Teaching and LearningOverview The School’s teaching effort is largely directed to students in the Faculties of Science (70%) and Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry (25%), but also attracts students from Arts, Law and Engineering. Student surveys such as UWA SPOT tests and the Graduate Careers Council of Australia CEQ consistently reveal excellent, above average outcomes from our teaching efforts. At the centre of our teaching philosophy is the belief that it is our task to facilitate the metamorphosis of batches of secondary school students into collections of individuals who have found their own motivations for lifelong engagement with the academic process, acquired the skills to do this effectively, the perspective to plan for their application to a life's work, and an outlook which sees Human Biology in their social interactions. To these ends we see it as important to incorporate generic skills learning at all levels of our course. In first year this takes the form of collaborations with the Student Support Service to present strategies for effective University learning (making use of time, note-taking in lectures, using textbooks and the library, writing scientific essays, preparing for examinations, dealing with multiple choice tests) within the context of our units. In 2009 the School was awarded the 2008 Distinguished Teaching and Learning Award for Schools in recognition of its focus on high quality teaching and ongoing develpoments. The Schools teaching portfolio (PDF File, 3.1mb) provides a detailed insight into the School's teaching philosophy and activities.
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