Targeted Learning Sessions (TLS) melds pastoral and academic support together to provide a non-threatening pathway for all students to seek discipline-specific assessment advice.
This report is a good practice guide outlining the design and application of Targeted Learning Sessions and strategies developed to engage Māori and Pacific first-year learners in this system of academic support.
Download the report:
Targeted Learning Sessions to Enhance the Assessment Performance of First-Year Māori and Pasifika Students (PDF, 2.7Mb)
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Background:
A project, completed in 2014 at the University of Auckland, to design Targeted Learning Sessions (TLS) with strategies developed to engage Māori and Pacific first-year learners.
Co-funded by the Ako Aotearoa Good Practice Publication Grants scheme (GPPG)