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Kiwi Professor Awarded Finance Lecturer of the Year
Friday, 17 July 2009
Massey University professor Dr Hamish Anderson was recently honoured with the Australasian Pearson Accounting Finance Lecturer of the Year Award.
(via Massey University) The aim of the award is to encourage and recognise innovative teaching practices in accounting or finance. The Lecturer of the Year Award selection criteria include interest and enthusiasm for teaching and promoting student learning, the ability to organise course material and to present it cogently and imaginatively, and command of subject matter, including the incorporation in teaching of recent developments in the field of study.
Dr Anderson says as well as passion, his success with teaching comes from continually seeking to make his topic relevant and accessible to the diverse range of students. “It is just amazing to watch when the light bulb goes on and you see a student grasp a concept for the first time,” he says.
Increasing student access in financial learning is aided through Dr Anderson being an early adopter of new communication mediums and technology to create a learning environment that his students can relate to.
“Feedback I get from students is that this gives them a more enriched learning experience and is more engaging for them,” he says. “I was delighted to get a personal thank-you note last week from a student who took an extramural paper last semester and found the use of a range of mediums very helpful.”
Last year Dr Anderson received a national Tertiary Teaching Excellence Award for sustained excellence in teaching and a Massey University Vice-Chancellor's Teaching Award.
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