KUALA NERUS—Universiti Malaysia Terengganu lecturer has been crowned the winner of the 2018 Minister of Education Special Awards: Curriculum Design and Innovative Delivery for the category Transformative Teaching: Without Lecture that entitled her to receive RM10,000 in cash prizes.

Associate Professor Dr Faridah Mohamad, who is the Programme Chair for Bachelor of Science in Biodiversity Conservation and Management, received the award that was presented by the Minister of Education Dr Maszlee Malik in Kuala Lumpur on 14 December.

Dr Faridah said that she adopted a teaching method that used toys to attract students’ interest. 

“I applied a transformative teaching method through the use of animal toys to help my Biodiversity students learn about animal classification using a dichotomous key and the method was effective and well-received,” she said.

The Minister of Education Special Awards: Curriculum Design and Innovative Delivery have been created by the Ministry of Education to identify, recognize and share best practices that have been implemented by individuals and institutions each year in three categories which are innovative academic curriculum, transformative teaching and immersive learning experience.

UMT Vice Chancellor Professor Dato’ Dr Nor Aieni Mokhtar congratulated Dr Faridah on winning the accolade and hoped that her success would become an inspiration to others at UMT to follow in her footsteps.

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