Teaching Award
Applications for the Teaching Award should be lodged with the Honorary Secretary, ASPS Inc. Applications for the 2008 Teaching Award close on Friday May 30, 2008.
The Award
- This award recognises excellence, innovation and/or contributions to teaching plant science at University level.
- The award will be made on the description of excellence, innovation and/or contributions to the teaching of plant science to undergraduate students.
- The teaching shall be in any branch of plant science.
- The award will be for teaching within an Australian institution.
- The award will be made at yearly intervals and only when a suitable candidate is nominated.
- The awardee will be invited by the Society to give a short presentation on her/his teaching methods, innovations or contributions at the annual ComBio conference. That presentation shall not be compulsory. The description of any innovations recognised by this award shall be made available to other plant science educators.
The Candidate
- A candidate must be a member of ASPS Inc.
- No age restriction will apply to the award.
- Candidates are not restricted as to the number of occasions on which they apply for the award or are given the award.
- The candidate may be a sole teacher or a team of teachers.
Application Procedure
- Each application shall include a one-page report outlining the reasons the candidate is considered to be an excellent and/or innovative University level teacher of plant science. Supporting documentation should be attached; such as a teaching portfolio, interactive computer exercises, innovative laboratory practical exercises, handouts to students, or student assessment of teaching practices. The one page application must clearly show how the enhancement of student learning.
- Four copies of the application are to be submitted by the specified time. The Award will be announced at the ComBio meeting at which the Awardee presents a brief summary of their teaching innovation.
The Award will be made by the Society on the recommendation of its Committee chaired by the ASPS Plant Science Education Representative and comprising one of the Postgraduate Student Representatives and at least one co-opted Discipline Representative with a strong background in undergraduate teaching. In cases where more than one candidate receives a strong recommendation, the president or Secretary will decide on the Award based on the advice received.
Recipients
| 1997 | Dennis Bittisnich, Research School of Biological Sciences ANU |
| 1998 | Acram Taji, University of New England |
| 1999 | Grahame Kelly, Queensland University of Technology |
| 2000 | Julie Plummer, University of Western Australia |
| 2001 | Janet Gorst, Queensland Department of Primary Industry |
| 2002 | Sharon Robinson, University of Wollongong |
| 2003 | Brian Atwell, Macquarie University |
| 2004 | Tim Colmer, University of Western Australia |
| 2005 | Martha Ludwig, University of Western Australia |
| 2006 | John Harper, Roger Mandel & Geoffrey Burrows, Charles Sturt University |