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Principle 5 Coffee Table Card - Constructive Alignment | Ako Explored

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

This card is designed to assist you in unpacking one element of Principle 5 – clarity around intended learning outcomes. It briefly describes the principle and then offers some possible practices that help to keep the purpose and outcomes of learning front and centre. It asks some questions to progress thinking about practice and provides some links for further information.

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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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