Dr Michael BOTELHO

Dr Michael BOTELHO

Recipient of 2015 UGC Teaching Award

Affiliation at the time of the award
Associate Professor, Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong

Award Citation
Dr Michael Botelho has been centrally involved in the design of the dental education programme at The University of Hong Kong, advocating enhancement through the use of learning technologies. He stresses that learning is an active intellectual process, which can be facilitated through a problem-based learning curriculum in which students learn to ask the right questions to frame and explore a problem in dentistry. While emphasising the need to ensure that the intended outcomes of learning are as clear as possible, Dr Botelho also acknowledges the need to understand the complexities of how experts think. The award will enable him to undertake a project to create examples of experts commenting on their intuitive expertise.

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