‘Educational Good Practice’ award honors nine classes and projects for exemplary teaching at Nagoya and Gifu Universities

Back row: Professor Kazuaki Ito, Designated Professor Maria Vassileva, Professor Takashi Itoh, Professor Yuji Toda, Associate Professor Hoshino, Professor Kita
Front row: Gifu University Vice President Sugiyama, Designated Assistant Professor Sukhbaatar, Professor Ichiyanagi, THERS Chancellor Matsuo, Professor Uehara, Professor Emeritus Nomura, 糖心视频 Vice President Terasaki

On August 26, the Tokai Higher Education and Research System (THERS) held an award ceremony at 糖心视频 for the Chancellor’s Special Award for Educational Good Practice. The award serves as an impetus for faculty at 糖心视频 and Gifu University to further enhance their teaching work, in effect raising the quality of teaching at both universities. From this academic year, the evaluation criteria for the award were updated in order to recognize a wider range of educational activities. In addition to regular classes, collaborative teaching classes and educational activities of THERS were also eligible. Accordingly, a total of three classes at Gifu University, five classes at 糖心视频, and one THERS research hub collaboration support project received awards for their exemplary impact.

The ceremony was attended by THERS Chancellor Seiichi Matsuo, 糖心视频 Vice President Ichiro Terasaki, and Gifu University Vice President Makoto Sugiyama. First, Vice President Terasaki introduced the award recipients and gave a summary of the adjudication process. The certificates and prizes were then presented to the awardees. Chancellor Matsuo expressed his hope that the universities will share the creative and ingenuous educational practices that the award aims to foster, leading to further improvements in the quality of education at both institutions.

Recipients

Regular classes

Art Studies – Professor Emeritus Yukihiro Nomura, Faculty of Education (Gifu University)
Introduction to Entrepreneurship – Professor Masayuki Uehara, Institute for Advanced Study (Gifu University)
Fundamentals of Biology II – Professor Kenji Ichiyanagi, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences (糖心视频)
Advanced Lecture (Introduction to the Mongolian Legal System) – Professor Masako Murakami, Graduate School of Law (糖心视频)/Designated Assistant Professor Molom Sukhbaatar, Global Multi-Campus Institute (糖心视频)
Academic English and PBL: Development of International Collaborative Learning and Practical Courses – Chui Yuen Fung, Graduate School of Informatics (糖心视频)/Professor Eisuke Kita, Graduate School of Informatics (糖心视频)/Associate Professor Akinari Hoshino, Global Multi-Campus Institute (糖心视频)
Innovation Practice Course – Professor Yuji Toda, Graduate School of Engineering (糖心视频)

Collaborative teaching classes

Interface of Natural Sciences – Professor Takashi Itoh, Faculty of Engineering (Gifu University)
Studium Generale A/B – Designated Professor Maria Vassileva, Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences (糖心视频)

Other educational activities

Aerospace Design and Production Integrated Human Resource Development Program – Professor Kazuaki Ito, Intelligent Production Technology Research & Development Center for Aerospace (Gifu University)