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Associate
Professor Geoffrey Waugh |
Address:
Perspectives on teaching: Is the group or the individual primary
in teaching and learning?
Our views about teaching are largely culturally determined. Teaching
is a group activity, and yet in the Anglo-Saxon culture it is the
individual we view as primary. Because we regard the individual
as primary in teaching we ask questions about individual behaviour,
but if we reverse this perspective and place the group as primary,
we may do things quite differently in the classsroom.
Dr Geoffrey Waugh has been teaching for the past 30 years. He taught in the TAFE and High School sectors prior to entering higher education in 1974 and continues to teach occasionally in the primary sector, and the early childhood sector.
His research interests include environmental and resource economics, and fisheries development and management in Australia, Asia, the south Pacific and North America. He has held positions at the South Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency in Honiara, and on the Fishing Industry Research and Development Council in Australia, has been a consultant to State and Federal Government Agencies, and Interantional Agencies such as the South Pacific Forum and the World Bank. He is on the editorial board of the Journal of Marine Resource Economics.
Associate Professor Waugh has been acknowledged for his teaching within his own university by winning the UNSW Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching twice, an unsurpassed achievement in Australian universities.
In 1999, he won the Prime Minister's Award and the Individual Teacher Award for Economics, Business and Related Studies in the 1999 Australian Awards for University Teaching (AAUT).
Associate Professor Waugh’s award recognised his passion for the teaching of economics and his ability to present and explain complex concepts. His courses continually attract large numbers of students and his empathy towards the needs of students is reflected in the student-centred approaches he brings to his teaching.
How
to register
This is a free conference for UTas staff—there is no registration fee. To register, download and submit the Attendee Registration Form.
Travel
arrangements
Transport for staff from Launceston will be by return coach (at no cost to staff)
Departing Launceston: 7 am sharp (at main turning circle between the Arts building and the Raymond Ferrall Centre)
Departing Hobart: 4.30 pm
To book a seat, click the relevant entry box in the Attendee Registration Form. Otherwise contact Rosie Britton at the FEU (email: Rosemary.Britton@utas.edu.au; phone 3504). Please notify Rosie at the earliest opportunity if you need to cancel a booking.
Catering
arrangements
Refreshments (morning and afternoon tea) will be provided free of charge.
A lunch platter (sandwiches, cake, fruit and drink) will be available for purchase at a cost of $5.50 which is paid at time of purchase.To order your lunch platter, enter your request on the Attendee Registration Form. Otherwise contact Rosie Britton on 3504 (email: Rosemary.Britton@utas.edu.au).
Hot food is available from Lazenby's.
Information
for presenters
Staff are encouraged to present on any aspect of their teaching or students' learning at UTas. See Information for presenters for the selection/presentation criteria and how to register your interest.
Contacts
|
For information about the program and presentations |
Nick D'Alessandro |
Email: Nicholas.DAlessandro@utas.edu.au Phone: 1908 |
| For general administration (venues, catering, transport) | Rosie Britton |
Email: Phone: 3504 |
| For IT and other presentation requirements | Sue Mulcahy |
Email: Phone: 1906 |
Last Modified: 02-Sep-2003