Community Education

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.

Community Education includes adult and community education, and non-formal education.

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Tahia te Marae, Tahia te Wānanga – Marae and Māori community-based adult learning

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Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 23 March 2012 - 7:53am
This project examined the effectiveness of community education programmes supporting the revitalisation of Taranakitanga – practices specific to Taranaki Māori.

Improving Participation, Retention and Progression of Māori Tertiary Learners in the Whanganui Region

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This project investigated how two Private Training Establishments could improve the participation, retention and progression of Māori Tertiary Learners in the Whanganui Region.

VOCEDplus research database

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Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 25 July 2011 - 3:16pm
VOCEDplus is a free international research database containing over 44,000 English language records, many with links to full text documents. The particular focus of VOCEDplus is research and statistics as it relates to education for work and beyond.

Making a difference in prison with Storybook Dads

Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 16 March 2011 - 9:32am
In this publication Charles Pearce and Alexandra Fusco describe Storybook Dads, a programme to enhance literacy amongst prisoners.

Enhancing learning and confidence for Māori through community participation

Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 1 December 2010 - 1:37pm
This publication describes how embedding community activites into curriculum has resulted in enhanced learning and employability of learners.