Add to ORKGDuring 2011 an intensive (four-day) academic upskilling programme (WaiBoost) was trialled at the University of Waikato for students whose Faculties deemed them to be under-achieving during their first or second year of undergraduate study. The first trial ran in one Faculty before the beginning of ‘A’ semester, while the second was offered later in the year to Maori students in a different Faculty. WaiBoost’s design was informed by research into cohort learning, the nature of academic literacy, and student engagement. In addition, its delivery was characterized by team teaching, practical tasks, student reflection, and group discussion of concepts. Regular followup was conducted after completion of the programme. Students’ affective respon...
Māori representation within postgraduate ranks has increased dramatically over the past few years. W...
Making the transition to higher education requires learners to become increasingly responsible for r...
Two-year degrees are intensive degree programmes that offer increased flexibility in Higher Educatio...
Prior to 1996, it was established that over half of all New Zealanders had adequate academic literac...
Reports on the success of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Waikato’s mon...
A considerable amount of research has focussed on Māori underachievement in mainstream education. Th...
In 1990 the School of Education, the University of Waikato, initiated a special option within its re...
Making the transition to higher education requires learners to become increasingly responsible for r...
Reports on the success of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Waikato’s mon...
Success of Māori learners within a mainstream tertiary organisation is not only a government priorit...
Success of Māori learners within a mainstream tertiary organisation is not only a government priorit...
To increase higher education participation and meet government targets, Australian universities are ...
A large number of studies have demonstrated that Māori students are not performing well in education...
A working group was established at AUT University in 2005 with a brief to identify initiatives that ...
There has been a long standing issue in mainstream schools throughout New Zealand in regards to Mao...
Māori representation within postgraduate ranks has increased dramatically over the past few years. W...
Making the transition to higher education requires learners to become increasingly responsible for r...
Two-year degrees are intensive degree programmes that offer increased flexibility in Higher Educatio...
Prior to 1996, it was established that over half of all New Zealanders had adequate academic literac...
Reports on the success of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Waikato’s mon...
A considerable amount of research has focussed on Māori underachievement in mainstream education. Th...
In 1990 the School of Education, the University of Waikato, initiated a special option within its re...
Making the transition to higher education requires learners to become increasingly responsible for r...
Reports on the success of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Waikato’s mon...
Success of Māori learners within a mainstream tertiary organisation is not only a government priorit...
Success of Māori learners within a mainstream tertiary organisation is not only a government priorit...
To increase higher education participation and meet government targets, Australian universities are ...
A large number of studies have demonstrated that Māori students are not performing well in education...
A working group was established at AUT University in 2005 with a brief to identify initiatives that ...
There has been a long standing issue in mainstream schools throughout New Zealand in regards to Mao...
Māori representation within postgraduate ranks has increased dramatically over the past few years. W...
Making the transition to higher education requires learners to become increasingly responsible for r...
Two-year degrees are intensive degree programmes that offer increased flexibility in Higher Educatio...