Motivation
- Can Colleges Manufacture Motivation?
Article in Chronicles of Higher Education discussing the effect that tutors can have on motivation, and the effect that motivation has on learning and success. - What Works? Student Retention and Success
From the Higher Education Academy, a 2012 report describing hands-on research and case studies on what help students to succeed. - You gotta set a precedent: Māori and Pasific voices on student success in higher education
An article in which Māori and Pasifika students outline the factors that contribute to their own success in the University of Auckland.
Government Resources
- Ako Aotearoa: Resources for Tertiary Educators
Ako Aotearoa are a government-supported website for excellence in tertiary education in New Zealand. Evidence-based resources on a variety of subjects. - Ministry of Education (Tertiary)
The site for MoE for tertiary users. Includes statistics, policies, etc. that might be referenced in your assignments or used to inform your practice. - Education Counts - Tertiary Education
New Zealand Government's site for disseminating information about statistics and research in education. This link goes directly to the statistics on the Tertiary sector. A lot of statistics, presented meaningfully. - Education counts - Māori Tertiary EducationSame site as above - this is specifically for statistics around Māori in tertiary education.
- Education Counts - Pasifika Tertiary EducationSame site as above - this is specifically for statistics around Pasifika in tertiary education.
Māori and tertiary teaching and learning - Kura tuatoru
- A Māori perspective for embedding literacy and numeracy within adult education programmesAKO project - an accelerated Māori-perspective methodology for learning and teaching, to show its application and outcomes with He Mana Ako - A professional Literacy and numeracy development training programme for Adult Educators throughout Aotearoa.
- AKO AotearoaReports and content to support people to improve the way they deliver high-quality teaching.
General
- CORE's trends: 10 new approaches in assessment
CORE have assembled some interesting ideas on how assessment can be undertaken in the coming years. A good place to get some food for thought. - Transforming assessment and feedback case study Using technology to promote feedback dialogue
A JISC study performed at the University of Dundee, UK, describing promising progress in using technology to improve assessment and feedback.
Literacy and Numeracy
- Skills Highway: Resources
In this section you will find a number of downloadable resources to help you set up a literacy and numeracy training programme. You will also find information on organisations and initiatives that support improving adult literacy and numeracy rates in New Zealand.