Current Institution: University of Western Australia
Fellowship: OLT National Senior Teaching Fellowship at University of Western Australia
Fellowship Duration: 2015 - 2017
The fellowship will focus on three complementary areas of activity under the unifying theme of rewarding and recognising teaching. The capacity of tertiary institutions to reward and recognise teaching has been elusive, despite progress being made in the development of teaching criteria and the identification of appropriate evidence of teaching excellence. The fellowship will: (1) extend and embed the outcomes of the Australian University Teaching Criteria and Standards project; (2) investigate the feasibility of a sector-developed and endorsed Australian Professional Tertiary Teacher Standards. This will provide an external standard against which individuals and institutions can benchmark teacher quality; (3) investigate and trial a process of peer review that will apply teaching criteria and standards and model how to assess teaching excellence and quality. The fellowship will deliver outcomes for individuals, institutions and the Australian tertiary sector. It will investigate and demonstrate how to enhance and reward university teaching that sustains a focus on teaching that delivers quality student learning experiences.
Disciplines: Cross-disciplinary
The Australian Learning and Teaching Fellows’ network (ALTF) was established in 2011 with support from the Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching. The network comprises over 100 scholars who are well placed geographically, institutionally and within their discipline communities to promote and sustain effective learning and teaching in Australian higher education, now and into the future.
The Australian Learning and Teaching Fellows’ network (ALTF) was established in 2011 with support from the Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching. The network comprises over 100 scholars who are well placed geographically, institutionally and within their discipline communities to promote and sustain effective learning and teaching in Australian higher education, now and into the future.