New Zealand Association of Bridging Educators

Link to 2011 Enabling Conference (Adelaide)

Link to Conference Proceedings

Bridging Education is for students who want to access tertiary education but lack to necessary qualifications or skills needed for direct entry.

Changes in pedagogy have seen bridging education shift from being labelled remedial to being identified in Australia as enabling and in the US as developmental education. Bridging education also encompasses foundation learning, access (UK), second chance or transition.

The New Zealand Association of Bridging Educators was established in 2001 to meet the following objectives:

• Promote bridging education
• Run conferences
• Provide networking opportunities
• Arrange and promote professional development opportunities
• Maintain information sharing networks
• Contribute policy advice

The development of this website addresses these objectives, as a tool for networking and professional development among bridging educators in New Zealand.