New Zealand Association

for Cooperative Education

11th Annual NZACE Conference

Theme: Working Together: Putting the Cooperative into Cooperative Education

Location: New Plymouth, April 23-24, 2008

Proceedings (pdf)

Allister McLay Best Paper Award

• Neil Haigh
  Maximizing student learning in the workplace: one perspective

Papers and presenters:

• Keynote: The National Centre for Tertiary Teaching Excellence, Ako Aotearoa
  Peter Coolbear



• Assessment of cooperative education placements: a faculty view
  Susan M. McCurdy, Karsten E. Zegwaard



• Value of work placements for students and its influence on student performance: faculty perceptions
  Karsten E. Zegwaard, Susan M. McCurdy



• Using practice based learning at a dual-sector tertiary institution: a discussion of current practice
  James Cannan



• Critical thinking and reflection in cooperative education
  Katharine Hoskyn, Kathy Slater



• Maximizing student learning in the workplace: one perspective
  Neil Haigh



• Letting go: changing ownership of the learning and assessment process in cooperative education
  Dave Hodges



• What competencies should sport and recreation students focus on during their cooperative education experience to make them employable?
  Jenny Fleming, Caryn Zinn



• Investigating the ‘integrated’ in work-integrated learning
  Richard K. Coll, Chris Eames, Levinia Paku, Mark Lay, Diana Ayling, Dave Hodges, Shiu Ram, Ravi Bhat, Jenny Fleming, Leslie Ferkins, Cindy Wiersma, Andrew Martin



• Reflection and review: confessions of placement students
  Levinia Paku, Mark lay