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Research-informed teaching of adults : a worthy alternative to old habits and hearsay?
(2013)How and why teachers teach the way they do is central to understanding the impact of education on learners. While many professions have integrated research findings into their practitioners’ practice, education’s record ... -
Te Ako Whaiora - through learning is well-being
(2012)In 2009 Unitec and Te Rau Matatini entered into a partnership agreement to deliver the GDNFPM to scholarship recipients from the Māori Mental Health sector (as a separate stream from the generic course intake). Te Rau ... -
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. -
Titiro whakamuri, hoki whakamua. We are the future, the present and the past: Caring for self, others and the environment in early years’ teaching and learning
(Teaching and Learning Research Initiative, 2010)This project focuses on global issues of ecological sustainability in a variety of national/local early childhood contexts. The research aims to illuminate, document, explore, and explain possibilities for early childhood ... -
Whaia te iti kahurangi: Efficacy, agency, achievement and success in the tertiary sector: Focus on students and parents from Pasifika communities
(2009-01-01)The present study is situated in Unitec Institute of Technology, a dynamic tertiary institution in New Zealand, catering to the needs of a large and diverse student population enrolled in courses ranging from certificate ... -
Learning to teach: Success case studies of teacher induction in Aotearoa New Zealand
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OECD/CERI Formative assessment project background report : New Zealand
(2008)While there had been a community-based adult literacy movement active in New Zealand since the late 1970s (Hill, 1990), the sector’s provision and political presence was marginal at best. Its advocates struggled to establish ... -
Case study : United States
(OECD Publishing, 2008)As with many other OECD countries, the United States of America (U.S.) estimated the literacy skills of its adult population as part of the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS). The U.S. published the results of its ... -
Foundation learning in New Zealand: an overview
(2008)This book comes at a timely point in the development of the foundation skills sector in New Zealand. The purpose of this first chapter is to provide an overall context, by reviewing what is meant by the term foundation ... -
Whakawhanaungatanga: Partnerships in bicultural development in early childhood care and education
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Te Puawaitanga: Partnerships with tamariki and whānau in bicultural early childhood care and education
(Teaching and Learning Research Initiative, 2006) -
Working in the light of evidence, as well as commitment. A literature review of the best available evidence about effective adult literacy, numeracy and language teaching
(2005)The purpose of this literature review is to provide a critical evaluation of the available research evidence about effective practices in literacy, numeracy and language (LNL) teaching and programme provision in order to ... -
Pedagogy in practice : an observational study of literacy, numeracy and language teachers.
(2005)The aim of this study was to gain an overview of how teachers teach literacy, numeracy and language (LNL) in New Zealand, by observing 15 literacy, language and numeracy teachers from tertiary institutions, community ... -
Pacific peoples and tertiary education: issues of participation
(Wellington: Ministry of Education., 2002)The purpose of this research study was, therefore, to gather qualitative information on the actual and perceived barriers to participation in tertiary education and training for Pacific peoples. The study had a particular ... -
Report on the self-access centre at Unitec
(Unitec Institute of Techology, 1998-05)This report outlines the background of self-access learning, describes the situation of the existing Self-Access Centre at UNITEC, highlights the characteristics of the leading Self-Access Centres in New Zealand and around ...