Fiona White, PhD Senior Lecturer in Psychology Faculty of Science

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Fiona White, PhDSenior Lecturer in
PsychologyFaculty of Science
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Design and planning of teaching within the
Faculty of Science

• Unit coordination the development of course
  materials
• Flexible assessment techniques
• The use of elearning (WebCT audio vs video
  streaming of lectures etc)
• Positive student evaluations.

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Research-led teaching within the Faculty of
Science

• Ensure that your curriculum involves
  research-based activities for students
• Incorporation of recent research papers into
  lecture material
• Including my own publications into lecture
  material
• Honours and PhD supervision - transfer of
  knowledge and practice.

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Scholarship in Teaching within the Faculty of
Science

• Presentations at national and international
  T L conferences
• Applying for T L research funding (TIES and TD
  schemes)
• Writing a textbook
• Development of student evaluation questionnaires
• Publishing 10 papers in tertiary education
  publications.

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Leadership in Teaching within the Faculty of
Science

• Unit coordination of large courses (n gt500)
• Faculty Learning Teaching representative
• Member of the University WP on Cultural
  Diversity- developing policy
• Member of an external committee - Carrick
  Institute Psychology Network Group.

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Recognition of excellence in teaching

• Internal awards - Faculty and VC excellence in
  teaching awards
• External awards - Carrick Institute awards.