At the Congregation 2023 held today (10 June), the University of Macau (UM) presented the Teaching Excellence Award, which recognises one faculty member with outstanding performance in teaching. The recipient in the 2022/2023 academic year is Assistant Professor Yang Xi in the Department of Integrated Resort and Tourism Management of the Faculty of Business Administration (FBA).

According to UM, the recipient of the Teaching Excellence Award is selected by a selection committee from nominees, who are faculty-level teaching award recipients, through a rigorous process. Selection criteria include the following: teaching philosophy, depth of knowledge in the subject area, outstanding communication skills and teaching effectiveness, outstanding contributions to the quality of curriculum development, the ability to promote student learning by stimulating and sustaining the intellectual development of students, innovative approach to teaching and learning, and leadership in promoting teaching excellence within and outside the university.

Prof Yang is truly grateful to receive this distinguished award, which is an enormous honour to her. She also thanks the university for acknowledging her teaching efforts. Her teaching philosophy and approach boils down to experience management, a key concept originated from the service industry. Through offering six experiences, namely sensorial experience, emotional experience, symbolic experience, physical experience, relational experience and cognitive experience, this approach aims to foster a dynamic and engaging learning environment that remains with students long after they leave the campus. This award further fuels her motivation and inspiration to persist in providing top-notch education and fostering academic excellence.

Prof Yang joined UM in 2019 as an assistant professor in the Department of Integrated Resort and Tourism Management of the FBA. She earned her bachelor’s and PhD degrees from Peking University and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, respectively. Her research interests encompass a range of topics within the tourism and hospitality industry, including personnel psychology, experience management, and destination branding. Prof Yang has published over 30 academic papers and is an excellent researcher — She is the winner of the FBA Outstanding Research Award for two consecutive academic years (2020/2021 and 2021/2022) and an award recipient of the FBA’s Incentive Scheme for Outstanding Academic Staff for 2022/2023. She currently serves in the editorial board of Journal of Travel Research and Tourism Analysis.

Source: Rector’s Office

澳門大學今（10）日在畢業典禮上頒發“澳門大學卓越教學獎＂，表揚及嘉許一名在教學上表現出色的教學人員。經過嚴格遴選，2022／2023學年的獎項由澳大工商管理學院綜合度假村及旅遊管理學系助理教授楊曦奪得。

澳大表示，卓越教學獎的遴選及評審過程十分嚴謹，由具代表性的遴選委員會從眾多學院的提名中選出一名獲獎教師，獲提名者均為各學院優秀教師獎得主。評審準則包括教學理念；相關專業知識的深度；傑出的溝通技巧和教學成效；對課程發展有傑出的貢獻；具有激勵學生智力持續發展、引發其積極學習的能力；創新教學方法的運用；推動校內外卓越教學的領導才能。

楊曦對是次獲獎深感榮幸，表示這是一份巨大的榮譽，並衷心感謝澳大對其教學工作的肯定。其教學理念及方法可歸納為“體驗管理”，這是從服務業借鑒的一個關鍵概念，通過感官、情感、象徵、身體、關係及感知體驗等多個維度營造充滿活力和具吸引力的學習環境，使學生沉浸在富感染力的認知學習體驗中。這有助強化學習績效，也令學生即使畢業後仍持續受益，不斷自我提升。楊曦表示，獲此殊榮能進一步激勵自己持續改善教學質量，提供優質教育，促進學術卓越。

楊曦於2019年加入澳大，在澳大工商管理學院綜合度假村及旅遊管理學系擔任助理教授。她分別在北京大學及香港科技大學獲得學士及博士學位。其研究領域涵蓋旅遊及款客服務業的多個重要主題，包括從業人員心理、體驗管理、目的地品牌等。楊曦現已發表30多篇學術論文，在研究方面也表現出色，連續兩年（2020／2021及2021／2022學年）獲得工商管理學院卓越研究獎，以及在該學院2022／2023學年的教學人員年度獎勵計劃中獲獎。她目前擔任著名學術期刊Journal of Travel Research和Tourism Analysis編委。

新聞來源：校長辦公室