A guide to developing productive student-faculty partnerships in higher education Student-faculty partnerships is an innovation that is gaining traction on campuses across the country. There are few established models in this new endeavor, however. Engaging Students as Partners in Learning and Teaching: A Guide for Faculty offers administrators, faculty, and students both the theoretical grounding and practical guidelines needed to develop student-faculty partnerships that affirm and improve teaching and learning in higher education. Provides theory and evidence to support new efforts in student-faculty partnerships Describes various models for creating and supporting such partnerships Helps faculty overcome some of the perceived barriers to student-faculty partnerships Suggests a range of possible levels of partnership that might be appropriate in different circumstances Includes helpful responses to a range of questions as well as advice from faculty, students, and administrators who have hands-on experience with partnership programs Balancing theory, step-by-step guidelines, expert advice, and practitioner experience, this book is a comprehensive why- and how-to handbook for developing a successful student-faculty partnership program.

A guide to developing productive student-faculty partnerships in higher educationStudent-faculty partnerships is an innovation that is gaining traction on campuses across the country. There are few established models in this new endeavor, however. Engaging Students as Partners in Learning and Teaching: A Guide for Faculty offers administrators, faculty, and students both the theoretical grounding and practical guidelines needed to develop student-faculty partnerships that affirm and improve teaching and learning in higher education.* Provides theory and evidence to support new efforts in student-faculty partnerships* Describes various models for creating and supporting such partnerships* Helps faculty overcome some of the perceived barriers to student-faculty partnerships* Suggests a range of possible levels of partnership that might be appropriate in different circumstances* Includes helpful responses to a range of questions as well as advice from faculty, students, and administrators who have hands-on experience with partnership programsBalancing theory, step-by-step guidelines, expert advice, and practitioner experience, this book is a comprehensive why- and how-to handbook for developing a successful student-faculty partnership program.

Preface ixAcknowledgments xxvAbout the Authors xxvii1. What Are Student-Faculty Partnerships? Our Guiding Principles and Definition 12. Preliminary Questions about Student-Faculty Partnerships 153. Partnerships with Students Examples from Individual Faculty 274. Program-Level Approaches to Student-Faculty Partnerships 595. Outcomes of Student-Faculty Partnerships Support from Research Literature and Outcomes for Faculty and Students 976. The Challenges of Student-Faculty Partnerships 1337. Practical Strategies for Developing Student-Faculty Partnerships 1438. Further Questions about Student-Faculty Partnerships 1719. Assessing Processes and Outcomes of Student-Faculty Partnerships 18710. Next Steps . . . Toward a Partnership Movement? 203Appendix I: The Ladder of Active Student Participation in Curriculum Design 213Appendix II: Guidelines for the Students as Learners and Teachers (SaLT) Program at Bryn Mawr College (Modified for This Volume) 217Appendix III: Practical Strategies for Developing Student-led Research Projects From the Students as Change Agents Program, University of Exeter, United Kingdom 229References 231Index 257