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Teachers teaching teachers
Three Waikato Management School lecturers who’ve won national teaching excellence awards are taking part in a teaching development workshop at Rotorua’s Waiariki Polytechnic on February 18.
Professor Delwyn Clark, Associate Professor Michele Akoorie and Dr Steven Lim have all won NZ Tertiary Teaching Excellence awards and are members of the Waikato-Bay of Plenty Ako Aotearoa Academy that has organised the workshop as part of a series of sector-wise initiatives to promote tertiary teaching excellence in the Waikato-Bay of Plenty region.
Professor Clark and Dr Lim are keynote speakers, along with Sam Honey from Bay of Plenty Polytechnic. Subjects covered will include how to make theory interesting, how to work effectively with large classes, applying learning in a practical way and encouraging belief in success despite barriers to learning.
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