Featured Discipline: Architecture and Building
The Resource Centre contains practical material about good teaching and learning in the tertiary sector. The Resources can come from the Communities and Project Groups on the site. The Resources are high-quality, well-presented, evidence-based, and relevant to New Zealand.
This section includes items relevant to the teaching of Architecture and Building, including Construction, and related trades.
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New content in this area includes Skills and training in the building and construction industry: findings from qualitative research with BCITO's stakeholders - written by Amanda Gilbert and funded from the Ako Aotearoa Central Regional Hub Fund
Most Recently Added Resources in Disciplines
Dr Eric Pawson - Tertiary Teaching Excellence Teaching Profile
Posted by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 11 January 2010 - 10:59am
Teaching profile from Dr Eric Pawson (Department of Geography, University of Auckland) - a Sustained Excellence winner 2009
Information Maps: Supporting Students Through Their Research and Writing Processes
Posted by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 22 February 2010 - 11:02am
This publication explores how imaps can be used to enhance information literacy, reduce plagiarism and enhance feedback on students’ research and writing processes.
Extending e-possibilities
Posted by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 8 October 2009 - 10:53am
Any contemporary look at e-learning must consider those applications that have the potential to transform teaching and learning beyond the class-centric confines of the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE).
Learning and Teaching in the Discipline of Law: achieving and sustaining excellence in a changed and changing environment
Posted by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 11 February 2010 - 11:24am
This Australian project closely examined a number of areas associated with ensuring the provision of high quality legal education to achieve quality outcomes for a diverse range of students entering upon a course of study in law.
Interactive Science Simulations
Posted by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 17 December 2009 - 9:53am
Fun, interactive, research-based simulations of physical phenomena from the PhET project at the University of Colorado.