Browsing Unitec Research Committee Reports by Title
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Effecting change in learning and teaching through living curricula implementation
(2012)This project focused directly and concertedly on teacher perspectives of the current implementation of the Living Curriculum at Unitec. The major goal was to inform and influence the implementation and professional development ... -
Enhancing the learning of professionalism in the context of Web 2.0.
(2012)Thus far this project has involved collaboration nationally and now internationally and is inter-disciplinary in nature. The recruitment strategy used has proved ineffective so while not enough data has been collected to ... -
Entertainment Lab for the Very Small Screen
(2013)Student participants in three countries across the planet collaborated to make movies, with their mobile phones, about environmental sustainability. The thirty‐nine participants ‐ film & television students at Unitec PASA; ... -
The everyday collective laboratory: Suburban interventions
(2012)The highlights of the project were the discoveries made into inter-disciplinary research methodology and strategies for small-scale design interventions in advocating for community environmental projects. The approach was ... -
The everyday collective laboratory: The old North Shore
(2009)The project’s aims were to identify areas and structures of special heritage character on the North Shore of Auckland City, research and document the history of the site(s) identified and establish contacts with the local ... -
Extension of use of action research as real and applied research for improvement of teaching and learning at Unitec
(2012)The Action Research Project in 2011 involved a cluster of 12 action research (AR) projects across 6 departments at Unitec – Languages, Sport, Te Puna Ako, the Library, Foundation Studies and Music. Each project was an ... -
Focus on Fiji: GIS Mapping to Support Conservation Planning
(2013)In collaboration with the Institute of Applied Science of the University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji, the project conducted research on the development of a Geographic Information System for biodiversity conservation, ... -
Home science graduates : Carnegie and beyond
(2009)1. Identify ways in which the teaching of „home' science was shaped by assumptions about gender? 2. How did the teaching of science to girls change? To what extent does this mirror developments and trends in the US? 3. ... -
The impact of educational migration on the professional lives of Colombo Plan scholarship holders
(2010)This project is producing new knowledge that will add to our understandings of the long term impacts of educational migration on the cultural, economic and professional lives of education migrants and their ongoing engagement ... -
Impact of strengths development upon performance and professional aspirations of students in the 'helping professions'
(2010)This project was a pilot study to evaluate the usefulness of StrengthsQuestTM coaching in shaping the aspirations of students in the ‘helping professions’ in New Zealand and to investigate the potential usefulness of a ... -
Investigation into the psychological and physical effects of participating in a mass “depopulation” operation
(2011-01-01)Worldwide, animal welfare investigations result in the discovery of commercial farming operations where large numbers of animals are suffering requiring quick and humane euthanasia. These events called “depopulation” ... -
LAB: Research Theatre Company (part two) - Creating a dialogue with the audience
(2011)The research project LAB: Research Theatre Company (part two) - Creating a Dialogue with the Audience was designed to investigate the dramaturgical development of the theatre show Alfonsina (and the theme of immigration) ... -
Landscape for life - An investigation of opportunities for aesthetic improvement and biodiversity enhancement for living roofs in New Zealand
(2010)Living roofs offer an opportunity to bring conservation into a contemporary context integrated within urban landscapes. Once neglected and under-utilized roof landscapes can now become biodiverse enclaves of indigenous ... -
Landscapes for life (Stage 2) – An investigation of opportunities for aesthetic improvement and biodiversity enhancement for living roofs in New Zealand
(2012)Results from stage 2 of this project have shown that a New Zealand indigenous extensive living roof plant community can provide the basic microhabitat variables required to support lizards with the exception of humidity. ... -
London Town
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Machine learning technology and its application to computer games for health education
(2012)Driven by an initiative of the Adult & Paediatric Diabetes Psychology Service of New Zealand, research has been performed to develop new mechanisms, in the form of computer games, to educate children and teenagers about ...
