Supporting Learners

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.

Supporting Learners includes support services for learners, pastoral care, organisational responsiveness and culture, and student engagement.

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The ABCs for inclusive tertiary art education

Last updated by: ccrews (Christina Crews) on 5 April 2012 - 11:25am
This research project set out to make practical recommendations for an inclusive teaching methodology that enables students with intellectual impairment to study art at a tertiary level.

Tatou Tatou – Success for all: Improving Maori student success

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Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 28 March 2012 - 4:26pm
The full research report from this NPF project by Dr Elana Taipapaki Curtis, Erena Wikaire, Torise Lualua-Aati, Bridget Kool, William Nepia, Dr Myra Ruka, Michelle Honey, Fiona Kelly, and Associate Professor Phillippa Poole.

Student engagement at New Zealand Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics

Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 15 February 2012 - 2:25pm
This report from Ako Aotearoa and the Australian Council for Educational Research analyses how students are engaging with their studies in Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics in New Zealand.

Learning Progressions

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Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 15 February 2012 - 1:05pm
The Learning Progressions for adult reading, writing, speaking, listening and numeracy have been developed as a national resource for the adult literacy, language and numeracy sector.

Peer mentoring of at-distance students: A resource for tertiary institutions

Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 9 February 2012 - 1:22pm
This resource is a practical guide for tertiary institutions establishing a student peer-mentoring project. It focuses on the peer mentoring of at-distance students but is also relevant to on-campus student mentoring, and offers particular guidance in the mentoring of Māori students.