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Research and Publications

For more adult and community education research and publications -  click here to visit AKO Aotearoa, the national centre for tertiary teaching excellence.
  • The Development and State of the Art of Adult Learning and Education - National Report of New Zealand, prepared by the Ministry of Education, August 2008.  National Report on the Development and State of Adult Learning and Education in New Zealand in preparation for CONFINTEA VI. Click here to read the full report
  • Online community and e-mentoring model for the ACE Sector: A feasibility study conducted for the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) prepared by Revero Web Consiltants, March 2008 (The Revero Report) -  Download a copy (PDF)
  • An online community of practice: a concept for the ACE sector to explore.  A Powerpoint summary based on the Revero reportpublished by TEC-  Download a copy (PPT)
  • An evaluation of the implementation of the ACE PD strategy - Download a copy (Doc)
  • A summary of the ACE PD Facilitation Pilot Report - Download a copy (Doc)
  • Ko Te Tangata - Analysis of key government policy documents and strategies to identify trends that will influence Maori and Pacific progress within the ACE sector - Download a copy (PDF)
  • Report on ACE PD Hui/Fono - Download a copy (Doc)
  • Adult and Community Education (ACE Networks and Professional Development - Report of a Study Undertaken for the TEC by the University of Canterbury Adult and Community Education Teaching and Research Team (September 2006 to June 2007) - Download a copy (Doc)
  • Adult and Community Education (ACE Networks and Professional Development- Developing Effective Practice - guidelines written for TEC, compiled by Marion Bowl, 2007 - Downlaoad a copy (Doc)
  • Economic Evaluation of Adult and Community Education Outcomes -  Final Report by Price Waterhouse Coopers June 2008 Download a  a copy (PDF)
  • Economic Evaluation of Adult and Community Education Outcomes -  Executive Summary Report (8 pages) by Price Waterhouse Coopers June 200 Download a copy (PDF)
  • Kotare: Building a radical alternative in New Zealand adult education, John Benseman, PhD. Download a copy (PDF)
  • Moving towards lifelong learning in rural New Zealand: a study of two towns, John Benseman, PhD. Downlaod a copy (PDF)
  • Paradigm regained? - the re-emergence of lifelong learning in New Zealand in the late 1990s, John Benseman, PhD Download a copy (PDF)
  • Paradigm lost: lifelong education in New Zealand the 1970s and 1980s, John Benseman, PhD
  • Portraits of lifelong learning in two New Zealand rural areas, John Benseman , PhD. Centre for Continuing Education, the University of Auckland, 2003. Funded by Tertiary Education Commission  Download a copy (word doc)

  • Are those who flourished at school healthier adults? What role for adult education? By Cathie Hammond and Leon Feinstein. Published by the Centre for Research on the Wider Benefits of Learning, 2006 - Download a copy (PDF)

  • Adult Education and Development - Julius Kambarage Nyerere made the following ground-breaking speech as President of Tanzania at the World Assembly of the ICAE in 1976 in Oar es Salaam, and his most important statements still hold true. The text, scanned from Adult Education and Development no 67, 2006 pp 77-88, was previously printed in nos. 19 and 30 of Adult Education and Development. Download a copy (word doc)

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    Please email moderator@aceaotearoa.org.nz  to have your research listed on this page. Note: when we have accumulated information on a number of research projects we will catalogue this part of the website.