The University of Macau (UM) today\n(23 September) held the UM Teaching Excellence Award Seminar. Associate\nProfessor Wang Ruibing from the Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, who is\nthe recipient of the UM Teaching Excellence Award for the 2018\/2019 academic\nyear, gave a talk titled \u2018Connecting Classrooms to Reality\u2019. The talk attracted\nmany UM faculty members, students, high school teachers and students, as well\nas members of the general public.<\/p>
In his speech, Rector Yonghua Song\nsaid that each year, the Teaching Excellence Award recognises one distinguished\nfaculty member who has demonstrated excellence as an educator. It signifies the\nuniversity\u2019s commitment to pursuing excellence in teaching and enhancing\nstudents\u2019 learning experience. Prof Wang joined UM in 2014. In addition to the\nUM Teaching Excellence Award, Prof Wang received a third prize in the Natural\nScience Award category at the 2018 Macao Science and Technology Awards and the\nChina Macrocyclic Arenes and Supramolecular Chemistry Rising Star Award in\n2019. He has published more than 130 peer-reviewed papers in SCI-indexed\njournals, with a total citation frequency of over 2600 and an H-index of 29\n(Google Scholar).<\/p>
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During the talk, Prof Wang said\nthat in a digital era, students can find all sorts of information on the\ninternet with ease. Although this has made teachers somewhat less authoritative\nin the classroom, it has also opened up a plethora of possibilities for\neducators to make their lectures more innovative and bring the real world into\nthe classroom. Prof Wang also shared his insights on connecting knowledge to\nreal-world scenarios, as well as his experience in striving for excellence in\nteaching. <\/p>
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Source: Rector’s Office<\/p>
Media Contact Information: Communications Office, University of Macau<\/p>
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Albee Lei Tel\uff1a(853) 88228004Kelvin U Tel\uff1a(853) 88224322Email\uff1aprs.media@um.edu.moUM Website\uff1awww.um.edu.mo<\/p>
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