Excellence in Indigenous Teaching Award Workshop

In 2023, Western expanded its Teaching Excellence Award options to include an Indigenous-focused Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning. This new Indigenous-focused Citation complements the Excellence in Indigenous Teaching Award introduced in 2021. Interest in Indigenising curriculum and teaching and learning practices grows year on year at Western--what better way to recognise that growth than to celebrate innovation and excellence in Indigenous teaching!

As part of the 2023 program of support for Teaching Excellence Awards, Learning Futures partnered with the Pro Vice-Chancellor, Indigenous Education to deliver a workshop.

You can download the PowerPoint slides here: Excellence in Indigenous Teaching Awards Workshop (PPTX, 8955.34 KB)(opens in a new window)

As part of the workshop, the inaugural winner of the Excellence in Indigenous Teaching Award, Alanna Kamp, provided a presentation on her award-winning work. You can watch her presentation in full below.

Alanna has previously supported Learning Futures' work in this space by providing an interview, in 2022. You can listen to the short interview here:

As part of the interview, Alanna was asked to provide a resource that other academics might find helpful when considering how to incorporate Indigenous knowledges, content, or perspectives into their curriculum and teaching. She shared a blog post she was commissioned to write for National Reconciliation Week:

Be brave: how to Indigenise the curriculum(opens in a new window)

Indigenous Studies Subject Guide

You may also wish to visit the Library's Indigenous Studies Subject Guide(opens in a new window) resource page for further information, insight, and inspiration!

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact Learning Futures: learningfutures@westernsydney.edu.au