{"id":48062,"date":"2023-01-12T10:42:49","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T08:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/mthathaexpress\/teaching-excellence-award-for-wsu-20230110\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T00:06:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T22:06:03","slug":"teaching-excellence-award-for-wsu-20230110","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/mthathaexpress\/teaching-excellence-award-for-wsu-20230110\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching excellence award for Walter Sisulu University"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Passion for creating a robust and imaginative teaching and learning environment recently earned Walter Sisulu University (WSU) lecturer, Trust Chikera, a prestigious international teaching award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chikera, a senior lecturer at WSU\u2019s Buffalo City Campus Accounting and Finance Department, has been elated since the announcement at this year\u2019s Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) Excellence Awards, in the \u201cTeaching Excellence Award\u201d category. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The annual CIMA awards recognise educational institutions and individuals globally for going above-and-beyond to shape the next generation of Chartered Global Management Accountants and lead the accounting profession into the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis award has greatly encouraged me to continue working hard in improving the learning experiences of my students. Management Accounting is not a favourite subject for most accounting students as they consider it complicated. That means management accounting lecturers must first work on changing these negative perceptions held by students and then break down the complex subject principles in a manner that captures and engages the students,\u201d said Chikera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In mitigating the challenges, the lecturer has devised numerous strategies, ideas and interventions to ensure that students enjoy the course and fully grasp the academic concepts therein.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since arriving at the university in July 2021, Chikera has sought to incorporate dynamism and imagination into his lessons \u2013 paying careful consideration to the context and lived experiences of his students and then tailoring his teaching methods accordingly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI always aim at equipping students with lifelong skills, such as critical thinking, digital\/analytical mindset, research, and ethics. As such, my students often appreciate the value-add from my classes. When students are happy, they achieve more and speak more about the lecturer and eventually someone will take notice of the work you are doing and your commitment to it. In addition, I am obsessed with improving myself, I reflect on my every class to identify areas of improvement and areas that engage students the most,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another key intervention close to Chikera\u2019s heart has been to drive a mindset change \u2013 as such a paradigm shift can significantly influence how individuals navigate through the many judgements and decisions they make throughout the course of their careers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said a well-developed analytical and digital mindset for accountants will therefore enable them to be inquisitive and creative, with the ability to ask novel questions, engage in data exploration and data visualisation, develop an ability to unearth unpredictable data patterns and make data-driven judgements and predictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSo, I always expose my students to activities that not only require them to recite theory from memory but also to ask the right questions, extract relevant data, analyse the data, and 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