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YOUR Symposium  -  28th, 29th and 30th October
    “Turning Vision into Promising Practice”

Who has done what:

Peter Mellow represented the Academy at the Tertiary Education Summit and gave a great presentation “The enduring power of great teaching”. The presentation gave the audience an insight into what makes a great teacher and included clips from his project “The Essence of Teaching”, which can be found at http://akoaotearoa.ac.nz/community/ako-aotearoa-academy-tertiary-teaching-excellence/resources/pages/essence-teaching  . Peter described himself as a “learning facilitator” who walks hand in hand with his students. Having seen his presentation, it is not hard to understand why he is such a good teacher; the whole audience was enthralled.

Selena Chan has been awarded funding through the Ako Aotearoa Regional Hub Funding Project Scheme for her project around “The scholarship of craftsmanship: The perspectives of trades people becoming vocational educators.” At http://akoaotearoa.ac.nz/project-register/744  

Marc Wilson’s article ‘Student’ demonstrations, but the good kind’ has been published in the Education Review. http://akoaotearoa.ac.nz/community/ako-aotearoa-academy-tertiary-teaching-excellence/resources/pages/%E2%80%98student%E2%80%99-demonstrations  

John Hosking article “The Reflective Research Supervisor” has been published in the Education Review. http://akoaotearoa.ac.nz/community/ako-aotearoa-academy-tertiary-teaching-excellence/resources/pages/reflective-research-supe  

Ten simple rules to combine Research and Teaching – from Stanford Centre of Teaching and Learning which operates the 'Tomorrow's Professor'.. http://akoaotearoa.ac.nz/community/ako-aotearoa-academy-tertiary-teaching-excellence/resources/pages/ten-simple-rules-combine  

The education review has published Peter Mellow’s article, “Physical education…more than “just a game”? http://akoaotearoa.ac.nz/community/ako-aotearoa-academy-tertiary-teaching-excellence/resources/pages/physical-education%E2%80%A6more-  

94% of University professors think they are above average teachers. Read more at http://www2.nea.org/he/heta06/images/2006pg7.pdf  

Mark Brown’s article “The CRIME of Excellent Teaching” has been publish in the education review. http://akoaotearoa.ac.nz/community/ako-aotearoa-academy-tertiary-teaching-excellence/resources/pages/crime-teaching-excellenc  

Regional meetings

Regional Academy Meetings have so far been scheduled for Dunedin, Christchurch and Auckland. If you live in one of these areas but have not yet received your invitation please let the Editor know.
Meetings in other areas will be scheduled in due course.

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Educator groups
Ako Aotearoa are establishing contacts with various educator groups. If you are a member of such a group or know of any could you please let the editor know.

2009 Tertiary Teaching Excellence Awards Round
The 2009 winners will be announced on 21st July and we look forward to a new group of winners joining the Academy.
If you helped anyone complete their portfolio or application in any way can you please let me know. One of the KPI’s in our 2009 Business Plan is to mentor / assist new applicants and it would be great if we can show just how many people the academy has assisted.

Promotional Material
The Academy brochure is now available at http://akoaotearoa.ac.nz/community/ako-aotearoa-academy-tertiary-teachin.... If you would like hard copies sent to you please email h.m.dobson@massey.ac.nz  

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