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e-learner profiles: Identifying trends and diversity in student needs, orientations and aspirations
This report was commissioned by the Ministry and undertaken by Massey University in collaboration with the Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology, The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand and Otago Polytechnic. The report provides a framework of the diverse e-Learner profiles…
Author(s): Lynn M Jeffrey, Massey University, Clare Atkins, Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology, Axel Laurs, The Open Polytechnic, Samuel Mann, Otago Polytechnic. Report prepared for the Ministry of Education.
Date Published: October 2006
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Getting Started: Report on Stage 1 of the Evaluation of the Tertiary Education Strategy 2002/07
This report covers stage one of the evaluation of the Tertiary Education Strategy 2002/07. The evaluation focuses on how effective the Strategy has been in creating change in the tertiary education system. This report provides a mid-term review of progress,…
Author(s): Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis and Reporting, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: October 2006
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What makes a student travel for tertiary study?
This report looks at the mobility of tertiary students in terms of the distances they travel to undertake their tertiary studies. The report provides new information on how far students travel and the reasons behind students’ decisions to travel for…
Author(s): Scott Ussher, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education
Date Published: September 2006
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Critical success factors for effective use of e-learning by Pacific learners
This report was undertaken by Koloto and Associates Ltd., on behalf of ITPNZ with funding from the TEC. This report was intended to provide research on critical success factors for Pacific e-Learners as well as the pedagogy for increasing Pacific…
Author(s): Dr ‘Ana Hau‘alofa‘ia Koloto, ‘Alisi Numia Katoanga, and Lepeka Unafei Tatila, Koloto and Associates Limited.
Date Published: August 2006
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Outcomes of the New Zealand tertiary education system: A synthesis of the evidence
This report provides a synthesis of the evidence of the outcomes of the New Zealand tertiary education system. The report quotes a number of statistical studies completed over the last six years and also reproduces some previously published summaries of…
Author(s): Warren Smart
Date Published: August 2006
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Lining Up? The influence of the Tertiary Education Strategy 2002/07 on tertiary education organisation profile objectives
This report presents an analysis of the 2005/07 and 2006/08 profiles of tertiary education institutions and a sample of industry training organisations. This analysis looked at the organisational objectives in the profiles and mapped them to the Tertiary Education Strategy…
Author(s): Dee Earle, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis and Reporting, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: August 2006
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Tertiary Education Strategy 2002-2007: Monitoring Report 2005
This second annual monitoring report tracks further progress of the tertiary education system against the Tertiary Education Strategy 2002-07 in the period following implementation of the key aspects of the tertiary education reforms up to the end of 2005.…
Author(s): Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: August 2006
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Making Use? Views on the use and usefulness of the Tertiary Education Strategy 2002-2007
This report presented results of interviews with key people in tertiary education organisations and stakeholder groups on the use and usefulness of the Tertiary Education Strategy 2002/07. The information in this report contributes towards the evaluation of the Strategy. The…
Author(s): Miles Shepheard, Synergia Limited.
Date Published: August 2006
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e-learning Maturity Model (Version Two) New Zealand tertiary institution e-learning capability
This research report commissioned by the Ministry and undertaken by Victoria University of Wellington and e-Learnz Inc is a follow up to Determination of New Zealand tertiary institution e-Learning capability. It builds on this report by taking the ideas of…
Author(s): Dr. Stephen Marshall, University Teaching Development Centre, Victoria University of Wellington.
Date Published: July 2006
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Assessment for foundation learning
The purpose of this research study is to contribute to an understanding of what is required to enhance the assessment capability of tertiary education providers of learning in literacy, numeracy, and language.…
Author(s): Tertiary Education Learning Outcomes Policy, Ministry of Education
Date Published: July 2006
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2005 Tertiary Education Enrolments
This release presents new information from the 2005 enrolment collections provided to the Ministry of Education by tertiary education providers. The return collects information on where students are studying, what qualifications they are taking, and other important characteristics of people…
Author(s): Mieke Wensvoort, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: May 2006
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Do student loans drive people overseas - what is the evidence?
This report applies statistical modelling to the Integrated Dataset of Student Loan Scheme Borrowers. It provides interesting new information on the likelihood of a borrower being declared overseas five years post study across a variety of characteristics such as size…
Author(s): Warren Smart, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: May 2006
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Internationalisation in New Zealand tertiary education organisations
This publication is a national trend study of developments in the internationalisation of New Zealand tertiary education organisations since 1998.…
Author(s): Craig McInnis, Roger Peacock and Vince Catherwood
Date Published: May 2006
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Older Students
A fact sheet describing the latest trends and characteristics of the growing number of New Zealanders aged 40 and over participating in tertiary education.…
Author(s): David Scott, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis and Reporting, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: May 2006
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How do graduates' earnings change over time?
This report looks at the post-study earnings of those who borrowed through the Student Loan Scheme. It looks at the earnings of people three years after they left study and again five years after they left study. The analysis provides…
Author(s): Jamie Hyatt and Roger Smyth, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: April 2006
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Walking in step: Tertiary education providers and their stakeholders - a path to collaborative communication
A key facts summary of the research study called Tertiary Education Providers and their Stakeholders. The research described in this note looks at how much contact there is between the tertiary education sector and its stakeholders and how good it…
Author(s): Mieke Wensvoort
Date Published: April 2006
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Engagement of key stakeholder groups with the tertiary education providers
Tertiary Education Providers and their Stakeholders - Researchers looked at how much contact there is between New Zealand's tertiary education providers and their stakeholders and how good it is at producing results.…
Author(s): Gordon Paterson, David Mitchell, Peter Oettli, Hera White, Telesia Kalavite and Kenneth Harry, Waikato Institute of Technology.
Date Published: April 2006
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From school, work or unemployment: A comparison of pathways in tertiary education
This report looks at how pathways through tertiary education followed over the course of seven years differ depending on what students were doing before starting study.…
Author(s): Scott Ussher, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis and Reporting, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: March 2006
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The economic impact of foreign fee -paying students
The Ministry of Education commissioned Infometrics to calculate the total economic value-added, and estimated employment, from the New Zealand international education sector for the 2004 calendar year. This calculation was partly based on information from the Export Education Levy, and…
Author(s): Infometrics Limited, for the Ministry of Education.
Date Published: February 2006
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Initial Teacher Education
This is the home page for Initial Teacher Education (ITE) publications. Initial Teacher Education enables students to learn to become quality teachers. All programme of Initial Teacher Education include opportunities to learn to teach on practicum, with support. The publications…
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Date Published: Various
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