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Construction Practices short blended course
(2016-02)Construction Practices Course details Approach Results - class averages Results - final grades Issues -
Counter-colonial research methodologies drawing upon postcolonial critique and Indigenous onto-epistemologies.
(2014)Researchers have been challenged by Indigenous scholars regarding the ongoing re-inscription of colonialist paradigms inflicted through research methodologies and later perpetuated through published work (L. T. Smith, ... -
Covid-19: Experience of online learning from accounting courses at Unitec
(2020-11-09)AIM OF STUDY The paper is reflection on the teaching and learning practice in Accounting in the first semester of 2020 when New Zealand was in a period of lockdown The pandemic lockdown in late March 2020 was a rare ... -
Creating connections between theory and practice for diverse learners
(2016-10)Blended, Flipped and Team-based learning • Students can access their learning communities at any time, in any location • Explore theory before class • Face-to-face time used to • Explore & critically engage with ... -
Creating connections between theory and practice for diverse learners
(2016-10)For students entering public service fields, such as healthcare and social services, a key skill is the ability to both learn and understand the theoretical underpinnings of their profession and to apply them appropriately ... -
Creating in collaboration: reflections on a World War One transmedia project
(Evergreen Education Foundation - Information Technology in Education, 2014)The centenary of World War One (WW1) is being marked by a range of nation-wide and international commemorative events. Our project brings to life personal narratives of the years 1914-1918 and sets them alongside contemporary, ... -
Creating learning connections via an online community of practice : a case study.
(Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology (Rotorua, N.Z.), 2016-10)The Digital and Collaborative Learning postgraduate programme of The Mind Lab by Unitec not only provides teachers with transformational approaches to 21st‐century learning, but also with opportunities to create connections ... -
Creating social change : the ultimate goal of education for sustainability
(International Journal of Social Science and Humanity(IJSSH), 2014-11)Education is the vital link that brings about social change and generates synergies to address the interconnectedness between sustainability, society and the environment. Education empowers society to assume responsibility ... -
Crossing over the cultural boundary to success: A case study
(2021-11-24)The case and our initial responses My observation and analysis My approach with a clear intention The theoretical framework i base my approach on What happened next was a great opportunity The outcome The benefit of ... -
Culturally inclusive pedagogies
(2018-11)The project focuses on the authors’ narratives of the teaching and learning experiences with students in a tertiary education setting that includes Pasifika and Indian students. Our aim is to share our experiences as ... -
Culturally responsive practice as quality early childhood care and education provision.
(NZEI Te Riu Roa, New Zealand Educational Institute, 2013)Over the last two decades New Zealand has become one of a small number of culturally and linguistically superdiverse countries. Superdiversity indicates a level of cultural complexity surpassing anything previously ... -
Derailing transformative education
(2018-11)OVERVIEW: The direction • Massification, marketisation, and managerialism • Globalisation and imperialism • Attacks on the academic profession The impact • Alienation, mission drift, alienation The neoliberal ... -
Designed for learning : a literature perspective on supporting academics towards effective teaching in new spaces
(2018-04)The two questions that guided our reading were: 1. What are appropriate pedagogical approaches for teachers in new collaborative learning spaces? 2. What professional development strategies have proved successful? [ ... -
Designing a children’s literature course for diverse adult learners : co-constructing learning spaces through creativity
(Unitec ePress, 2017-12)In New Zealand, the New Zealand Qualification Authority’s Mandatory Review of Qualifications for levels 1-6 prompted the writing of new courses to be delivered in the New Zealand Certificate in Study and Career Preparation ... -
Designing a virtual reality flight simulator
(Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education (APSCE), 2018-11)Virtual Reality has been gaining popularity in recent years and has been applied in various fields. One of its uses is for Virtual Reality games and simulators, which targets a wider range of consumers. Flight simulator ... -
Designing mobile applications for Positive Behaviour for Learning (PB4L) pedagogy
(2017-12)Applications and online digital games are currently being used in New Zealand schools for the teaching of reading, writing and maths regularly. However, the teaching of behaviour has been heavily reliant on paper based ... -
Designing mobile games for improving self-esteem in children with ADHD
(ICSLE 2015, 2015-09)There is a growing number of children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Research has shown that these children process information quite differently from others. A lot of ADHD diagnosed children (especially ... -
Desires and doubts on cultural sustainability: A study from Aotearoa New Zealand
(2019-09)Original study - research objectives To know about the cultural components incorporated in an early childhood teacher education classroom; To reflect on how these components impact the learning of students (student-teachers); ... -
Developing a co-design methodology for school ground greening
(2016-02)If school grounds are developed as ecologically diverse and environmentally stimulating places that encourage student engagement and learning, they can contribute to children demonstrating,what researchers ... -
Development of a collaborative training partnership in the NZ construction industry
(2017-07)In 2015 a first tier New Zealand commercial construction company approached the Department of Construction at Unitec regarding the company’s professional development training. The primary aim was to focus on introducing a ...