Award for Teaching Excellence - 2011Professor Wayne Sawyer works in the area of teacher education, both pre-service and in-service. He has taught at the University of Western Sydney for a number of years in a broad range of English and literacy-related subjects, across primary and secondary curriculum, at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. His particular specialisation is in working with current and future secondary English teachers. He aims to produce teachers with a strong theory-base in the teaching of English who can translate this into engaging, worthwhile and productive classroom learning, while accessing innovative and appropriate resources to help produce that learning. His teaching is typically characterised by a style of having students engage in the activities that they will use in classrooms and then reflecting on the implications of such activities for their own students' learning. As someone involved in teacher education, effective teaching is the day-to-day business of his research. His research into effective teaching in a number of contexts in low SES communities; rural communities; in relation to boys; in senior and middle years schooling as well as his influence on curriculum development and his role in professional associations - has demonstrated broad leadership of the profession.
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Professor Wayne Sawyer
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University of Western Sydney New South Wales |
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