Ms Frizelle, who is an Associate Teacher in Japanese in the School of Modern Languages and Applied Linguistics, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences was announced as the recipient of this year’s award at a recent ceremony held at the Millennium Theatre in the Technical University of the Shannon (TUS).
The Regional Teaching Excellence Award is a collaborative initiative between University of Limerick, Mary Immaculate College (MIC) and the Technical University of the Shannon (TUS) which aims to showcase and champion outstanding practice in Higher Education teaching from across the region.
Since last October, a number of candidates from the three institutions have put themselves through the very rigorous process of compiling a detailed teaching portfolio comprising multiple sources of evidence of excellent practice.
Six other outstanding teachers from across the region were recognised at the ceremony, hosted by the Presidents of three institutions.
University of Limerick
James Brown, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering
Elaine Kinsella, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology Assistant Dean, Research, Faculty of Education and Health Sciences
Mary Immaculate College
Síle Ní Choincheannain, Léachtóir san Oideachas le saineolas sa Ghaeilge, Department of Language and Literacy Education, Faculty of Education
Cian O’Brien, Lecturer in Mathematics, Department of Mathematics and Computer Studies, Faculty of Arts
Technological University of the Shannon
Damien O’Connell, Programme Coordinator in Critical and Contextual Studies, Limerick School of Art and Design Gianna Tomasso, Programme Leader for the MA in Instructional and Learning Design, Limerick School of Art and Design Of the finalists, the panel also highly commended the work of Damien O’Connell and Gianna Tomasso (TUS) and Dr Elaine Kinsella (UL).
