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Tau-utuutu: The development of a LIVING VISION for the Unitec School of Architecture Te Kura Hoahoanga
(Unitec ePress, Te Pūkenga, 2022-12-27)Late in 2019 a small group of Pākehā staff at Unitec School of Architecture organised an initiative to review the course structure after relocating to a different building on campus. Gifted a name, Tau-utuutu, by Kaihautū ... -
Auranga Abodo Seating Pavilion
(Unitec ePress, Te Pūkenga, 2022-12-27)Sustainability within the built environment has become a significant issue with the design and fabrication of architecture. Construction waste is just one of many issues that need to be resolved. To tackle this problem, ... -
Vocational education and training reform in Aotearoa New Zealand: The value of educators and education in a new VET environment
(New Zealand Council for Educational Research + Victoria University of Wellington, 2022-11-24)NOTE: Issue Vol. 27 (2021): New Zealand Annual Review of Education -- Updated on 2022-11-24. The Education and Training Act 2020 provides an opportunity to transform the Vocational Education and Training (VET) system ... -
Male secondary-school student engagement rates with school counsellors, as compared with female engagement rates
(ePress, Unitec, Te Pūkenga, 2022-12-06)This article reports on a statistical investigation into the engagement rates of male secondary-school students with school counsellors in co-educational state secondary schools in Aotearoa New Zealand. The data analysis ... -
Inquiring about cultural components of early childhood education
(ePress, Unitec, Te Pūkenga, 2022-12-06)Culture and diversity are familiar yet challenging concepts for early childhood kaiako (teachers). This is a background paper to stimulate thoughts and queries around cultural components in early childhood environments. ... -
Online from Monday: Lecturers’ experiences of the rapid transition to online learning delivery following the first national emergency response to Covid-19
(ePress, Unitec, Te Pūkenga, 2022-12-06)Aotearoa New Zealand’s health response during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic significantly impacted the tertiary education sector. Lecturers at tertiary institutions were required to make a rapid transition from ... -
I wear my pride upon my skin: Becoming more of who I am
(Tertiary Education Union (TEU), 2022)INTRODUCTION Tua - beyond. Kiri – skin. Combined, tuakiri is a Māori (Indigenous Peoples of Aotearoa New Zealand) term for identity or that which lies beyond the skin. So, what if your skin does not match the phenotype ... -
Growing kaupapa Māori research capabilities and confidence through whanaungatanga as research mentorship
(Unitec ePress, 2022-09-28)The Ngā Wai a Te Tūī – Hiringa Hauora Summer Research Mentorship is a kaupapa Māori collaboration to increase hauora Māori (Māori wellbeing) research capacity. The idea of research internships is not new, nor is a focus ... -
The upper class Māori
(Tertiary Education Union (TEU), 2022)[...] the assumption that Māori are primarily interested in trade or apprenticeship training conforms to old ideas about the kinds of talents, abilities, and interests of Māori. Such a view undermines the so-called ‘progress’ ... -
The role of VET teachers in the future
(2021-09)Introductory ideas 'Invisible' work The reform of VET in Aotearoa A role for VET teachers VET teachers Teaching in VET Skills and knowledge required Practices that lead to health quality teaching A professional ... -
Disruption in the classroom: When hands on becomes hands off
(2022-07-01)New Zealand’s lockdown response during the COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted the vocational education sector. Teachers were required to make a rapid transition from familiar, face-to-face teaching and learning to ... -
Promoting a culture change in junior and youth sport in New Zealand
(Frontiers, 2022-09-12)This paper provides insight into the evolution of a project designed to address longstanding adult attitudes and behavioural issues in junior and youth sport in New Zealand. The project was funded by Sport New Zealand ... -
Supporting associate teachers: Considering a decade+ of Network support
(2021-11-16)In 2008 an article was written to capture ATs understanding of their role (Professionalism) Students need to be able to (Practices) Expectations for ST practice Key areas that ATs wanted ITE providers to consider Implications ... -
Moving to the future: Incorporating ulstrasound as a teaching tool of anatomy to medical imaging students
(2021-07)INTRODUCTION Undergraduate medical imaging education has recently moved towards making anatomy course content directly applicable to future clinical practice. Teaching anatomy to medical imaging students can prove ... -
Innovative modern teaching tool adapted by Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Unitec
(2018-02)Outline of this presentation • Introduction • The importance of innovative modern tool • Choice of system -UniTrain • The applications or learning program of UniTrain • Future trends in Engineering Education • Conclusion -
Whakatupua te rito: Improving the experiences of postgraduate tauira Māori within vocational education
(2021-12-25)WHY THIS STUDY? Māori students generally do not attain the same levels of tertiary success as Pākehā New Zealanders across all levels of higher education including postgraduate study (Richardson, 2018). Chauvel and ... -
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 ... -
Biculturalism, belonging, and vocal pedagogy: Experiments in embedding mātauranga Māori into the voice curriculum at a New Zealand acting school
(2021-07-31)OUTLINE Who am I? Who are my students? Why is belonging important for an actor? How does belonging link to the idea of biculturalism at Unitec? What is mātauranga Māori? Why should I embed mātauranga Māori into the ... -
Unitec students create street furniture for an Auckland housing community during COVID
(New Zealand Institute of Architects (NZIA), 2022-03)A portion of the undergraduate course required students to individually design street furniture for Auranga’s Village Square. The brief required the students to utilise recycled timber offcuts found within the Auranga ...