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Faculty guide> Science learning & teaching> Professional Development

Professional Development


Staff Induction and Orientation

The following resources are available for new staff. The organisation which provides these resources is denoted in parethesis, e.g., (HR) - UNSW Human Resources, (LTU) - The Learning and Teaching Unit, (FoS) - Faculty of Science
 
Academic Staff
 
General Staff
 
Sessional / Casual Staff
 
School Specific


Educational Training


Resources

Here are some resources and case studies on what people at UNSW have been doing to solve problems in teaching. If you have any pointers you would like add forward these to EdSquad@unsw.edu.au


Awards

The Faculty of Science has received the following awards related to Learning and Teaching:

  • Will Rifkin: Pro Vice Chancellor’s Teaching Award (2005)
  • Joe Wolf: (2005)
  • Barbara Junghans: Postgraduate Coursework Awards (2004)
  • Margaret Cooley, Noel Whitaker and Kathy Takayama: First Year Experience Award (2003)
  • Noel Whitaker, Michelle Kofod, Lene Jensen, Sean Brawley: First Year Experience Award (2003)

Publications

  • Cranney, J., Kofod, M., Huon, G., Jensen, L., Levin, K., McAlpine, I., Scoufis, M. and Whitaker, N. (2005) Portfolio tools: learning and teaching strategies to facilitate development of graduate attributes. UniServe Science Proceedings of the Blended Learning in Science Teaching and Learning Symposium 25 – 30.
  • Gray, P., Barnard, R., Franco, C., Young, F., Hine, D., Rifkin, W. (2005) Learning Outcomes and Curriculum Development in Biotechnology  Stage 2: Dissemination of Best Practice -- Final Report. DEST.   
  • Hunt-Cunningham, M., Hatsidimitri, G.s &  McAlpine, I. 2005.  Brave New World: General Studies on the Internet. UNSW Compendium of Good Practice in Teaching and Learning. Issue 2.
  • Huon, G., Spehar, B., Adam, P., Rifkin, W., Resource use and academic performance among First Year Psychology students , Higher Education, forthcoming 
  • Takayama, K. (2005) Visualizing the Science of Genomics , in Visualization in Science Education, John K. Gilbert (ed.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.
  • Takayama, K. & Wilson, J. (2005) Mapping student learning throughout the col laborative inquiry process: the progressive e-poster.   Proceedings of the Blended Learning in Science Teaching and Learning Symposium, The University of Sydney, 2005.
  • Rifkin, W., Whitaker, N., Kofod, M., James, S., and Dalton, H. (2005) Lecturers as Faculty-based educational developers: Experiences of the Science Ed Squad at UNSW HERDSA Conference Proceeding (In print)
  • Rifkin, W. (2005) The World-Wide Day in Science as exemplar of program-based, blended learning with international scope .Proceedings of the Blended Learning in Science Teaching and Learning Symposium, The University of Sydney, 2005