2025 Departmental Best Teaching Award
The Departmental Best Teaching Award is a prestigious prize within APSS that acknowledges and celebrates our faculty staff members’ commitment and dedication to enabling student teaching and learning.
Congratulations to Prof. Anson AU and Prof. Yvette TO (both Assistant Professors of APSS) who won the 2025 Departmental Best Teaching Individual Award! It is hoped that both awardees continue to inspire our colleagues by sharing their best teaching practices and help promote a culture of teaching excellence within APSS.
Let’s hear what our best teachers say:
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Prof. Anson AU |
“My teaching starts with a simple premise: technology is about people. As a sociologist, I help students unpack the hidden social worlds within our digital tools: the biases they codify, the communities they build, and the social contracts they rewrite. My classroom is a collaborative space for critical inquiry, where we use sociological lenses to examine our digitalising society and empower students to move from being passive users to active, critical interpreters of their digital reality. Winning this award is a testament to my students' enthusiasm and courage in embracing this important dialogue.” |
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Prof. Yvette TO |
“I am honoured to be one of this year’s recipients of the Best Teaching [Individual] Award, which recognises the new learning and teaching methods I have adopted. By blending educational technology with traditional approaches, I aim to inspire students and enrich their learning experience. Innovation has enabled me to transform classrooms into dynamic environments that promote active learning. Through collaborative platforms like Perusall, interactive pre-class videos, and immersive activities such as HiVE and the Kyoto negotiation game, I have fostered an inquiry-driven setting where students are motivated to participate, ask questions, and learn from one another.” |
