New Zealand Association

for Cooperative Education

8th Annual NZACE Conference

Theme: Workplace Learning: Integrating with the Connections

Location: Palmerston North, April 28-29, 2005

Papers and presenters

• Welcome and opening remarks
  Chris Eames, University of Waikato



• Towards a common understanding of cooperative education in New Zealand
  Dave Hodges, UNITEC Institute of Technology



• Workplace enculturation: Science and technology work placements as agents of enculturation for indigenous peoples
  Levinia Paku and Richard K. Coll, University of Waikato



• 'Co-op Lite': An international industry experience course for electronic commerce
  Robert McQueen, University of Waikato



• The Gateway programme.
  Kathy Draper and Phiona Wilson, Kamo High School and Whangarei High School



• Student experiences of university based cooperative education: Do they eat in the lunchroom?
  Jenny Fleming, Cindy Wiersma and Geoff Dickson, Auckland University of Technology



• Transporting the workplace into the classroom
  Allister McLay and Stephen Corich, Eastern Institute of Technology



• Legal and ethical issues in cooperative education
  Fiona McMorran



• Current practice and future trends for research in cooperative education
  Richard Coll, University of Waikato



• Practicum to practice: Ten years of sport management practicum @ Massey
  Andrew Martin and Sarah Leberman, Massey University



• 'Best practice' at the IT-enabled factory: Tracking an exemplar project
  David Skelton and Kevin Wilkie, Eastern Institute of Technology



• Preparation for student industry projects: Instilling the art of communication
  Jill Clark and Nick Wempe, Whitireia Community Polytechnic



• Workplace learning programs in the Trades, Community and Cuisine Department at Aoraki Polytechnic
  Bobbi Campbell, Aoraki Polytechnic



• Reflecting on practice: The science of knowing, the art of doing
  Sheila Grainger, UCOL



• Teaching the theory and practice of captive wild animal husbandry: A coalescence of pedagogical approaches
  Lorne Roberts, UNITEC



• How has the internet affected the way we communicate within this new era? Can we use this to our advantage?
  Brenda Lloyd, Whitireia Community Polytechnic



• The impact of students' perceptions of the labour market on enrolling in postgraduate study
  Susan McCurdy, Jacinta Dalgety and Karsten Zegwaard, University of Waikato and Ministry of Education



• How can students' perception of degree outcomes help to improve integrated learning and the quality of degree teaching and learning in higher education?
  Amir Sundar, Eastern Institute of Technology