At the Congregation 2022 held on 28 May, the University of Macau (UM) presented the Teaching Excellence Award, which recognises faculty members with outstanding performance in teaching. The recipient in the 2021/2022 academic year is Professor Gary Wong in the Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS).

Every year, 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 Wong thanks the university for the recognition of his work. He also credits his success to his teaching colleagues, whose assistance, advice, and encouragement have enabled him to make continuous progress in his educational journey. Prof Wong’s teaching philosophy highlights the use of modern methods in the classic pedagogy. According to him, traditional classroom teaching is no longer sufficient to provide students with a quality learning experience and that teaching should be student-centred. In his lectures, he not only uses advanced information technology and a variety of dynamic class activities to engage students in learning, but also employs assessment tools to monitor students’ learning progress and collect their feedback. Together these approaches can stimulate students’ interest in learning so that they will actively participate in classroom interaction. In addition, through the university’s residential college system, Prof Wong serves in Choi Kai Yau College and Moon Chun Memorial College, where students can share with him their stories and emotions of their young lives, which in turn has brought him an invaluable asset – listening to the students. Among the master’s and PhD graduates he has taught, many of them are now studying or working in different parts of the world. Prof Wong remains in contact with them to foster a long-standing relationship of mentorship and companionship.

Prof Wong also expresses his gratitude to his late father. As his first teacher, his father not only taught him all the important things in life, but also set a good example for him through his words and actions, which has shaped him into the man he is today. He considers his father to be one of the best teachers in the world with a profound impact on his current mission of nurturing people.

Prof Wong joined UM in 2014 as a professor in the Department of Public Health and Medicinal Administration of the FHS. He obtained his master’s and PhD degrees from North Carolina State University. After a post-doctoral period at the National Institutes of Health in the United States, he moved to Finland to serve at various research positions at the Academy of Finland and a professor at the University of Eastern Finland. His research interests include pharmacology, toxicology, neuroscience, molecular biology, genetics, and bioinformatics. He has published over 130 scientific papers and two textbooks. He currently serves as an associate editor of various top-tier journals, including Frontiers in Toxicogenomics, Frontiers in Predictive Toxicity, and Neurobiology of Disease.

Source: Rector’s Office

澳門大學日前在畢業典禮上頒發“澳門大學卓越教學獎＂，鼓勵及表揚在教學方面有傑出表現的教學人員。經過嚴格遴選，2021／2022學年的獎項由健康科學學院教授黃值富奪得此殊榮。

澳大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；推動校內和校外卓越教學的領導才能。

黃值富感謝澳大對其教學工作的肯定，是次獲獎也有賴教學同仁的互相學習、分享和勉勵，令彼此在教育路途上不斷進步。他的教學理念是在經典的教學模式中注入新元素：他認為傳統的課堂教學已不足以為學生帶來優質的學習體驗，教學須以學生為中心。他利用先進的教學資訊科技、多元而生動的教學活動、公平的評核模式，並且關心學生的學習進度和困難、聆聽學生的想法和反饋意見等，令學生高度參與在學習的過程中，燃起他們對學習的熱誠，主動投入教與學的互動之中。此外，透過澳大優良的住宿式書院系統，他課餘在蔡繼有書院及滿珍紀念書院服務，與學生分享在學習和成長上的點點滴滴，成為他們的同行者。在其所培育的碩、博士畢業生中，儘管許多在世界各地學習或工作，他們彼此也保持聯繫，延續師生和友伴的長久關係。

他也對其已故的父親表示謝忱。作為其啟蒙老師及人生導師，其父教懂了他生活和人生上的大小事情，其言教和身教，也為他樹立了良好榜樣，塑造了今天的自己。他認為父親是芸芸教師中最優秀的一位，也讓他對現在樹人育人的使命有着深刻的影響。

黃值富於2014年加入澳大，在健康科學學院公共衛生及醫藥管理學系擔任教授。他在北卡羅來納州立大學取得碩、博士學位，並在美國國家衛生院出任博士後研究員。之後在芬蘭的大學及研究機構長期擔任研究及教學工作。其研究專長是藥理學、毒物學、神經科學、分子生物學、遺傳學、生物信息學等；發佈逾130篇科研論文及出版兩部教科書。他同時擔任著名學術期刊諸如Frontiers in Toxicogenomics、Frontiers in Predictive Toxicity、Neurobiology of Disease的副編輯。

新聞來源：校長辦公室

Video of all nominees for the UM Teaching Excellence Award 2021/2022:

本年度卓越教學獎的所有提名人影片：