Current National Project Fund projects

Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 21 December 2011 - 11:01am

Details of the projects already funded by Ako Aotearoa under the National Project Fund

 

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2011 Projects

Collaboration Projects
 Project Leader Organisation
Collaboration in clinical simulation - leading the way Karen Edgecombe Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology

 

2010 Projects

Research and Implementation Projects Project Leader Organisation
Storybook Dads evaluation Charles Pearce The Methodist Mission 
Graduate outcomes – Are they driving learning? And who knows about them?  Assoc Prof Rachel Spronken-Smith University of Otago
Transforming industry-led assessment of learning in the building and construction industries Andrew Kear Building & Construction ITO
Success, productivity and satisfaction in academia: The experiences of early career academics in New Zealand Dr Kathryn Sutherland Victoria University of Wellington
Māori Initiative Projects
Project Leader Organisation
Māori learners in workplace settings Dr Nicky Murray Industry Training Federation
Hei ara ako ki te oranga: Teaching learning and wellbeing Dr Helen Potter New Zealand Council for Educational Research
Waiariki agricultural collaboration Olive Jonas Te Wānanga o Aotearoa
Pacific Peoples' Projects Project Leader Organisation
The impact of tertiary education strategies on success for pacific learners (RFP) Amanda Torr Wellington Institute of Technology
Pasifika learners and success in tertiary education (commissioned) Cherie Chu Victoria University of Wellington on behalf of APSTE
Commissioned Projects Project Leader Organisation
Transforming Tertiary Science Education Ben Kennedy University of Canterbury
Collaboration Projects Project Leader Organisation
Institutional Research Colloquium Keith Comer University of Canterbury
Sustained improvements in teaching and learning in engineering education Profesor Janis Swan Waikato University
The 2016 Ako Scenario guide to effective tertiary education in New Zealand Professor Niki Davis University of Canterbury
Regional collaboration to develop a degree preparation programme Gail Kirkland Wellington Institute of Technology

 

2009 Projects

Research and Implementation Projects Project Leader Organisation
Belonging, Becoming and Being: First Year Apprentices' Experiences in the Workplace Selena Chan Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology
Maximising Learning Dialogue: Opportunities in Professional Field-Based Experiences Andrew Smith Bethlehem Tertiary Institute
Unlocking the Impact of Tertiary Teachers' Perceptions of Student Evaluations of Teaching Sarah Stein University of Otago
E-Learning and Higher Education: Understanding and Supporting Organisational Change in New Zealand Stephen Marshall Victoria University of Wellington
Help or Hindrance - Blended Approaches and Learner Engagement Lynn Jeffrey Massey University
Māori Initiative Projects
Project Leader Organisation
Building Kaupapa Māori into Early Childhood Education Ngaroma Williams The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand
Pacific Peoples' Projects
 Project Leader  Organisation
Tertiary Bridging Tracks: Holistic Teaching and Learning Practices of Pacific Private Training Establishments Taulalo Fiso New Zealand Institute of Sport
Collaboration Projects Project Leader Organisation
The Literacy Alliance Nicky Murray Industry Training Federation
Supporting Pre-Registered Teachers in Visual Arts Ian Bowell Victoria University of Wellington
A Collaborative Approach for Diplomas in Building and Construction Peter Butcher The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand
Evaluating a Strengths-Based Learner Engagement Programme Lindsay Davis-Goff Trade and Commerce

 

2008 Projects

Research and Implementation Projects Project Leader Organisation
Assessing Hauora Māori in Medical Students in Clinical Settings Dr Rhys Jones University of Auckland
Best Practice in Supervisor Feedback to Thesis Writers in New Zealand Universities Professor John Bitchener AUT University
Dedicated Education Unit: Enhancing Clinical Teaching and Learning Dr Willem Fourie Manukau Institute of Technology
Engaging Learners Effectively in Science, Technology and Engineering: The Pathway from Secondary to University Education Professor Tim Parkinson Massey University
ITO Workplace Assessment Structures Nicholas Huntington Industry Training Federation

Māori Initiative Projects

Project Leader

Organisation
Exploring Community and Whanau-Based Learning Strategies to Promote the Safe Practice and Use of Taranaki Reo and Tikanga away from Learning Environments Deleraine Puhara Te Kupenga Mātauranga o Taranaki
Tātou Tātou/Success for All: Improving Māori Student Success in Health Professional Degree-Level Programmes Dr Elana Curtis University of Auckland
Te Kāwai Kūmara – A Pilot for the Synchronous Delivery of a Common Postgraduate Programme in te reo Māori Across Multiple Sites Professor Tania Ka’ai AUT University
Collaboration projects Project Leader Organisation
Te Hononga Mātauranga Dr Te Kani Kingi
 Massey University

Doctoral Scholarships

 Doctoral Student Supervisor
An Investigation of Undergraduate Medical Students’ Discourses of General Practice and Surgery Kelby Smith-Han Dr Chrystal Jaye, University of Otago
Māori Learning Māori: What works for Māori Adults Learning Māori as a Second Language? Matiu Ratima Professor Stephen May, University of Waikato
Integrating Information Literacy and Developing Academic Voice in the New Zealand Tertiary Context
 Angela Feekery Dr Lisa Emerson,  Massey University

 > read an update on the Doctoral Scholarships awarded in 2008