New Zealand Association

for Cooperative Education

12th Annual NZACE Conference

Theme: Using Experience and Research to Inform the Practice of Work Integrated Learning

Location: Waiheke, April 23-24, 2009

Conference programme and abstracts (pdf)

Proceedings (pdf)

Papers and presenters:

• Keynote: Professional Training – Moving Forward: Experiences and Lessons Learned From the University of Surrey
  Neil I. Ward - University of Surrey



• Keynote: Work Integrated Learning: A Strategic Workforce Succession and Talent Management Program
  Phil Gardner - Michigan State University



• Coming into the Workplace: An Exploration of Early-Career Police Learning Experiences
  Matthew Campbell



• International Work-Integrated Learning Experience: A UK Student in NZ
  Gillian Lord, Helen McGowan, Neil I. Ward



• Establishing Work-Integrated Learning or Pasantias Links Between New Zealand and Argentina
  Andrea L. Marcilla, Neil I. Ward



• Experiences in the Classroom of Student International Exchanges
  Bob Laslett, Neil I. Ward



• Learning in the Learning Workplace: Tertiary Institution Staff Perceptions
  Sharleen Howison, Willie Campbell, Janice Henderson, Stuart Terry



• Enhancing Mentoring in Journalism Work Placement: Producing Work-Ready Graduates for the 21st Century Newsroom
  Amy Forbes



• Key Tools to Measure Student Enculturation Into Science and Understanding of the Research Process: Writing It Down Rather Than Writing It Up
  Susan McCurdy, Karsten Zegwaard, Jacinta Dalgety



• What's Missing Here? A Review of the Model of Reflective Writing
  Diana Ayling



• Critical Thinking in Cooperative Education
  Katharine Hoskyn, Sally Rae, Gwyn Claxton



• Managing Occupational Health & Safety in Co-op Programs
  Levinia Paku, Mark Lay



• Should Values Education be Part of the Co-op Curriculum?
  Karsten Zegwaard



• Overview of a National Study on the Integration of Knowledge in New Zealand Work]Integrated Learning Programs
  Richard K. Coll, Dave Hodges, Jenny Flemming



• Integration of Knowledge in New Zealand Work-Integrated Learning Programs in Science and Engineering
  Levinia Paku, Mark Lay



• Integration of Knowledge in New Zealand Work-Integrated Learning Programs in Sport
  Cindy Wiersma, Lesley Ferkins, Andy Martin



• Integration of Knowledge in New Zealand Work-Integrated Learning Programs in Business and Management
  Shiu Ram, Ravi Bhat



• Overview of a National Study on the Integration of Knowledge in New Zealand Work-Integrated Learning Programs
  Richard K. Coll



• Helping Students, Academics and Employers Maximize Work Integrated Learning Opportunities
  Andrew J. Martin, Helen Hughes



• The Varying Influence of the Cooperative Experience Creating Opportunities for Employment
  David Skelton



• An Investigation Into the Potential for the Establishment of a Student Consultancy Group at the Waikato Management School
  Glyndwr Jones, Sara van Boekhbout



• Development of a Competency Based Work-Integrated Learning Program to Facilitate Science, Engineering and Technology Retention in South Africa as a Developing Country
  Pierre Bonnet