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Category Archives: Vocational education
Educating health practitioners | What works
This Synthesis report provides a summary of Ako Aotearoa-funded projects that explore approaches to educating and assessing health practitioners. Continue reading
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Learning in and for work | Highlights from Ako Aotearoa Research
This synthesis report presents highlights and key findings from Ako Aotearoa funded projects that make for successful workplace learning for learners/trainees, their tertiary education organisations (TEOs) and their workplaces. Continue reading
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Lecturing proficiency and effectiveness of New Zealand accounting and finance academics
Research on how accounting and finance academics can improve their proficiency and effectiveness as teachers. Continue reading
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Disseminating non-technical capabilities to veterinary undergraduates in New Zealand
Research to identify effective methods of disseminating non-technical capabilities to veterinary students in New Zealand. Continue reading
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Te Whaihanga – Preparing students to work with Māori
Research to better prepare built environment professionals to work and engage with Māori, through developing resources for teaching and learning in the planning, architecture, engineering and landscape architecture disciplines. Continue reading
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Ako Whakaruruhau – Implementing and evaluating good practice for Māori trade training
Research to enhance success for Māori by supporting organisations to address internal cultural competency and good practice for Māori in trades training. Continue reading
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Women in Trades – Characteristics of an effective learning journey
Research to increase the participation and success of women in construction and engineering related trades where they are traditionally under-represented. Continue reading
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Enhancing the readiness to practise of newly qualified social workers
Research aimed to develop a professional capabilities framework, clarifying the capabilities of newly qualified social workers and social workers at experienced and advanced levels of practice. Continue reading
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Demystifying addiction through personal stories
Research to develop an online resource for health students about recovery from addiction from a service user perspective. Continue reading
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Professional development for mentors in industry
A project to develop a flexible and transferrable professional development model for improving mentoring practice in workplaces leading to increased trainee qualifications completions. Continue reading
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Perspectives of new trades tutors
Research exploring the identity trajectory of established trades practitioners transitioning into teaching roles at ITPs. Continue reading
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Perioperative interprofessional Dedicated Education Unit
A project to evaluate the benefits for medical students of an Interprofessional Dedicated Education Unit at Middlemore Hospital and Manukau Surgery Centre. Continue reading
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SCAN: A Framework for facilitating clinical feedback
Research to develop a framework (SCAN) to provide a structure for explicitly improving clinical feedback processes. Continue reading
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Review of the effectiveness of educational tools for teaching telehealth care
A project to investigate the lack of a pedagogical and professional development model for teaching Telehealth to healthcare workers. Continue reading
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An upgraded earthquake design tool for architecture and civil engineering teachers and students
Research to update the RESIST Earthquake Design software and enhance its effectiveness as a design and teaching tool. Continue reading
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Reflective practice strategies for clinical psychology students
Research to better understand the development of reflective practice skills of clinical psychology students. Continue reading
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Supporting workers from non-English speaking backgrounds in agriculture industry training
Research to support migrant dairy farm workers from non-English speaking backgrounds in agriculture industry training. Continue reading
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Multi-stakeholder learning and teaching evaluation
A project to develop a tool for evaluating the impact of teaching practice on post-graduate learners undertaking professional psychology internships. Continue reading
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Medicines clinic – A novel opportunity for understanding health literacy
Research on implementing a pilot programme of public drop-in, community-based Medicines and Health Literacy Clinics. Continue reading
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Measuring the effectiveness of health and safety training
This report presents the findings of a research inquiry to gauge the impact their health and safety courses were having on trainees and the workplaces they returned to. Continue reading
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Evaluating a mentoring scheme for trainees in the Primary Industry Training Organisations (ITO)
A project to investigate the effectiveness of an informal, voluntary mentoring programme for Primary Industry Training Organisation (ITO) trainees. Continue reading
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Maximising learning dialogue in professional field-based experiences
This report offers tips for creating effective mentoring relationships for learners in professional and vocational training areas. Continue reading
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Māori learners in the workplace setting
A project to support Māori learners in industry training. Continue reading
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The making of lawyers: Expectations and experiences of New Zealand law students and recent New Zealand law graduates
A longitudinal project to develop a New Zealand law student profile. Continue reading
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Hairdressing Industry Training Organisation training salon of the year case studies
These case studies illustrate key training characteristics, excellence in training and professional training achievements that support and enhance the success and motivation of apprentices. Continue reading
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Work-Integrated Learning
Research to develop work integrated learning (WIL) programmes for tertiary training organisations and educators. Continue reading
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Internships: More than enhancing graduate attributes and employability
Research on how work integrated learning (WIL) assists students to enhance their attributes and employability. Continue reading
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Workplace-Based Learning: Introducing a new applied degree paradigm
Research to explore the range of issues generated by the implementation of degree-level workplace-based learning. Continue reading
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Where do they go? The post-classroom journeys of our youth guarantee graduates
A research project to identify useful strategies that lead to longer-term benefits for Youth Guarantee students. Continue reading
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A vocational training model that supports learners in New Zealand workplaces
Research to collate and share information on a vocational training model that has successfully met the training needs of diverse learners and employers. Continue reading
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