ATLAANZ JournalPub Date : 2021-12-01DOI: 10.26473/atlaanz.2021/002
Leigh Quadling-Miernik
{"title":"Lessons Learnt From The 2020 COVID 19 Lockdown: A Students’ Online MS Team Project","authors":"Leigh Quadling-Miernik","doi":"10.26473/atlaanz.2021/002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26473/atlaanz.2021/002","url":null,"abstract":"This paper outlines an investigation of the impact of a programme Students Online, which was created in Microsoft (MS) Teams during New Zealand’s level 4 lockdown of March-May 2020. Students Online was set by the Learning Hub, the learning support centre, for a large tertiary institution in response to an international student’s request, asking for a way for students to meet and practise English. The study aimed to investigate the experiences of those who engaged with the MS Team and derive implications for possible future improvement. Offering focused learning support as well as sessions on life in New Zealand, the most significant benefit seen was the overall sense of connection when many aspects of life were disconnected. Other benefits highlighted by the study’s participants include improved communication between students and the Learning Hub, a “mental release” in the day, relationships being built and adding to the institute’s value of being supportive. The MS Team provided a sense of normality in a time when life was filled with abnormality. Participants were drawn from Learning Hub staff and students who interacted within the programme. This study found that the Students Online programme was considered generally useful and successful, modifications for future such programmes are suggested.","PeriodicalId":308740,"journal":{"name":"ATLAANZ Journal","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131596413","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ATLAANZ JournalPub Date : 2021-12-01DOI: 10.26473/atlaanz.2021/001
Hua Dai
{"title":"Pop the “maths anxiety” bubble : an approach to support nursing students to self-manage anxiety while studying drug calculations","authors":"Hua Dai","doi":"10.26473/atlaanz.2021/001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26473/atlaanz.2021/001","url":null,"abstract":"This is a report on an informal action research undertaken between 2013 to 2014 to find solutions to support tertiary nursing students experiencing anxiety while studying drug calculation. The literature identifies traditional “Maths Anxiety” and modern-day specific categorisations of “Dyslexia” and “Dyscalculia”, yet offers no clear solution on how to support students. Exploring the constructive-developmental perspective of human development, the conception of the triune brain and the Psychosynthesis conceptual map of body-feelings-mind enabled me to develop an approach to base on all this wisdom in order to help students navigate their daily experience on campus and consciously express their will to succeed. These techniques proved to be successful, evidenced in the overwhelmingly positive feedback from both students and maths tutors. This article invites colleagues within the broader ATLAANZ community to adapt and apply this approach in their practice to support students with anxiety to succeed while studying.","PeriodicalId":308740,"journal":{"name":"ATLAANZ Journal","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129147774","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ATLAANZ JournalPub Date : 2021-12-01DOI: 10.26473/atlaanz.2021/006
J. Tanner, Xiaodan Gao
{"title":"2019/2020 Learning Centre Practice in Aotearoa/New Zealand: Report","authors":"J. Tanner, Xiaodan Gao","doi":"10.26473/atlaanz.2021/006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26473/atlaanz.2021/006","url":null,"abstract":"Data on the services and staffing in tertiary learning centres are necessary for providing professional support for tertiary learning advisors (TLAs). Full scale surveys of Aotearoa New Zealand centres were conducted in 2008 and 2013. In 2019, a third survey was conducted to explore whether the identified trends were continuing and whether there were any changes. This survey was sent to managers and team leaders at 26 tertiary learning institutions in Aotearoa New Zealand. Four topics were investigated: 1) the professional status of TLAs; 2) learning centre organisation; 3) the services provided by TLAs; 4) trends and changes since 2013. In 2020, when the lockdown resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic meant all centres had to cease operating face-to-face services for an extended period, some follow-up questions about the impact of Covid-19 were sent to the respondents of the 2019 survey. This report presents the five main findings of the 2019/2020 surveys, and provides comparisons with the previous surveys. First, more TLAs had postgraduate qualifications, and more TLAs were given general/professional contracts than academic contracts. Second, fewer learning centres were part of libraries or teaching and learning development units. Third, centres provided a similar range of services, with an increase in pastoral and wellbeing support. Fourth, services were more embedded, and more were delivered in online/blended modes, particularly since Covid-19. Lastly, changes in learning centres’ structures and service delivery were due to institutional financial pressure and student needs. We make some recommendations, including changing some questions in future surveys, updating the ATLAANZ professional practice document regularly, and implementing a TLA accreditation scheme in Aotearoa New Zealand.","PeriodicalId":308740,"journal":{"name":"ATLAANZ Journal","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116884223","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ATLAANZ JournalPub Date : 2021-12-01DOI: 10.26473/atlaanz.2021/003
Vittoria Grossi, Caroline Wright-Neville, L. Gurney
{"title":"The work is the talk: Collaboration and power in tertiary language advisory practice","authors":"Vittoria Grossi, Caroline Wright-Neville, L. Gurney","doi":"10.26473/atlaanz.2021/003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26473/atlaanz.2021/003","url":null,"abstract":"The field of workplace communication has grown in the past 20 years to encompass the negotiation of identities and the role of power in collaboration. Nonetheless, identity struggles at work remain an underexplored phenomenon, particularly for emerging or marginalised professional groups such as tertiary language and learning advisors (TLAs) in higher education. In this article, we explore how challenges encountered in collaboration between TLAs and content specialist academics (CSs) in an Australian tertiary setting can impact the negotiation of professional identities as well as the success of the work. We draw on transcripts of meeting talk from two novice TLAs as they negotiate collaborative work with one CS in a postgraduate subject, and we use critical discourse analysis to demonstrate how power discursively manifests in the meetings. The study sheds new light on the complexities of collaborative work, manifested through interactions, in hierarchical professional environments.","PeriodicalId":308740,"journal":{"name":"ATLAANZ Journal","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134216967","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ATLAANZ JournalPub Date : 2021-12-01DOI: 10.26473/atlaanz.2021/004
Q. Allan
{"title":"Thinking of doing a doctorate? : Reflections from a Tertiary Learning Advisor perspective","authors":"Q. Allan","doi":"10.26473/atlaanz.2021/004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26473/atlaanz.2021/004","url":null,"abstract":"This article considers the desirability of the doctorate for a tertiary learning advisor (TLA), explains the process and experience of doctoral study, and affirms how doctoral study can enhance the effectiveness of a TLA in developing students’ academic literacies. Effectiveness relates not only to the pedagogical relationship between a TLA and students, but to enhanced visibility and credibility of the TLA and their team within their institution. But what is the doctoral journey actually like? This article will be of interest to curious individuals who may have wondered what the doctorate involves in terms of time and commitment, and whether the benefits outweigh the costs. This article seeks to demystify the process and encourage neophyte researchers who may be considering a qualitative project. Using an autoethnography approach, I take as a case study my own doctoral journey, touching on my initial motivation and sharing candid insights on the challenges and milestones as I perceived them. These insights are shared through a series of brief narratives and reflections, with practical advice offered for each stage of the journey.","PeriodicalId":308740,"journal":{"name":"ATLAANZ Journal","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123773796","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ATLAANZ JournalPub Date : 2019-08-20DOI: 10.26473/atlaanz.2019.1/003
T. A. Fraser
{"title":"Reimagining the ‘third space’: Writing strategies for research in the creative arts","authors":"T. A. Fraser","doi":"10.26473/atlaanz.2019.1/003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26473/atlaanz.2019.1/003","url":null,"abstract":"This paper examines the experience of a group of international master of creative art students writing an exegesis paper and the multi-focused writing support offered to them. Using the ‘third space’ (Bhabha, 1994) as a heuristic (Moustakas, 1990), this paper presents an understanding of the emergent writing process underpinning visual and performing arts practice-led research methods in academia. Drawing on Benzie’s (2015) different ‘third space’ interpretations, this paper examines the in-between experience of students, academics and language advisors immersed in practice-led research. The paper asks how can the ‘third space’ paradigm help frame our understandings of the multiple parties involved in the writing of a MCA exegesis? In addition to the work by Paltridge (2004) on exegesis writing and further research on doctoral theses in the visual and performing arts (Paltridge et al., 2012), this paper’s main aim is to further illuminate this less understood but evolving genre, as well as show how students’ emergent writing processes can be encouraged and supported.","PeriodicalId":308740,"journal":{"name":"ATLAANZ Journal","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121693063","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ATLAANZ JournalPub Date : 2019-08-20DOI: 10.26473/ATLAANZ.2019.1/004
Rose Stanton
{"title":"Dyslexia and oral skills: A student’s journey","authors":"Rose Stanton","doi":"10.26473/ATLAANZ.2019.1/004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26473/ATLAANZ.2019.1/004","url":null,"abstract":"This case study outlines the three-year journey of an occupational therapy student, as she developed strategies to achieve success with the viva voce (living voice) assessments of her course. Because of failing these assessments in her second year, she enlisted the help of a Tertiary Learning Advisor (TLA) to work towards overcoming the difficulties, and during that year she was formally assessed as having dyslexia. This study identifies and analyses themes from three sources of data: the TLAs notes made following each session; the student’s Cognitive and Educational Assessment; and an interview with the student some months after course completion. The aim was to identify key elements of the work with the TLA that helped the student to achieve positive outcomes in academic oral assessments. The research contributes to the discussions of issues for adults identified as dyslexic and also to the growing awareness of positive dyslexia.","PeriodicalId":308740,"journal":{"name":"ATLAANZ Journal","volume":"244 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114932440","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ATLAANZ JournalPub Date : 2019-08-20DOI: 10.26473/ATLAANZ.2019.1/002
Lis Roche
{"title":"The see-saw of wellbeing: What factors influence a learning advisor’s wellbeing and happiness, in and outside of their work?","authors":"Lis Roche","doi":"10.26473/ATLAANZ.2019.1/002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26473/ATLAANZ.2019.1/002","url":null,"abstract":"Wellbeing is a commonly-used term—but what does it mean for tertiary learning advisors (TLAs), especially in the context of their professional practice? This paper reviews wellbeing literature in the disciplines of psychology, occupational health, and education, and discusses prominent models and definitions of both general and workplace wellbeing. It introduces a definition of wellbeing that proposes that individuals may manage and enhance their wellbeing by increasing or decreasing their psychological, physical and social resources and challenges, and relates this to the rewards and challenges of TLA work identified in recent TLA literature. This paper also examines the internal and external factors that influence an individual’s wellbeing, such as their ways of coping with stress, personal traits, and personal resources and challenges, and suggests that individuals may manage and enhance their wellbeing by engaging in positive intentional activities of their choosing. While the wellbeing literature does offer some positive activities and strategies TLAs may use, there is a need for future research in the area of TLA wellbeing, particularly in relation to the emotional element of TLA work.","PeriodicalId":308740,"journal":{"name":"ATLAANZ Journal","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115428741","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ATLAANZ JournalPub Date : 2019-08-20DOI: 10.26473/atlaanz.2019.1/001
S. Manning
{"title":"“Please bring a plate”: A metaphor for learning advisor practice based on Pacific values","authors":"S. Manning","doi":"10.26473/atlaanz.2019.1/001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26473/atlaanz.2019.1/001","url":null,"abstract":"Metaphors are powerful devices for guiding the practice of Learning Advisors, but are often used implicitly. This can result in such personal metaphors mis-guiding practice, or constraining the thinking about practice through a monocultural perspective. This paper is a response to the paper of Golding et al. (2015) in the first issue of the ATLAANZ journal, which evaluated a variety of different metaphors for Learning Advisors. The metaphor suggested in this response is based on the process of helping someone bake for a ‘please bring a plate’ function. It is an attempt to develop a metaphor that has resonance for Learning Advisors of Palagi/Western cultural backgrounds, but which is based on the values embedded in Pacific cultures. This metaphor is offered as a contribution to the philosophy of learning advising discussion: it is my ‘plate’ that I am bringing to help feed our academic community.","PeriodicalId":308740,"journal":{"name":"ATLAANZ Journal","volume":"143 11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129406356","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ATLAANZ JournalPub Date : 2018-10-04DOI: 10.26473/atlaanz.2018.1/005
{"title":"Editorial: Volume 3 (2018): Special Issue","authors":"","doi":"10.26473/atlaanz.2018.1/005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26473/atlaanz.2018.1/005","url":null,"abstract":"Welcome to Volume 3 of the ATLAANZ Journal (2018), a four-part special issue entitled “Tertiary Learning Advisors on Aotearoa/New Zealand: Identity and Opportunity”, that presents a comprehensive research project undertaken by Caitriona Cameron (HoD: Academic and Career Skills, Library Teaching and Learning at Lincoln University) and founding member, former President (2009-2010) and Executive Committee\u0000member of the Association of Tertiary Learning Advisors Aotearoa/New Zealand. \u0000\u0000ATLAANZ Journal invites submissions on topics relevant to the tertiary learning advisor community (such as higher education, learning partnerships, responding to environmental changes, innovative practice, and working with students (including International, postgraduates, Māori, Pasifika and Rainbow). We provide\u0000mentoring and support for new authors, and are also keen to hear from colleagues interested in acting as peer-reviewers. Please send expressions of interest to deborah.laurs@vuw.ac.nz.","PeriodicalId":308740,"journal":{"name":"ATLAANZ Journal","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125908859","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}