Trinity College Dublin: Teaching awards recognise outstanding committment to teaching and learning.
ENPNewswire-October 9, 2019--Trinity College Dublin: Teaching awards recognise outstanding committment to teaching and learning
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Release date- 08102019 - The Dermot McAleese Teaching Awards were presented to teaching assistants in the School of Social Sciences and Philosophy recently, in recognition of their outstanding and inspiring commitment to achieving excellence in teaching and learning.
The recipients from the School's four disciplines were Dora Tuda of the Economics Department, Samantha Fazekas of the Philosophy Department, Andrea Salvi of the Political Science Department and David Dunne of the Sociology Department.
Now in their eight year, the awards were presented by the Head of the School of Social Sciences and Philosophy, Professor Carol Newman. The awards are named in honour of former Whately Professor of Political Economy, Dermot McAleese and were established thanks to the generosity of graduates of the School who donated to Trinity in recent years. Professor McAleese has provided further generous financial support to sustain these awards for the decades to come.
Asst. Prof. Michael Wycherley, Director of Teaching and Learning (Undergraduate), Dora Tuda, Teaching Assistant (Economics), David Dunne, Teaching Assistant (Sociology), Samantha Fazekas, Teaching Assistant (Philosophy), Andrea Salvi, Teaching Assistant (Political Science) and Professor Carol Newman, Head of the School of Social Sciences and Philosophy
The winners were selected through a nomination process which involved assessing their creativity in delivering tutorials; the role of their tutorials in stimulating critical thinking amongst the students; their responsiveness and engagement with students; their organisation and problem-solving skills; and the contribution of tutorials to the overall delivery of the course.
2019 Dermot McAleese Award Winners:
Dora Tuda (Economics) - Dora is the teaching assistant for JS Econometrics module. Her thesis chapters focus on the relationship between labour markets and inequality in European countries. She is mainly interested in the role of labour market institutions in determining individual choices on the labour market and how individual choices shape aggregate variables, such as income distribution and labour supply. Dora's more general research interests include labour, public economics and inequality.
Samantha Fazekas (Philosophy) - Samantha Fazekas is a teaching...
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