Browsing Education Other Research by Title
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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 -
Te Puawaitanga: Partnerships with tamariki and whānau in bicultural early childhood care and education
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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Whakawhanaungatanga: Partnerships in bicultural development in early childhood care and education
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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 ...
