I am an Australian born in 1984, married, and have two sons. I am particularly interested in helping junior faculty balance their time commitments of research and teaching. I have been involved in mentoring since returning to Australia in 2012.
As for teaching: students need to want to be in the lecture if they have any hope of learning anything. So, then, make it fun. Easy, done! And we don't need any Maslow's hierarchy to tell us that. How to get better at lecturing? Stop doing things wrong! Simple.
As for research: I am a mathematician (numbers and such!) and have a team of clever PhD students, all much cleverer than I am, solving all sorts of problems around the clock.
Email t.trudgian@adfa.edu.au to enquire if Tim is available to mentor you.
Conditions for mentoring facilitation
- one-on-one mentoring
- group mentoring
- 1-2 mentees at any stage
Mentor details
Faculties
- UNSW Canberra
Academic level
- Lecturer A
- Lecturer B
- Lecturer C
- Lecturer D
Learning and teaching skills
- Student learning
- Learning and teaching curriculum design
- Assessment and feedback
- Peer review of curriculum
- Formative peer observation of teaching
- Convening a course
- Integrating technologies into learning and teaching
- Active learning spaces
- Evaluation
- General teaching methods
Experience developing applications for
- UNSW promotion application
Research experience
- Development for an application for a research grant
- Feedback on a journal article or conference paper
- Reviewing journal articles
- Managing research data
- Conducting interviews and focus groups
- Working with statistics within research projects
- Establishing a research profile
Mentoring discipline
- Mentoring within own/and across disciplines
General experience
- Establishing and building networks
- Deciding on career priorities
- Supporting critical reflection through listening and asking questions
- Identifying leadership opportunities in learning and teaching, research and social engagement