ASSOCIATE Professor Robyn Brandenburg has made a habit of doing things first.<\/p>\n
She was the first person in her family to attend university, the first Federation University educator to win a National Teaching Excellence Award, and as a researcher of teacher performance assessments and their effectiveness, she\u2019s just marked a new achievement.<\/p>\n
Exploring the ways to decipher whether a graduate is ripe for teaching, Associate Professor Brandenburg\u2019s work has earned her a Fulbright Scholarship.<\/p>\n
Part of FedUni\u2019s School of Education, it\u2019s the first Fulbright Scholarship ever awarded to an academic from the Ballarat tertiary institution, which she said is extremely \u201cprestigious.\u201d<\/p>\n
It gives her the green light to spend September to November at Montclair State University in the United States, completing more investigation into initial teacher education.<\/p>\n
She was \u201cthrilled, delighted and amazed\u201d to be a recipient, but always felt throughout the application process that she was working on something very worthy.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt really responds to a critical question that we\u2019re working towards and knowing more about in research in education, so I felt quietly acknowledged that this is an important process,\u201d Associate Professor Brandenburg said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen it was just pure delight, and the opportunity is incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n
Associate Professor Brandenburg wanted to be a teacher from a very young age, and she\u2019s dedicated her life and work to the field.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m a lifelong learner around education, so this to me is incredible recognition and an example of somebody who has a name, a passion about what they do and can see where a contribution can actually change things and create a better system for people coming through,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The Fulbright Scholarship program coordinates collaborative international research exchanges to promote cultural empathy and the sharing of ideas.<\/p>\n
Associate Professor Brandenburg is the School of Education\u2019s associate dean of research and president of the Australian Teacher Education Association.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ASSOCIATE Professor Robyn Brandenburg has made a habit of doing things first. She was the first person in her family to attend university, the first Federation University educator to win a National Teaching Excellence Award, and as a researcher of teacher performance assessments and their effectiveness, she\u2019s just marked a new achievement. Exploring the ways […]<\/p>\n