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 & Teaching A Guide for Faculty offers administrators faculty & students both the theoretical grounding & practical guidelines needed to develop student-faculty partnerships that affirm & improve teaching & learning in higher education Provides theory & evidence to support new efforts in student-faculty partnerships Describes various models for creating & 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 & administrators who have hands-on experience with partnership programs Balancing theory step-by-step guidelines expert advice & practitioner experience this book is a comprehensive why- & how-to handbook for developing a successful student-faculty partnership program