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Experience - Ako Explored Principle 4 | Professor Carolyn Gates

Supporting learners, Educational outcomes, Teaching strategies
Published: 24 October 2023

A focus on experience, and the opportunity to reflect on it, complements and strengthens ako (learning and teaching).

Professor Carolyn Gates exemplifies the importance of weaving experience meaningfully into teaching and remaining intimately connected to the practice environment.

Professor Carolyn Gates - Prime Minister's Educator of the Year 2022.

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Ako Explored – Six principles for enhancing learner outcomes in tertiary education

Ako Explored addresses the urgent and persistent need to improve learning and teaching in the tertiary sector in Aotearoa. It outlines six principles and indicative practices directly applicable to educators across this diverse sector.

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