In more than two-thirds of Anna Moro's classes, she has obtained a median score of 10-out-of-10 on her student ratings, with the remaining classes rated at nine-out-of-10. Her students have nominated her for a McMaster Students Union Teaching Award numerous times and she received the MSU Teaching Award for Humanities in 2003. She has been listed as one of the most popular professors at McMaster in the Maclean's Guide to Canadian Universities and Colleges.
Moro's newly-developed course on forensic linguistics is unique at McMaster and exceptionally rare in North America. She also developed innovative ways of teaching Italian through a study package that incorporates a variety of media.
She has even made pedagogy the subject of her research by analyzing the effectiveness of different teaching methods for the Italian for beginners course.
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TORONTO – McMaster University Modern Languages and Linguistics Professor Anna Moro has been named among Ontario's most outstanding university teachers in a province wide competition adjudicated by the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA) Awards Committee.
Moro, who was described as a passionate professor who cares deeply about her students and her courses, will receive the 2005 OCUFA Teaching Award at a June 9th ceremony in Toronto.
"OCUFA's Awards Committee described Moro as an exceptionally gifted and dedicated teacher whose impact on her students is far-reaching and profound," said OCUFA President Michael Doucet.
"The Awards Committee felt that another facet that endeared Professor Moro to her students is her mentoring and caring attitude to her students outside the classroom."
The five other award recipients are: Geography Professor Michael Fox from Carleton University, Biology Professor Jon Houseman from the University of Ottawa, Medicine and Clinical Epidemology & Biostatistics Professor Deborah Cook from McMaster University, Social Work Professor Sarah Todd from Carleton University and Geography Professor Susan Wurtele from Trent University.
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