Dr Karsten Zegwaard
Placement Co-ordinator (Earth Sciences, Physics and Electronics)
Contact Details
| Name | Extn. | Username | Room | Department | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zegwaard, Dr Karsten | 4892 | karsten | KP.G.21 | Co-Operative Education Unit |
You can contact staff by:
- Calling +64 7 838 4466 then enter the extension
- Extensions starting with 4 or 5 can also be direct dialed:
- For extensions starting with 4: dial +64 7 838 extension
- For extensions starting with 5: dial +64 7 858 extension
- Emailing username@waikato.ac.nz
- Using the campus map to locate their room
Research Interests
I carry out research in two areas; science and education. The science research, as part of my PhD studies, is in soil physics and agronomy, where the effect of dairy cattle treading is being construed into a model to predict damage on soil and pasture, and subsequent recovery. The education research is on work based learning (cooperative education), where particular interests are in understanding tertiary science students’ self-efficacy toward practical science skills, perceptions of key co-op stakeholders of graduate competencies, sociocultural learning, student and graduate enculturation into an environment of practise and academia, and assessment practices of co-op placements.
Expertise
Work experience placements; experiential learning research; work integrated learning and co-operative education programmes at tertiary education level; science and engineering competencies; experiential learning links to postgraduate studies.
Recent Publications
- Coll, R., Zegwaard, K. (2012) Enculturation into engineering professional practice: Using legitimate peripheral participation to develop communication skills in engineering students
Book Chapters - New Media Communication Skills for Engineers and IT Professionals: Trans-National and Trans-Cultural - Coll, R., Zegwaard, K. (2011) (Editors) International handbook for cooperative and work-integrated education: International perspectives of theory, research and practice (Second Edition)
- Zegwaard, K., Campbell, M. (2011) Development towards a professional values framework: Community and practitioners perspectives
Conference - Proceedings - Proceedings of the New Zealand Association for Cooperative Education - Campbell, M., Zegwaard, K. (2011) Values, ethics and empowering the self through cooperative education
Refereed Journal Articles - Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education
