Browsing Education Conference Papers by Subject "New Zealand"
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Access to social work education : correlations between applicant performance on selection tasks, demographics and success as a student
(2018-07-06)This study supports existing literature: - documenting the ineffectiveness of selection criteria for social work programmes - addresses a gap in scholarship by examining the value of specific selection tools and ... -
Addressing privilege to decolonize social work education
(2021-04)The social work profession is committed to indigenous rights, social justice and the achievement of equity within human societies. It is the job of social work education to prepare and support students to work in a way ... -
Analysis of academic procrastination in professional students of a tertiary training programme
(2019-05)Academic procrastination is a common behavior among tertiary students. In particular, parttime adult students who undergo professional training usually find it very difficult to balance tertiary study, work, and family ... -
Augmenting industry collaboration with architectural practices through design and development of productive internship schemes
(2019-11-28)Project introduction and rationale Project methodology Aims and objectives Defining Internships, work placements etc? Formats of internships/ work placement? Literature review themes Possible barriers to ... -
Balancing the seesaw : the ups and downs of delivering vocational training programmes
(2019-11-29)Developing training programmes in partnership with industry is a rich and rewarding endeavour Context - partnership between Unitec and Hawkins Programme framework Challenge: Learner diversity - cadets Challenge: Learner ... -
BIM education : case New Zealand
(EasyChair of Cool Press Ltd, 2017-10-23)This article is a first step in a longitudinal research in New Zealand context to identify what impact national education approaches have on uptake of BIM education in individual tertiary institutes. Although BIM and BIM ... -
Bridging the knowledge gap from technologist to professional engineer
(2018-02)A comparison of course structures is undertaken between the 3-year Management Group’s Bachelor of Engineering Technology (Civil) and the Washington Accord accredited 4-year Bachelor of Engineering (Hons)(Civil) at the ... -
Bring your own device classroom : issues of digital divides in teaching and learning contexts
(Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS), 2015-12)Technology mediated learning provides potentially valuable resources for learners’ academic and social development. However, according to recent researches, as the adoption stages of ICTs advance there arises further levels ... -
Building inclusivity, diversity and equity in my practice: A case study
(2021-11-23)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 ... -
The 'call to adventure' : learner agency in the traditional school
(2014-10)In this presentation I will share how students in my Level 2 NCEA class and I worked together to bring more agency into the learner experience as well as my teaching practice. Through this action research project I was ... -
Carter Holt Harvey Woodproducts Research House: a collaboration between student design–makers and a local building contractor
(Monash University, 2019-10)Carter Holt Harvey Research House was a summer–school programme designed for architectural students to digitally design and fabricate a small dwelling in conjunction with construction professionals. The design required ... -
Catering for individual needs in infants & toddlers
(2014-08-23)* As teachers we are obliged to abide by the code of ethics and do what is right for each child and their families * This is further strengthened by the Regulations 2008 which states that the curriculum should: Respect ... -
Children in a community of learners: Encouraging respectful interactions
(2013)Questions to consider: What do children learn from how we treat them? What impact does our treatment have on them as members of a community? What does it mean to hold children in unconditional positive regard? Some ... -
A Community approach to staff development in eLearning
(2012)This narrative seeks to identify practices that have enabled staff in eLearning roles to support their peers to increase the use of eLearning within a New Zealand tertiary education context. Specifically, it examines those ... -
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 ... -
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? [ ...
