Award winners 2011
Award winners 2011
Teaching Award 2011 - Research and teaching as a productive unit
"Research and teaching form a productive unit. Both areas complement each other and make for a good and attractive university," explained Prof. Dr Gunilla Budde, Vice President for Studies and Teaching, on the occasion of today's awarding of the "Teaching Prize" to Oldenburg university lecturers for the 2010/2011 academic year. They receive the award for outstanding achievements in teaching and student support. This year's prize in the category "Best subject module" goes to the biologists Prof. Dr Corinna Hößle, Prof. Dr Dirk Albach and Dr Klaus Bernhard von Hagen for their joint module "General biological school experiments and current topics in biology teaching". In the category "Best Professionalisation Module", Hans Gerhard Holtorf, Michael Golba and Andreas Günther received the award for the module "Rural Energy Supply" in the international Postgraduate Programme Renewable Energy. Katrin Ratz from the Institute of Educational Sciences receives the Teaching Award in the category "Particularly successful guidance for independent academic work and research" for her course "Counselling for and networking with senior citizens". The aim of the course was to provide procedural guidance in the planning and implementation of research work in the real practical field of counselling for senior citizens as part of a project study. The University of Oldenburg has been awarding the teaching prize since 1998 and nominations are made by students. A jury consisting of university lecturers, students and external members under the Chair of the Vice President for Studies and Teaching decides on the awarding of the prize. The awards, each endowed with 1,000 euros in prize money, are sponsored by the Oldenburg University Society (UGO).
In the photo (from left): UGO Chair Michael Wefers, award winners Katrin Ratz, Prof Dr Corinna Hößle, Prof Dr Dirk Albach, Dr Klaus Bernhard von Hagen, Andreas Günther, Hans Gerhard Holtorf and Vice President Prof Dr Gunilla Budde
The award winners:
Prof. Dr Corinna Hößle, Prof. Dr Dirk Albach, Dr Klaus Bernhard von Hagen
Category: Best subject module
Module: "General biological school experiments and current topics in biology teaching"
Jury statement: The module's high practical orientation gives students with the career goal of becoming teachers insights into their future teaching activities. This is supported by innovative types of teaching and examination, such as the development of research diaries. The module, which also incorporates current research findings, enables outstanding project learning and offers suggestions for reflection.
Hans Gerhard Holtorf, Andreas Günther, Michael Golba
Category: Best Professionalisation Module
Module: "Rural Energy Supply"
Jury statement: The practice-oriented module impresses with its international orientation; the heterogeneity of the student group is seen as an opportunity. International students with and without professional experience work on an interdisciplinary task. They are supervised by a team of lecturers that also includes external experts." The jury also particularly appreciated the fact that the results of the work are presented at a specially organised conference.
Katrin Ratz
Category: Particularly successful instructions for independent scientific work and research
Module: "Counselling for and networking with senior citizens"
Jury statement: All research phases were accompanied with a high level of commitment, a great openness to student suggestions and individual re-registering students. The course is characterised by a high degree of practical relevance; the students were able to develop and work on their research questions in close contact with counselling centres for senior citizens. The research results are sustainable, as they will be published in a research report and presented at the "Round Table on Elderly Care" organised by the city of Oldenburg.
Supported by the Oldenburg University Society
