UCC SONM 25 Year Book

UCC / School of Nursing and Midwifery

TEACHING AND LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Over the years many of the staff have engaged in attaining a formal qualification in teaching and learning in Higher Education, which is to be lauded. Higher education institutional teaching and learning methodologies have evolved in the context of changing demands, technological and societal developments. Existing evidence affirms the link between research, teaching qualifications and student satisfaction. In addition such excellence in teaching and learning within the School has been formally recognised through teaching and learning awards over the years.

For example the CSSRC team have strived to provide evidenced based curricula embedded in a constructivistpedagogicalapproach with a view to fostering life-long learning competencies. Their efforts have been acknowledged at several UCC teaching and learning awards. These awards recognise exemplary teaching and innovative research in higher education pedagogy.

Lecturers from the School of Nursing and Midwifery receiving a Teaching and Learning award in 2008

The first of these was a team award for a project “Integrative learning through simulation and problem based learning; enhancing the nursing management of challenging acute events” which received the 2008 UCC Presidents award for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. In the same year the teamwas successfully nominated as theUCC entry for the inaugural National Academy for the Integration of Teaching and Learning (NAIRTL) awards which recognises individuals and groups that demonstrate outstanding dedication to their teaching and make an exceptional impact on student life across the Irish University sector. In the intervening years the CSSRC team have been awarded several UCC President Awards for excellence in teaching and learning (2010, 2013, 2014) including awards for interdisciplinary projects in conjunction with the School of Clinical Therapies (2013) and the School of Medicine (2014). Dr Tom Andrews (Nursing and Midwifery) and Ms Siobhan O’Connor (BIS) received an award for Research on Innovative Forms of Teaching in 2014. Professor Josephine Hegarty received a Research Supervisor of the Year Award in 2017.

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