Teaching Excellence and Innovation Awards
Current Winners
| Category | EITA Winner | School |
|---|---|---|
| Career Achievement Award | Natalie Gasson | Curtin School of Population Health |
| Teaching Excellence – Individual Teacher | Kate Tonta | Curtin School of Population Health |
| Teaching Excellence – Individual Teacher | Patrick Clarke | Curtin School of Population Health |
| Early Career ISOLT Award | Phoebe Simpson | Curtin School of Allied Health |
| Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning | The Postgraduate Psychology Team:
Trevor Mazzuchelli, Rebecca Anderson, James Clarke, Jemma Dessauvagie, Peter McEvoy, Louise Pannekoek, Rosanna Rooney, Jason Sharbanee, Gosia Stasinski, and Kate Tonta |
Curtin School of Population Health |
| Program Award for Enhanced Student Learning | Comfort Corner Team:
Phoebe Simpson, Ben Milbourn, Sonya Girdler, Kim Tran, Maya Hayden-Evans, Rachel Oliver, Bahareh Afsharnejad, and Mark Boyes |
Curtin School of Allied Health |
| ISOLT Research Impact Award | Physiotherapy Clinical Performance Assessment: Bridging theory, practice, and sector transformation
Alan Reubenson, Daniel Gucciardi, and Leo Ng |
Curtin School of Allied Health |
| ISOLT Research Impact Award | Concept‐based Curriculum: An evidence‐based approach to developing a new framework for dietetics education
Andrea Begley, Janica Jamieson, Gemma Jenkins, Janeane Dart, Lauren T Williams, Simone Gibson, Fiona Pelly, Hattie Wright, and Claire Palermo |
Curtin School of Population Health |
Previous excellence in teaching winners
| Category | EITA Winner | School |
|---|---|---|
| Teaching Award: Individual Teacher | Brioni Moore | Curtin Medical School |
| Teaching Excellence Award: Honours, Postgraduate, or HDR Supervision | Laurence Cheung
Mark Boyes |
Curtin Medical School
Curtin School of Population Health |
| Teaching Excellence Award: Teaching Team | Orthoses and Upper Limb Rehabilitation Teaching Team
Lead: David Parsons Julie Brayshaw Alison Butcher Bethanie Trevenen Rachel Ross Laura Cowling Kelsey Haskell Victoria Bray |
Curtin School of Allied Health |
| Cultural Responsiveness Team
Lead: Robin Shortland-Jones Paula Clough
|
Curtin School of Allied Health | |
| Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning (Individual) | Elizabeth Hill
Innovation, leadership, or scholarship that has influenced and enhanced learning and teaching and/or the student experience |
Curtin School of Allied Health |
| Leanne Chalmers
Approaches to the support of learning and teaching that influence, motivate, and inspire students
|
Curtin Medical School | |
| Programs That Enhance Learning (Teams) | Programs That Enhance Learning Team
Innovation in Curriculum Design and Pedagogy Practice |
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| Valuing Lived Experience Program Team
David Hodgson
|
Curtin School of Allied Health | |
| MSWQ Team
Lead: Robin Shortland-Jones
|
Curtin School of Allied Health |
| Category | EITA Winner | School |
|---|---|---|
| Teaching Award: Individual Teacher | Dr Krysten Blackford | Curtin School of Population Health |
| Teaching Excellence Award: Teaching LargeClasses | Dr Takeshi Hamamura | Curtin School of Population Health |
| Teaching Excellence Award – Teaching Team | Evidence-Based Practice for Physiotherapists Team -Associate Professor Kylie Hill, Associate Professor JennyDowns, Professor Anne Smith, Associate Professor ViniciusCavalheri and Dr Susan Morris | Curtin School of Allied Health |
| Citation for Outstanding Contribution toStudent Learning – Innovation, leadership orscholarship that has influenced and enhancedlearning and teaching and/or the studentexperience | Cockburn ARC Exercise Science Practicum Placement Team -Mr Tom Kimmet and Mr Ray Seaby, with the citation “Authenticlearning experiences within internal, student-led ExerciseScience practicum placements that led to greater self-perceivereadiness for employment within industry”. | Curtin School of Allied Health |
| Citation For Outstanding Contribution ToStudent Learning: Approaches to the supportof learning and teaching that influence,motivate and inspire students to learn. | Dr Carly Brade,Providing authentic and effective learning opportunities to first-year Exercise and Sport Science students to advance practicalskills and enhance professional identity and employability skills. | Curtin School of Allied Health |
| Category | Nominee | School |
|---|---|---|
| Individual Teacher Award | Kiran Parsons | Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences |
| Early Career Award | Chantelle Highman | Occupational Therapy, Social Work and Speech Pathology |
| Citation for Innovation, leadership or scholarship that has influenced and enhanced learning and teaching and/or the student experience: For advancing anatomy education through digital technologies, innovative assessment methods, and meaningful feedback for learning. | Beatriz Ito Ramos de Oliviera | Physiotherapy and Exercise Science |
| Citation for Innovation, leadership or scholarship that has influenced and enhanced learning and teaching and/or the student experience: For leadership of the undergraduate speech pathology course; facilitating an enhanced student learning experience and excellence in course design and delivery in a challenging context. | Lydia Timms | Occupational Therapy, Social Work and Speech Pathology |
| Citation for Innovation, leadership or scholarship that has influenced and enhanced learning and teaching and/or the student experience: For outstanding leadership of occupational therapy fieldwork education resulting in diverse, high quality, sustainable and innovative work-integrated-learning experiences. | Sally Hunter | Occupational Therapy, Social Work and Speech Pathology |
| Category | EITA Winner | School |
|---|---|---|
| Individual Teacher Award | Toni Hannelly | Public Health |
| Early Career Award | Sharon Smart | Occupational Therapy, Social Work and Speech Pathology |
| Teaching Team Award | Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Team – Michelle Kendell, Evan Coopes, Karen Richards, Bronwyn Smith, Alan Reubenson, Julie Bayliss, David Sainsbury, Tanis Kelly, Sonia Ranelli | Physiotherapy and Exercise Science |
| Citation for sustained and outstanding contribution to physiotherapy education. Supporting students and educators through leadership of high quality, industry-engaged and innovative work-integrated learning | Alan Reubenson | Physiotherapy and Exercise Science |
| Citation for enhancing physiotherapy students’ clinical, professional and employability skills through the design and implementation of immersive and work-integrated simulation-based learning activities | Diane Dennis | Physiotherapy and Exercise Science |
| Category | EITA Winner | School |
|---|---|---|
| Lifetime Achievement | Alma Dender | Occupational Therapy, Social Work and Speech Pathology |
| Citation For Outstanding Contribution To Student Learning: Sustained and outstanding contribution to student learning in Social Work through leading high quality, sustainable, industry-engaged work-integrated-learning | Kate Duncanson | Occupational Therapy, Social Work and Speech Pathology |
| Citation For Outstanding Contribution To Student Learning: Sustained and outstanding contribution to physiotherapy education through the innovative use of technology to support learning | Leo Ng | Physiotherapy and Exercise Science |
| Teaching Award: Individual Teacher | Magdy Elnashar | Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences |
| Teaching Award: Sessional Teacher | Tara Binnie | Physiotherapy and Exercise Science |
| Teaching Award: Sessional Teacher | Leon Booth | Psychology |
| Category | Recipient | School |
|---|---|---|
| Individual Teacher | Ajanthy Arulpragasam | School of Biomedical Sciences |
| Annalise O’Callaghan | School of Occupational Therapy and Social Work | |
| Emily Castell | School of Psychology and Speech Pathology | |
| Joel Howell | School of Psychology and Speech Pathology | |
| Sessional Teacher – First Year Program | Simone Duncan | School of Biomedical Sciences |
| Arpana Dhar (High Commendation) | School of Biomedical Sciences |