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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Belonging, becoming and being: First-year apprentices' experiences in the workplace

Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 19 January 2012 - 9:40am
In this report, the perspectives of first-year apprentices (both continuing and discontinued) and pre-trade students are studied to explain the factors influencing young peoples’ decision to commence and continue with apprenticeship.

Studio Teaching Toolkit

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Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 20 October 2010 - 3:17pm
This toolkit was developed as part of the Studio Teaching Project with the aim of sharing ideas and practice about the learning and teaching of studio practice in Art, Architecture and Design disciplines. Includes information on studio models, effective strategies, assessment & feedback, student experience, and case studies.

PRISM

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Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 30 March 2010 - 3:33pm
An interdisciplinary learning website that allows lecturers and students to view and assemble collections of exemplar works from the subject areas of dance, music, theatre, architecture & design, art and film in some of the influential art movements of the ‘modern’ period in Europe and the United States.

On and off the job: learning experiences, connections and implications for Literacy Language and Numeracy

Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 26 November 2009 - 12:35pm
This research project was commissioned by the Joinery Industry Training Organisation (JITO) to understand learning on and off the job, the connections between them, and where learning support (specifically with literacy, language and numeracy) can be provided.

Built Environment Subject Centre of the Higher Education Academy (UK)

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Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 10 December 2008 - 2:01pm
The centre provides discipline based support for learning and teaching in the built environment subject communities of Architecture, Landscape, Urban Planning, Housing and Transport, Construction and Real Estate. Activity/ecouragement areas include: Teaching effectiveness, educational practices, innovative teaching, staff development and discipline based research.