enhancing the experience of engineering students in large classes through active engagement, providing effective feedback, and embedding real world engineering into the curriculum.

Dr Roslyn Petelin, of the UQ School of English, Media Studies and Art History, for providing a transformative experience for postgraduate students of writing, editing, and publishing through imaginative and inspirational teaching that allows them to fulfil their potential.

Dr Anthony Wright, of the UQ School of Education, for sustained excellence and leadership in science education as a practicing scientist who is also a science teacher educator.

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