Education: Recent submissions
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Embracing tradition: Classical Studio in 2022
(Epress, Unitec|Te Pūkenga, 2023-12-31)The year 2022 saw the return of Classical Studio the Unitec | Te Pūkenga School of Architecture after a ten-year hiatus. In Classical Studio, the goal isn’t necessarily to teach how to design a classical building, but to ... -
Cultural perspectives on the concept of whānau and health decisions
(Association of Tertiary Learning Advisors Aotearoa/New Zealand, 2023-11-27)This is a combined reflective presentation developed from the series of the Chinese and Pacific cultural perspectives workshops that the authors have designed and delivered at Unitec for the Social Practice, Medical Imaging ... -
Early reflections on a collaborative research project about the safety of rainbow ākonga on Te Pūkenga campuses
(ePress, Unitec | Te Pūkenga., 2023-11-29)This paper reports on the experiences of a research team designing and beginning to implement a research project exploring how safe and inclusive the various campuses of Te Pūkenga are for Rainbow ākonga (students). As ... -
Stocktake of clinical placements and preparation for clinical experience: A national perspective of practice employed in the polytechnic sector
(2023-05)Funding: MBIE Science Whitinga Fellowship/Te Apārangi Royal Society A collaborative research project between 13 New Zealand polytechnic institutes offering nursing programmes INTRODUCTION Nursing curricula need to ... -
Student nurse perceptions of caring for older adults: How incidental project findings identified ageist attitudes and opportunities to create, innovate and energise pre-registration nursing curricula
(2023-06-07)Funding: MBIE Science Whitinga Fellowship/Te Apārangi Royal Society A collaborative research project between 13 New Zealand polytechnic institutes offering nursing programmes New Zealand's population Future healthcare ... -
Inclusive assessments in language teaching: Current approaches and future possibilities
(2023-09-30)In the field of language education, inclusive assessments are pivotal yet often overlooked. This presentation aims to stimulate critical dialogue about our attitudes, beliefs, and practices regarding inclusivity in language ... -
Future nursing workforce: Creating, innovating, and energising undergraduate curriculum content through stakeholder collaboration
(2023-06-07)Funding: MBIE Science Whitinga Fellowship/Te Apārangi Royal Society A collaborative research project between 13 New Zealand polytechnic institutes offering nursing programmes New Zealand's population Future healthcare ... -
Nurturing Pasifika learners through effective pedagogy: A case study of a program at Unitec/Te Pūkenga New Zealand
(2023-06-29)The presentation showcases the successful pedagogical approaches that have been implemented in the programme by using Pacific models of learning, collaborative learning, and experiential learning combined with strong ... -
Whakarongo ki te tangi! : Listen to our tears, listen to our call! learnings from a summer research mentorship to grow kaupapa Māori community health researchers
(ePress, Unitec | Te Pūkenga, 2023-11-02)This co-authored paper centres the Māori cultural practice of tangi, both as a way to heal and to be heard, for four new and emerging Māori community health researchers involved in a Kaupapa Māori research mentorship. If ... -
Turn and face the strange, ch-ch-changes: Maintaining the value of social work education and student centered learning
(2023-09-08)Ko wai au? Reflections on change Changes on our horizons- reflections Wider changes education Te Pukenga and Te Ata Mahina Challenges facing social work students What has worked well? Strategies to face the strange A ... -
The ambiguous presence of children's mental health in the context of Covid-19 pandemic in early childhood curriculum
(University of Waikato | Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research, 2023-05-07)In the context of the continuing pandemic, it has become apparent that the new global circumstances put a strain on the holistic well-being of children and their families. The experience of social distancing, prolonged ... -
Understanding holistic wellbeing through culturally diverse lenses
(New Zealand Tertiary College (NZTC), 2023-04)This article explores notions of holism and acknowledges that different cultures and societies have a wide range of beliefs of what holism might be, how it is practiced and how it can be supported. Te Whāriki (Ministry of ... -
Microcredentials pilot project: Final report
(Unitec Institute of Technology, 2020-06-18)This report sets out the process, results and findings from a pilot project carried out to investigate how microcredentials could be used to provide an alternative pathway for part of the New Zealand Diploma in Engineering ... -
Stocktake of placement preparation and clinical experience for Aotearoa New Zealand student nurses in aged care settings: July 2023
(ePress, Unitec, Te Pūkenga, 2023-10-24)The global population is getting older. In 2019 there were 703 million people aged ≥65 years. This figure is predicted to double to 1.5 billion, or 16% of the global population, by 2050 (United Nations, 2020). By comparison, ... -
Watchpoints for consideration when utilising a VDI network to teach Archicad BIM software within an educational programme
(ePress, Unitec | Te Pūkenga, 2023-10-24)This research identifies factors to be considered in the adoption of a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) accommodating the software needs of a tertiary institution. The study discusses the potential advantages and ... -
Talanoa: Pushing boundaries to promote Pacific ways of being in Aotearoa New Zealand tertiary education
(ePress, Unitec | Te Pūkenga, 2023-09-25)The survival of Pacific societies is partly attributed to the ability of Pacific ancestors to transmit stories from generation to generation through myths and legends, stories of creation, songs, oratory, art and natural ... -
Making the transformation in academic writing: Some strategies for students from Asian background
(2021-07-07)The notion of the “threshold concept” (Meyer & Land, 2003) can be used to examine strategies for inducting Asian students into Western academic writing practices. A threshold concept is integral to a given discipline; it ... -
Survive and thrive: A peer mentoring scheme to enable students' engagement in their learning during the unprecedented times of Covid 19
(2022-12-06)PASS: Peer Assisted Study Sessions Computing students AutoCad class Electrical lab PASS online Feedback from students who participated in PASS PASS leaders' feedback Feedback from academic staff -
A peer mentoring programme supporting learners from the School of Civil Engineering
(2023-02-08)PASS (Peer Assisted Study Sessions) is a peer mentoring programme at Unitec that effectively supports first-year Civil Engineering students. PASS leaders play an important role in helping them connect to new learning ...