{"id":3935,"date":"2021-05-04T02:56:16","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T18:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/?page_id=3935"},"modified":"2025-09-26T12:53:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T04:53:02","slug":"teaching-excellence-and-innovation-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/learning-teaching\/health-sciences\/about\/learning-and-teaching\/teaching-excellence-and-innovation-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Excellence and Innovation Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/Curtin-building-100-1000x500-1-1000x500-4-1000x500.jpg\" alt=\"Curtin University Bentley Campus\" class=\"wp-image-3937\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/Curtin-building-100-1000x500-1-1000x500-4.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/Curtin-building-100-1000x500-1-1000x500-4-740x370.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/Curtin-building-100-1000x500-1-1000x500-4-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/Curtin-building-100-1000x500-1-1000x500-4-480x240.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Previous excellence in teaching winners <\/h2>\n\n\n<mimas-block \n        block-name=\"accordion\"\n        role=\"complementary\"\n        aria-label=\"Accordion content\"\n        data-segment=\"all\">\n\n                \n\n                    <div class=\"accordion\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-title-2023-Winners\">\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion__heading\" aria-controls=\"2023-Winners\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            <div class=\"title\" id=\"accordion-title-2023-Winners\">2023 Winners<\/div>\n            <div class=\"icon\"><\/div>\n        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"accordion__content\" id=\"2023-Winners\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th width=\"50%\">Category<\/th>\n<th width=\"25%\">EITA Winner<\/th>\n<th width=\"25%\">School<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Teaching Award: Individual Teacher<\/td>\n<td>Brioni Moore<\/td>\n<td>Curtin Medical School<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Teaching Excellence Award: Honours, Postgraduate, or HDR Supervision<\/td>\n<td>Laurence Cheung<\/p>\n<p>Mark Boyes<\/td>\n<td>Curtin Medical School<\/p>\n<p>Curtin School of Population Health<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Teaching Excellence Award: Teaching Team<\/td>\n<td><strong>Orthoses and Upper Limb Rehabilitation Teaching Team<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lead: David Parsons<\/p>\n<p>Julie Brayshaw<\/p>\n<p>Alison Butcher<\/p>\n<p>Bethanie Trevenen<\/p>\n<p>Rachel Ross<\/p>\n<p>Laura Cowling<\/p>\n<p>Kelsey Haskell<\/p>\n<p>Victoria Bray<\/td>\n<td>Curtin School of Allied Health<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><strong>Cultural Responsiveness Team<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lead: Robin Shortland-Jones<\/p>\n<p>Paula Clough<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Curtin School of Allied Health<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning (Individual)<\/td>\n<td><strong>Elizabeth Hill<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Innovation, leadership, or scholarship that has influenced and enhanced learning and teaching and\/or the student experience<\/td>\n<td>Curtin School of Allied Health<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><strong>Leanne Chalmers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Approaches to the support of learning and teaching that influence, motivate, and inspire students<br \/>\nto learn<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Curtin Medical School<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Programs That Enhance Learning (Teams)<\/td>\n<td><strong>Programs That Enhance Learning Team<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Innovation in Curriculum Design and Pedagogy Practice<\/em><\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><strong>Valuing Lived Experience Program Team<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>David Hodgson<br \/>\nLyn Mahboub<br \/>\nJulie Netto<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Curtin School of Allied Health<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><strong>MSWQ Team<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lead: Robin Shortland-Jones<br \/>\nLynelle Watts<br \/>\nAngela Barns<br \/>\nDavid Hodgson<br \/>\nDonna Chung<br \/>\nKate Duncanson<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Curtin School of Allied Health<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n        \n                            \n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-title-2022-Winners\">\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion__heading\" aria-controls=\"2022-Winners\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            <div class=\"title\" id=\"accordion-title-2022-Winners\">2022 Winners<\/div>\n            <div class=\"icon\"><\/div>\n        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"accordion__content\" id=\"2022-Winners\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th width=\"50%\">Category<\/th>\n<th width=\"25%\">EITA Winner<\/th>\n<th width=\"25%\">School<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Teaching Award: Individual Teacher<\/td>\n<td>Dr Krysten Blackford<\/td>\n<td>Curtin School of Population Health<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Teaching Excellence Award: Teaching LargeClasses<\/td>\n<td>Dr Takeshi Hamamura<\/td>\n<td>Curtin School of Population Health<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Teaching Excellence Award &#8211; Teaching Team<\/td>\n<td>Evidence-Based Practice for Physiotherapists Team -Associate Professor Kylie Hill, Associate Professor JennyDowns, Professor Anne Smith, Associate Professor ViniciusCavalheri and Dr Susan Morris<\/td>\n<td>Curtin School of Allied Health<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Citation for Outstanding Contribution toStudent Learning &#8211; Innovation, leadership orscholarship that has influenced and enhancedlearning and teaching and\/or the studentexperience<\/td>\n<td>Cockburn ARC Exercise Science Practicum Placement Team -Mr Tom Kimmet and Mr Ray Seaby, with the citation \u201cAuthenticlearning experiences within internal, student-led ExerciseScience practicum placements that led to greater self-perceivereadiness for employment within industry\u201d.<\/td>\n<td>Curtin School of Allied Health<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Citation For Outstanding Contribution ToStudent Learning: Approaches to the supportof learning and teaching that influence,motivate and inspire students to learn.<\/td>\n<td>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.<\/td>\n<td>Curtin School of Allied Health<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n        \n                            \n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-title-2020-Winners\">\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion__heading\" aria-controls=\"2020-Winners\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            <div class=\"title\" id=\"accordion-title-2020-Winners\">2020 Winners<\/div>\n            <div class=\"icon\"><\/div>\n        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"accordion__content\" id=\"2020-Winners\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <table id=\"tablepress-113\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-113\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n<th class=\"column-1\">Category<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-2\">Nominee<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-3\">School<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Individual Teacher Award<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Kiran Parsons<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Early Career Award<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Chantelle Highman<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Occupational Therapy, Social Work and Speech Pathology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">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.<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Beatriz Ito Ramos de Oliviera<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Physiotherapy and Exercise Science<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">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.<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Lydia Timms<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Occupational Therapy, Social Work and Speech Pathology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">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.<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Sally Hunter<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Occupational Therapy, Social Work and Speech Pathology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n        \n                            \n          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class=\"column-2\">Sharon Smart<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Occupational Therapy, Social Work and Speech Pathology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Teaching Team Award<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Team &#8211; Michelle Kendell, Evan Coopes, Karen Richards, Bronwyn Smith, Alan Reubenson, Julie Bayliss, David Sainsbury, Tanis Kelly, Sonia Ranelli<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Physiotherapy and Exercise Science<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">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<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Alan Reubenson<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Physiotherapy and Exercise Science<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Citation for enhancing physiotherapy students&#8217; clinical, professional and employability skills through the design and implementation of immersive and work-integrated simulation-based learning activities<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Diane Dennis<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Physiotherapy and Exercise Science<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n        \n                            \n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-title-2018-Winners\">\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion__heading\" aria-controls=\"2018-Winners\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            <div class=\"title\" id=\"accordion-title-2018-Winners\">2018 Winners<\/div>\n            <div class=\"icon\"><\/div>\n        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"accordion__content\" id=\"2018-Winners\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <table id=\"tablepress-110\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-110\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n<th class=\"column-1\">Category<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-2\">EITA Winner<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-3\">School<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Lifetime Achievement<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Alma Dender<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Occupational Therapy, Social Work and Speech Pathology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">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<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Kate Duncanson<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Occupational Therapy, Social Work and Speech Pathology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Citation For Outstanding Contribution To Student Learning: Sustained and outstanding contribution to physiotherapy education through the innovative use of technology to support learning<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Leo Ng<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Physiotherapy and Exercise Science<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Teaching Award: Individual Teacher<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Magdy Elnashar<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Teaching Award: Sessional Teacher<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Tara Binnie<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Physiotherapy and Exercise Science<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Teaching Award: Sessional Teacher<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Leon Booth<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">Psychology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n        \n                            \n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-title-2017-Winners\">\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion__heading\" aria-controls=\"2017-Winners\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            <div class=\"title\" id=\"accordion-title-2017-Winners\">2017 Winners<\/div>\n            <div class=\"icon\"><\/div>\n        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"accordion__content\" id=\"2017-Winners\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <table id=\"tablepress-109\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-109\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n<th class=\"column-1\">Category<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-2\">Recipient<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-3\">School<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Individual Teacher<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Ajanthy Arulpragasam<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">School of Biomedical Sciences<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Annalise O&#8217;Callaghan<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">School of Occupational Therapy and Social Work<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Emily Castell<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">School of Psychology and Speech Pathology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">Joel Howell<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">School of Psychology and Speech Pathology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">Sessional Teacher &#8211; 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