Bertha Houghton Prize in Education * [F1774]

An asterisk (*) indicates that this prize is governed by conditions. See also general conditions.

1. The Bertha Houghton Prize in Education consists of the annual income after capitalisation, in accordance with Senate policy, on a sum of $200 bequeathed to the University under the will of the late Bertha Emily Houghton, for many years lecturer in English at the Claremont Teachers College and lecturer in Special Method in the then Diploma in Education course at The University of Western Australia.

2. The prize is awarded by the Board of Examiners in Education to the student who has achieved the best academic results overall in the following units completed in the Bachelor of Education component of a combined course: EDUC8481 School Experience I, EDUC8414 Assistant Teaching Practicum, EDUC8485 Teaching and Learning Perspectives, EDUC8493 Social Political and Legal Issues, two Curriculum I units and one Curriculum II unit.