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Senses of hauora and wellbeing in early childhood initial teacher education: Report of phase one data
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021-08)Auckland University of Technology, Unitec Institute of Technology, The University of Auckland, and Open Polytechnic have joined together to research early childhood student teacher hauora and wellbeing. The project is ... -
Designing the bridges : highlights from Ako Aotearoa supported foundation, bridging and LLN research projects. A report prepared for Ako Aotearoa
(Ako Aotearoa, 2017-10-30)New Zealand society is diverse, complex and stratified. It has a sophisticated first world education system with comprehensive coverage from early childhood through to the most exacting research-based doctoral study. While ... -
Preparing graduates in the everchanging employment market: A New Zealand tertiary case study
(Unitec Institute of Technology, 2020)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can tertiary education providers maintain graduate outcomes perpetually current in their programmes of study? ABSTRACT: Tertiary education is always heavily implicated in disruptions from global ... -
Guidelines for developing and using e-assessments with vocational learners : project overview
(Ako Aotearoa, 2019-07)"Mā te rongo, ka mōhio; mā te mōhio, ka mārama; mā te mārama, ka mātautau” From practice comes understanding, from understanding comes knowing, from knowing comes expertise. SUMMARY: This project brought together a ... -
Using microcredentials to enable the use of the NZDE (Civil) to provide more flexible and focused response to industry requirements
(Engineering E2E, 2018-06)DISCLAIMER: This is a feasibility report and therefore does not present a fully developed proposal or position. Any opinions and recommendations presented are those of the authors. The report does not represent the position ... -
Middle leadership matters
(CORE Education, Tātai Aho Rau, 2017-05)Introduction Understanding Middle Leadership Leading Teams Shared vision Building relationships Implementing systems/structures Developing culture Connecting across Communities of Leaders Conclusion -
Te arotahi ki ngā rauemi ako ka whakaputaina ki ngā akomanga arareo Māori : ngoikoretanga, ngā āhuatanga haere ake nei?
(CORE Education | Tātai Aho Rau Ltd, 2017)Ngā mātāpono tārai rauemi mātauranga ara reo Māori -
Getting it right : guidelines for online assessment
(Ako Aotearoa National Centre for Tertiary Teaching Excellence, 2016-10-31)RESEARCH OBJECTIVES: This project is intended to provide a practical resource to support tertiary teachers to develop varied and appropriate online assessment practices that are valid, reliable and transparent. METHO ... -
Hanging out, playing, messing around: ePortfolios and mobile devices for teaching Early Childhood Education
(Ako Aotearoa, 2016)Bachelor of Teaching in Early Childhood Education (ECE) programme at Unitec Institute of Technology is a field based degree programme. This case study outlines a range of approaches and strategies developed during a ... -
Move, Act, Play, Sing (MAPS) : exploring early childhood arts teaching and learning strategies and concepts through community arts interventions.
(Teaching and Learning Research Initiative, 2014-09)This research narrative tells the story of a Māori immersion early childhood centre’s engagement with the performing arts. In this research, and fundamental to this narrative is the provocation that ... -
A whakapapa of technical, trade and vocational education in Aotearoa, New Zealand : origins of a hybrid VET system
(Unitec ePress, 2016-08-18)This monograph provides a short history that discusses some of the changes, transformations and tensions from which TVET and in particular trade-related education in New Zealand has arisen. The monograph is part of a broader ... -
Chaos to Capability : Educating Professionals for the 21st Century
(Unitec ePress, 2015-10-01)Built on two decades of research, thought, writing, and teaching, in Chaos to Capability: Educating Professionals for the 21st Century, Hays argues that a transformation in higher education teaching and learning is crucial ... -
Supporting Language Learning on the Move. An evaluative framework for mobile language learning resources.
(London: Taylor & Francis, 2015)Mobile learning is becoming increasingly common, and mobile learning resources for supporting the teaching and learning of language are now widely available (Pegrum, 2014). There is, however, little systematic research ... -
A trade-off in learning: Mobile augmented reality for language learning
(Bloomsbury Academic, 2014)Mobile learning offers great potential for language teachers to support practice beyond the classroom, to encourage anytime-anywhere learning and to facilitate situated learning (Pegrum, forthcoming). Augmented reality ... -
Does ethnicity influence the choice of language learning strategies?
(Independent Learning Association:, 2013)Introduction There has been very little research on learning strategies used by learners of Japanese as a foreign language (Grainger 2006). Furthermore, ethnicity has not attracted much attention as an influential variable ... -
Adult education : New Zealand, to 2012
(Australian & New Zealand History of Education Society (ANZHES), 2013-11-07)Adult education, New Zealand, to 2012. In its broadest sense, adult education refers to the education of anyone beyond school-age. Historically, the sector has constantly evolved as elements of its provision have matured ... -
Social cohesion and free home internet in New Zealand
(IGI Global, 2013)This chapter discusses community outcomes of free home Internet access. It draws on case study re-search on Computers in Homes (CIH), a scheme established in New Zealand in 2000 for the purpose of bridging the digital ... -
Theory U and team performance: presence, participation, and productivity
(IGI Global, 2014)This chapter applies Scharmer’s Theory U to team performance, productivity, and learning. Key topics covered include counterproductive thought patterns, or habits, and how they can be overcome; the complementary notions ... -
Akoaga : efficacy, agency, achievement and success in the tertiary sector : focus on students and parents from Pasifika communities
(Unitec ePress, 2011-01-01)The term akoaga has a pan-Polynesian origin and meaning. In the Samoan language, the term can be broken into two root words, ako and aga. Ako or ato means basket and aga means measurements associated with weaving. -
Ngā Reanga Youth Development Māori styles
(Unitec ePress, 2014-11-14)Using the stories of Māui to guide readers through the work, Keelan has authored a book that brings together ten years of experience and research in taiohinga Māori Development. Known to most New Zealanders, Māori and ...
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