Unitec Research Bank: Recent submissions
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Implementing digital technologies in one New Zealand school : challenges and opportunities
(2018)RESEARCH QUESTIONS: 1. What are teachers’ technology practices and understandings in this school? 2. What do teachers in this school identify as important in their own development around digital technologies in teaching ... -
SETTING UP THE UPSETTER : a vertical studio for architecture.
(Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA), 2018-11)Contemporary education systems tend to subdivide learning groups into horizontal slices of similar age or similar levels of experience or skill. Architectural education programmes in most western countries generally follow ... -
Shedding light on the out of sight - the design for a sustainable community that investigates the physical environmental impacts of the average New Zealand household
(2018)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can the design of a self-sufficient community reduce the environmental impacts of a New Zealand household? KEY OBJECTIVES ARE: 1.Investigate low-carbon construction in the residential ... -
Reconnecting with your infant's environment
(2018-10-06)AIMS OF THIS WORKSHOP: 1.The value of loose parts play for infants and toddlers 2. Empowering infants and toddlers through partnership and trust 3.Critiquing what we offer infants and toddlers in our environments -
Relational innovation in Aotearoa / New Zealand contemporary dance training
(2018-10)In the developing economies of the 21st Century where creativity is an essential skillset, understanding how group interactions can be organised into collaborative and creative endeavours is a significant matter. This has ... -
Designed for learning : a literature perspective on supporting academics towards effective teaching in new spaces
(2018-04)The two questions that guided our reading were: 1. What are appropriate pedagogical approaches for teachers in new collaborative learning spaces? 2. What professional development strategies have proved successful? [ ... -
Sound landscapes : the past, the present and the possible
(2018)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can polyphonic soundscape ideals be the primary driver in the design of post-industrial environments? Sound Landscapes poses the question, how can polyphonic soundscape ideals be the main driver ... -
The regeneration of public building space in an urbanised centre : the future planning of Jinan Railway Station and its surrounding space
(2018)RESEARCH QUESTION: How can city-centre public buildings be regenerated in urbanised China? Presently, with the continuous growth of the economy in China, urbanisation has developed rapidly. The increasing urban ... -
Retreat to normality : architectural respite for the autistic world
(2018)RESEARCH QUESTION: Can there be an environment where Autism is seen as “Ordinary/Normal”? This design research project shows the development of a therapeutic retreat environment that caters for both the children who ... -
Fortifying women : an architectural research project exploring the need to protect women and children from domestic violence with a ‘fit for purpose’ intervention
(2018)RESEARCH QUESTION: Can architecture make a positive contribution to the rehabilitation and wellbeing of woman and children suffering from domestic violence? It is a fundamental human right to have the want and need ... -
A better way to live : community and collaboration
(2018)RESEARCH QUESTION: Can housing in Hamilton, promote community interaction and enhance individual well-being, when designed to the minimum density requirements of the Hamilton Operative District Plan? This research ... -
Language learning in an online environment : the role of online discussion forums
(2018-01)By examining postings of 20 students in a peer-moderated online discussion forum, this study revealed that the online discussion forum has many affordances which are conducive to effective learning -
Adaptive reuse and repurposing of industrial buildings to residential dwellings in Auckland City
(Analysis & Policy Observatory (APO), 2018-06-18)Auckland is currently facing a housing crisis in which demand for living space has exceeded what is being provided. The ad hoc demolition of older buildings, driven by proactive property developers in hope of meeting the ... -
Learnings for construction project management personnel about offshore projects : a case study.
(Curtin University (Bentley, Western Australia), 2018)Involvement in the global construction project market is becoming more of a norm for designers and construction companies, no matter where the head office is located. As a result, practitioners need to be work - ready in ... -
Estimating the risk of fraud against e-services
(Springer International Publishing, 2018-11)Industry is continuously developing, deploying, and maintaining e-services to transform traditional offerings. While protection of traditional services is well understood, their digital transformation often is vulnerable ... -
Infrageneric placement of the Southern Hemisphere taxa of Anemonastrum and Knowltonia earlier included in Anemone sensu lato (Ranunculaceae)
(2018)The genera Anemonastrum and Knowltonia earlier usually included in Anemone sensu lato (Ranunculaceae: Anemoneae) were recently proposed to be recognized in expanded circumscriptions, based on molecular phylogenetic findings ... -
Stroke Navigation Service trial : an integrated care innovation
(2018-06)OUR STUDY OVERALL HYPOTHESIS: That provision of stroke navigation services will improve outcomes and quality of life for stroke survivors and their whānau (families) AIM: To trial and evaluate a Stroke Navigation ... -
Production and characterisation of low-tech activated carbon from coconut shell
(Journal of Hydrology and Environment Research - JHER, 2015-06-04)In this paper, prospect of employing a low-tech preparation of coconut shell as activated carbon was investigated. Activated carbon was prepared from locally available coconut shell with simple, inexpensive and low-tech ... -
Constraints-led approach to coaching the power clean
(NMU Commons - Northern Michigan University, 2018-09)The purpose of this study was to apply a constraints-led approach to the acquisition of the power clean. Strength and conditioning coaches need to coach complex motor skills, where the common method involves explicit ... -
Monte Carlo simulation of the Compton camera for nuclear medical imaging
(Australian Institute of Physics, 2018-10)Nuclear Medicine Imaging System –Gamma camera Gamma camera head Compton camera Compton scattering (what you were taught) Compton scattering (what really happens) Doppler Broadening How Doppler broadening affects the ...
