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Doctoral student’s research recognised
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AUT responds to teacher shortage by providing teaching programmes at its campus in South Auckland.
AUT’s School of Education head Lyn Lewis says AUT will respond to demand from those wanting to study teaching in South and East Auckland.
New Tongan ECE book to protect Pacific culture
Protecting cultural principles and values is at the heart of a new book of Tongan nursery rhymes and poems launched at AUT South Campus on 31 October 2015.
New professor brings expertise in futures education to AUT
Futures education expert Jane Gilbert took up her new role as a professor at AUT University’s School of Education this week.
Before joining AUT Professor Gilbert was a chief researcher at the NZ Council for Educational Research. She has also worked as a secondary school teacher and an education lecturer.
Artists, teachers and academics celebrate creative classrooms
Artists, teachers and researchers celebrated the work of renowned educationalist Elwyn Richardson at a symposium with exhibition at AUT University’s North Shore Campus in July.
Higher education conference comes to AUT
The biggest higher education association in the Southern Hemisphere will hold its annual conference at AUT University this year.
The Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA) will have its 36th conference in AUT’s newest space, the Sir Paul Reeves building.
Children sitting attentively listening to the teacher could be a thing of the past if research from AUT proves beneficial. While the students will still be listening to the teacher, they may be standing rather than sitting.
New teachers get mindful to cope in the classroom
Teaching is a highly stressful occupation and studies report that in New Zealand 37 per cent of teachers resign by the end of their third year teaching.
AUT education lecturer Dr Ross Bernay decided to address this issue in his doctorate of education (EdD) which looked at whether mindfulness can be used as a coping strategy for new teachers.
Lecturer selected for Ministry Advisory Group
AUT lecturer Mele Ileini Tautakitaki was recently named as a member of the Ministry of Education’s Early Childhood Taskforce Advisory Group for children under the age of two.
14 metre fall survivor graduates
Breaking her jaw, two cheekbones and fracturing her foot in a recent abseiling fall did not prevent Mikaela Blayney from joining her friends in attending AUT’s graduation ceremony on Wednesday 14 December.
AUT applauds teaching excellence
Today students at AUT University recognised teaching staff in this year’s AuSM (Auckland Student Movement at AUT) Awesome Awards ceremony.
Pasifika educational resources under the spotlight at AUT Manukau
The future of Samoan teaching resources is looking brighter thanks to an educational conference held at AUT’s Manukau campus recently.
AUT buildings recognised in awards
AUT University buildings were awarded accolades at the Property Council Awards last Friday night.
NZ unis must make room for Pasifika models
Universities have been challenged to “change their ways” if Pasifika and other minority cultures are going to achieve their potential, says New Zealand’s first professor of Pacific studies.
AUT academic awarded Oxford Fellowship
AUT’s first University of Oxford Fellowship has been awarded to Jay Reid in the School of Education.
AUT launches new primary specialty
With the the Hon Dr Wayne Mapp, MP for the North Shore and Associate Minister for Tertiary Education, in attendance, AUT's School of Education launched a new primary specialty for its Bachelor of Education