The Macdonald Campus Award for Teaching Excellence is made to full-time academic staff including Faculty lecturers who are teaching students in the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and/or the School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition. The award is presented at the Spring Convocation.
To be eligible, the recipient must demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge of the subjects taught, have enthusiasm for the subject and the capacity to arouse interest in it among the students. He/she sets high standards and successfully motivates students to attain these standards, encourages students to participate in the teaching-learning process, and uses methods of evaluation of student performance which stress an understanding of the subject rather than mere ability to memorize. Furthermore, the recipient demonstrates consistency in excellence both at the undergraduate and graduate teaching levels.
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2011 Award for Teaching Excellence. Download nomination form
2011 AWARD FOR TEACHING EXCELLENCE
The recipient of the 2011 Macdonald Campus Award for Teaching Excellence is Dr. Marilyn Scott, Associate Professor at the Institute of Parasitology and Director of the McGill School of the Environment.
Recipients of this Award are expected to demonstrate excellent teaching abilities and perform consistently. Dr. Scott fulfills these two conditions with distinction. Throughout her career at McGill, Dr. Scott has clearly demonstrated that she is a terrific communicator and has developed her teaching skills to a high level, making her a model for less experienced instructors.
Dr. Scott believes that learning should be an enjoyable experience. Active participation in her courses and group work are foundational elements of her teaching style. She constantly encourages her students to think critically and to challenge concepts. Her teaching approach is, therefore, challenging; students generally appreciate this approach and find it both effective and rewarding. This approach would not work well without the enthusiasm and charisma that Dr. Scott herself brings into the classroom. She is an engaging and motivated professor who has the ability to captivate her audience. Dr. Scott is obviously a gifted communicator, but her success also resides in the effort she commits to the preparation of her lectures.
Dr. Scott has additional qualities that make her an effective instructor. She has an engaging, down-to-earth personality that allows her to “connect” with students. Her dedication to environmental issues also makes her a great model for students, and a worthy representative of the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. Dr. Scott embodies the spirit of academia.
There is no doubt that this Award is being bestowed upon a very deserving professor. Dr. Scott’s teaching has benefitted our students and our Institution. It is with a great deal of pride and appreciation that the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences presents Dr. Marilyn Scott with the 2011 Macdonald Campus Award for Teaching Excellence.