Students chose the best educators | The Faculty of Architecture at the Gdańsk University of Technology

Best educators

Sixty lecturers from all faculties and centres were submitted to the programme through student votes. The application consisted not only of nominating a specific person, but also of a written justification for the candidacy, as well as assigning hashtags that characterise the selected teacher.

From our Faculty, the awards went to:

Dr Eng. arch. Małgorzata Kostrzewska justification: She is the epitome of rays of sunshine. She always motivates, encourages and inspires. She imparts knowledge with rare enthusiasm, and you can see that she loves what she does. In her classes, she uses interesting methods to introduce the project and gives the opportunity to express her opinions. She is characterised by a curiosity to learn about an opinion different from her own.

Dr Eng. arch. Michał Kwasek justification: Tremendous commitment and creativity, all in a relaxed atmosphere. At Pandemic, he has always motivated us to work in unconventional and creative ways. He motivates systematic work and rewards us for it, so we are calm before every colloquium and exam. He always divides the class into parts and takes breaks so that we have a fresher mind. He believes in our abilities. Full of positive energy.

M.Sc. Tomasz Zybała justificatione: He explains 'humanely' and makes the things he talks about interesting and understandable. Gives us the chance to learn well step by step and to pass the subject. Very good teaching system, clarity and lucidity of translation, convenient system for passing the subject.

Teaching Innovations

The winners of the Teaching Innovations Competition for 2021-2023 were also recognised at the gala. From the Faculty of Architecture, the awards went to:

Dr Eng. arch. Małgorzata Kostrzewska, dr inż. arch. Bartosz Macikowski, dr inż. arch. Roman Ruczyński and dr inż. arch. Łukasz Bugalski for the project Permanent integration of contents and intensification of learning outcomes of the subjects: history of architecture, history of urban planning. Introducing active learning methods and building multimedia teaching resources.

dr hab. inż. arch. Anna Górka, prof. PG for the project Summer School in Wieżyca. Plant material in planning resilient urban and rural ecosystems

dr hab. inż. arch. Marek Wysocki, prof. PG for the project Simulation as a way to awareness of designing for people with special needs

mgr inż. arch. Joanna Kowalewska for the project Local upgrade - identification of barriers thanks to the role of OzSzP

dr inż. arch. Joanna Badach for the Interdisciplinary study of urban space features for modelling in BIM and GIS

dr inż. arch. Jan Cudzik for the project Automated Green Space Design Systems
Champions of training

A significant group of honourable mentions is made up of those who are most willing to train at the Centre for Modern Education. From our Faculty, distinctions were awarded to:

dr inż. arch. Małgorzata Rogińska-Niesłuchowska for participation in 100 hours of training

dr inż. arch. Małgorzata Kostrzewska for conducting training at the CNE

Teaching Fridays

Didactic Fridays is a programme of weekly methods and tools training for university teachers, designed as a space for mutual inspiration to share experiences and jointly seek solutions. The programme's initiator and leader is Professor Joanna Mytnik.

During the gala, the people most active in the programme were honoured and thanks were given to the trainers.

From the Faculty of Architecture, Dr Eng. arch. Małgorzata Kostrzewska was honoured as one of the most active in the programme and as one of the leaders of the 'Didactic Fridays'.

Remotely with passion and ideas

16 remote teaching coordinators were honoured. From the Faculty, the distinction went to Dr Eng. arch. Joanna Kabrońska

We would like to congratulate the laureates who received distinctions this year. We would also like to thank you for your commitment to your work as teachers.