Refereed Article

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Learning communities: A structured approach to student integration

This paper given at the 2005 conference of the Higher Education, Research & Development Society (HERDSA) focuses on bridging programmes for Māori and Pasifika students in polytechnics.

Quality assurance in tertiary education from a Māori (indigenous) perspective

This paper published by the World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium (Winhec) explores what Māori require by way of quality in higher education.

Creating whanaungatanga: Kaupapa Māori support in the Psychology Department at the University of Waikato

This paper discusses the issues around managing, delivering and providing opportunities so that Māori students studying psychology feel supported for the duration of their time at Waikato University.

Faculty Focus

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Faculty Focus is a free e-newsletter featuring innovative strategies, best practices and fresh perspectives on what works, and what doesn’t, when it comes to teaching, learning, and leading in tertiary education. Also includes some more in-depth reports.

TDU Talk - June 2010 - Teaching in Science

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Issue 5 - June 2010 of TDU Talk from the Teaching Development Unit at Waikato University.

Creating and Using Podcasts Across the Disciplines

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This posting is reproduced with the permission of the Stanford Centre of Teaching and Learning which operates the 'Tomorrow's Professor' list on which this was published.

TDU Talk - May 2010 - Designing and Using Marking Criteria

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Issue 4 - May 2010 of TDU Talk from the Teaching Development Unit at Waikato University.

Practice and Evidence of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

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This open-access journal offers an opportunity for those involved in University learning and teaching to disseminate their practice.

The black box of tertiary assessment

An impending revolution in the use of formative assessment lies ahead of the nation's tertiary institutions, writes Professor John Hattie.