Lecturer team of the year awarded in SAMK

The lecturer team of the year was awarded for the second time in Satakunta University of Applied Sciences at the personnel meeting of 19 August 2010.

Awarded teams by faculty:

Faculty of Business and Culture: The lecturer team of the Innovative Business Services degree programme: Reijo Koivula, Aulis Kaarnio, Outi Katajamäki, Rami Kulmala, Tytti Reinikka-Wasen, Jeff Salahub and Juha Stenfors.
Faculty of Social Services and Health Care: The team responsible for carrying out the so-called entrepreneurship module: Marjatta Häsänen, Tarja Mäkelä and Hanna Rautava-Nurmi.
Faculty of Technology and Maritime Management: The team responsible for carrying out the industrial engineering laboratory course: Markku Salonen, Teuvo Teinilä, Petteri Reunamo and Olavi Pensas.

The jury, which consisted of Dean Jari Iisakkala, Director of Education Jussi Koskinen, Dean Eeva-Liisa Moisio and Head of Student Services Janne Santala, paid special attention to the following factors: communal teaching, drive to improve teaching methods, the diverseness of the course in question, the quality and availability of learning material, the results (including feedback and student enquiry results), showing especial responsibility also in other tasks and good learning results.

The Innovative Business Services team was awarded for its genuinely communal teaching, the flattering results of the student enquiry of 2010: the degree programme distinguished clearly from the other programmes; the independent initiative shown by the lecturers, inventiveness and courage, the possibility for students to reserve an appointment directly from the lecturers’ calendars, and the extremely diverse and creative use of the internet and different teaching technologies.

The entrepreneurship module team was awarded for good feedback, the multiform implementation of the course: 3 credits were implemented as internet studies, 1 credit consisted of an entrepreneurship event and a company visit; that the module was connected to Soteekki training and the entrepreneurs’ increased enthusiasm for the social service and health care entrepreneurship studies.

The industrial engineering laboratory team was awarded for the excellent implementation of laboratory work that is a fundamental part of engineering studies, ”engineers are made in laboratories”, which was the result of several years of planning by several teachers and laboratory personnel: students were able to apply theory in practice by making experiments in a well-equipped, modern laboratory, and for offering students independent learning and learning together with other students.

The teams will be rewarded in a manner seen fit by the faculty management.