Most Recent Resources about Supporting Staff
Survey of Literature Relating to Tertiary Teacher Development and Qualifications
Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 31 August 2010 - 10:04am
A literature review focussing on teachers' informal experiential workplace learning about teaching and how to teach, and formal courses for balanced professional education.
Teaching Adults Posters
Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 25 August 2010 - 1:48pm
A set of colourful posters designed to support adults to learn, either online or in tertiary classrooms.
Faculty Focus
Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 20 July 2010 - 4:44pm
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.
Teachers learning mathematics: Professional development research
Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 20 July 2010 - 3:55pm
This one-year TLRI study aimed to investigate the development of teachers’ own mathematical knowledge for teaching. Seven secondary teachers from the Auckland region each developed some aspect of their mathematical knowledge.
Coffee Break Guide - Engaging Pasifika students
Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 24 June 2010 - 2:48pm
This is a quick guide for tutors and support services at tertiary institutions regarding Pasifika students. It is a snapshot of some issues relevant to them – the regional distribution of Pasifika peoples, how they are performing and what students say about how you can help them.
Coffee Break Guides
Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 22 June 2010 - 5:07pm
A series of short guides for assisting the professional development of new lecturers/tutors.
Coffee Break Guide - Supporting Māori Students "Our Voice"
Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 22 June 2010 - 4:27pm
Establishing relationships between tutors and the class are fundamental to learning. Many Māori students are uncomfortable sharing with or contributing to group activities when they are clustered with people they don’t know.
Coffee Break Guide - Understanding your Students
Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 22 June 2010 - 4:22pm
Understanding your learners is vital to good teaching practice. To ensure students are successful, the lessons you create must meet their needs. A learner profile is a good way of establishing the needs of your learners.
Coffee Break Guide - Student Workload
Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 22 June 2010 - 4:20pm
To complete a programme of study successfully, students are required to engage in a number of teacher and/or self-directed learning activities. Student workload is the time taken by average students to complete the learning activities.
Coffee Break Guide - Helping Students to Study
Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 22 June 2010 - 4:16pm
When it comes to acquiring knowledge and skills, there are a variety of techniques that students can try. Here are some useful methods for you to employ to ensure that you support your students to use a variety of learning styles.
TEFANZ - Teacher Education Forum of Aotearoa New Zealand – Te Rauika Titohu Kaiako o Aotearoa
Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 5 May 2010 - 12:31pm
TEFANZ is the national voice for teacher education in Aotearoa New Zealand, representing providers who offer teacher education programmes at degree or graduate level.
The Success and Impact of Early Career Academics in Two New Zealand Tertiary Institutions
Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 10 March 2010 - 4:01pm
A report examining the experiences of Early Career Academics. It identifies several processes that contribute to the induction, preparation and meaningful socialisation of ECAs who will be capable of enhancing their students’ educational outcomes and their own academic careers.
Pasifika Students: supporting academic success through the provision of mentoring
Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 8 March 2010 - 1:53pm
This project identifies the success factors that help promote Pasifika student academic success from the perspectives of those most directly involved in the mentoring process - Pasifika students and their lecturers, and the Pasifika mentors themselves.
New Zealand Educational Theses Database
Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 25 February 2010 - 3:16pm
The New Zealand Educational Theses Database contains 9000 Doctoral, Masters and Diploma theses in education topics about New Zealand and by New Zealanders at a wide range of overseas tertiary institutions.
Cloudworks
Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 3 February 2010 - 2:06pm
Cloudworks is a place to share, find and discuss learning and teaching ideas and experiences.
Perspectives of new trades tutors: Towards a scholarship of teaching and learning for vocational educators
Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 15 January 2010 - 1:08pm
A study investigating the identity trajectory of established trades practitioners as they transition into teaching roles at ITPs, the relevance and effectiveness of initial tutor training programme/courses at ITPs, and issues of new tutor initiation into teaching practice as perceived by the tutors.
Professional Supervision: a vehicle for facilitating change in teaching practice
Last updated by: ccrews (Christina Crews) on 4 December 2009 - 11:49am
This research project used group supervision to focus academic staff on unpacking and critiquing their world of teaching in an ITP.
Tertiary Teaching Excellence Award Application FAQ's
Last updated by: Helen Dobson on 1 December 2009 - 1:44pm
These FAQ's provide a quick reference for mentors and nominees.
Signposts - a professional development resource for new teaching staff in tertiary education
Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 20 November 2009 - 9:21am
This guide for new tertiary teachers is a series of one-page 'Signposts' explaining key ideas of teaching and learning. It is the result of a project funded by the Ako Aotearoa Northern Hub.
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Structured professional development and Private Training Establishment (PTE) staff - Literature Review
Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 17 November 2009 - 1:57pm
This literature review focuses on the question “What professional development strategies are most effective in enhancing student performance outcomes within the Private Training Establishment (PTE) sector in New Zealand?”
Mentoring Guidelines and Mentor Training Resource
Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 17 November 2009 - 1:13pm
These documents provide a framework for the training of mentors. They offer a range of information, ideas and activities to assist mentors develop mentoring knowledge and skills. They are offered as a resource from which others might develop, or begin to develop, training material relevant to their organisation.
Workbase eLearning Resources - ReAL (Resources for Adult Learning)
Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 16 November 2009 - 11:04am
ReAL is for:
- Vocational and workplace tutors who want information and resources to help them provide integrated literacy, numeracy or ESOL support for learners
NZ Literacy Portal
Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 16 November 2009 - 9:45am
The New Zealand Literacy Portal is a rich source of free online information for people interested in adult literacy. It is designed to provide a knowledge base of adult literacy information contributed by both New Zealand and international organisations.
Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative
Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 10 November 2009 - 3:45pm
Achieving the most effective, evidence-based science education (effective science education, backed by evidence). The Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative is a five-year, $12M project at The University of British Columbia aimed at dramatically improving undergraduate science education.
Using Tutor Hubs as a Spotlight on Quality and Consistency
Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 6 November 2009 - 9:53am
Charlotte Heather describes Tutor Hubs, where staff across the organisation meet to focus on a single area of training. This cross-organisation approach has been shown to improve quality and consistency.
'Responding to Learners' Pack
Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 18 September 2009 - 11:27am
This pack includes a series of five short guides and a set of key messages postcards containing quotes from learners. The guides, written for different institutional roles, offer recommendations on how to better respond to learners’ expectations and uses of technology and offers practical guidance on how to embed the learners’ voice more effectively into processes and practice.
TDU Talk - April 2009 - Professional Development
Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 21 August 2009 - 12:12pm
Issue 2 - April 2009 of TDU Talk from the Teaching Development Unit at Waikato University.
WISE Pedagogy
Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 25 June 2009 - 3:41pm
An initiative to help faculty and doctoral students develop effective online teaching practices within the context of Library and Information Science (LIS) education. WISE Pedagogy seeks to provide LIS instructors with resources and information on successful strategies and guide them through the process of developing their own sound pedagogical practices.
Literacy and Numeracy for Adults website
Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 24 June 2009 - 9:41am
The website presents quality information and resources to support those engaged in strengthening the literacy and numeracy of adults in New Zealand. Created by the University of Waikato as part of its work to establish a National Centre of Literacy and Numeracy for Adults which is funded by the Tertiary Education Commission.
Identifying trades tutors' and institutions' perceptions of tutors' roles within the ITP sector
Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 16 June 2009 - 1:20pm
A thesis presented by Christine Pritchard for a Master of Education in Adult Education
PlagiarismAdvice.org
Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 18 May 2009 - 2:33pm
A UK website funded by JISC providing resources, training, advice and guidance to the education sector to help address growing concerns about plagiarism within the UK higher education and further education sectors. It provides a variety of resources and case studies.
National Centre for Excellence in Teaching of Mathematics (England)
Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 22 April 2009 - 12:26pm
The English National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics provides resources, articles and research on the teaching of numeracy and mathematics.
Approaches and implications of eLearning Adoption on Academic Staff Efficacy and Working Practice: An Annotated Bibliography
Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 17 April 2009 - 4:05pm
The purpose of this annotated bibliography is to present a detailed summary of literature which will be used to underpin and support an investigation into the ways tertiary academic staff in New Zealand are prepared for eLearning.
Audit of Academic Integrity and Plagiarism Issues in Australia and New Zealand
Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 27 February 2009 - 1:16pm
Includes a snapshot of the current state of play in academic integrity in Australasia and elsewhere (as at 2005), and a web-based portal to the collected information, including resources/information on Policy, Practice, Good Ideas, and Links to more information
Plagiarism.org: the Learning Centre
Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 27 February 2009 - 1:08pm
The Learning Center is a US web-based resource designed to help educators and students develop a better sense of what plagiarism means in the information age, and to teach the planning, organizational, and citation skills essential for producing quality writing and research.
Developing Research Supervision Skills: Executive Summary
Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 8 January 2009 - 2:19pm
Executive Summary for Developing research supervision skills: understanding and enhancing supervisor professional development practice in the Aotearoa New Zealand context - a project funded by the Ako Aotearoa Southern Regional Hub Project Fund
Developing Research Supervision Skills: case studies
Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 8 January 2009 - 2:11pm
Case studies from Developing Research Supervision Skills: understanding and enhancing supervisor professional development practice in the Aotearoa New Zealand context - a project funded by the Ako Aotearoa Southern Regional Hub Project Fund.
Designing for professional development
Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 15 December 2008 - 3:37pm
Part of the Ministry of Education's Effective practice for e-learning series
Teaching Large Classes
Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 2 December 2008 - 9:25am
An Australian Teaching and Learning Council (AUTC) project. Website includes Resources, Guidelines and Case Studies relating to teaching large classes.
Adult and Community Education (ACE) Networks and Professional Development: Developing Effective Practice
Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 2 December 2008 - 9:01am
Guidelines for professional development in the ACE sector as a whole, local networks and the work of individuals. The aim is not to be prescriptive, but to offer suggestions based on what has been seen to work well during the course of the research.
mathcentre
Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 2 December 2008 - 8:38am
mathcentre is a UK on-line mathematics support centre which provides resources to help students make the transition from school-level to university-level mathematics. There are also resources and useful links for those who teach or support students.
The Current Trend and Importance of Postgraduate Education for Nurses
Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 1 December 2008 - 3:52pm
Postgraduate education is seen as an essential component In the quest for professional status. Four strategies from the Ministry of Health, designed to facilitate changing nurse education, are discussed. The importance of Professional Development Recognition Programme is discussed along with the need for strong nursing leadership.
Discipline-based Journals Directory
Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 1 December 2008 - 1:27pm
A list of discipline-based journals publishing research on learning and teaching innovation. Journals are categorised under the ten ASCED list of Broad Fields of Education.
Training, Managing and Supporting Sessional Teaching Staff
Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 24 November 2008 - 11:09am
A website resource for supporting tutors, demonstrators, teaching assitants. It includes guidelines, checklists, case studies, teaching ideas, a literature review, and other resources.
TDU Talk
Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 17 November 2008 - 9:16am
A monthly magazine from the Teaching Development Unit at Waikato University. Each issue covers a different topic.
Association of Tertiary Learning Advisors of Aotearoa New Zealand (ATLAANZ)
Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 14 November 2008 - 8:59am
ATLAANZ is an association of professionals working in learning advisory roles in tertiary institutions in Aotearoa New Zealand, who are staff members (full- and part-time staff) of universities, polytechnics, wānanga, colleges of education, as well as private institutions providing tertiary training. Includes links to publications by members.
ANZIIL Australian and New Zealand Institute for Information Literacy
Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 13 November 2008 - 3:50pm
The Australian and New Zealand Institute for Information Literacy (ANZIIL) supports organisations, institutions and individuals in the promotion of information literacy and, in particular, the embedding of information literacy within the total educational process. Includes searchable resource database.
ESCalate - the Education Subject Centre of the Higher Education Academy (UK)
Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 29 October 2008 - 3:48pm
ESCalate produces and disseminates resources for staff and students in Higher Education and Further Education involved in Education Studies, Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning and Initial Teacher Education.
Australian Universities Quality Agency's Good Practice Database
Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 29 October 2008 - 9:04am
This database contains Good Practices in higher education, which have been independently validated through national or state systems for audit or accreditation. Includes some New Zealand content.
Case studies relevant to Professional Development
Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 22 October 2008 - 10:27am
The e-Learning Guidelines project has produced case studies showing effective e-learning practice in the New Zealand tertiary sector. These case studies below are ones that are relevant to Professional Development