“Commitment to collaboration”: What students have to say about the values underpinning partnership practices
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https://doi.org/10.15173/ijsap.v3i1.3688Keywords:
students as partners, student-staff partnerships, values, reciprocity, higher educationAbstract
Students as Partners (SaP) is about students and staff working together in teaching and learning. It is guided by the values of partnership. Knowing how students understand these values, particularly students new to the ideas and language of SaP, would enrich the scholarly conversation about partnership practices. To that end, our study asked students unfamiliar with SaP, “what values and attitudes do you think are necessary for students and academics to work as collaborative partners on teaching and learning?” We captured 173 written responses from students in a biomedical sciences degree program in an Australian university. Thematic analysis revealed four key values: respect, communication, understanding, and responsibility/commitment. We discuss the results through the lens of reciprocity and power, emergent consumerist culture in higher education, and the disciplinary context of science. In conclusion, we encourage dialogue between staff and students to illuminate and affirm the values of partnership that define SaP.
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Matthews, K. E. (2014). Students’ perspectives on quantitative skills in an undergraduate science curriculum: A mixed methods study of the experienced curriculum (Doctoral dissertation). School of Education, The University of Queensland. https://doi.org/10.14264/uql.2015.87
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Matthews, K., Groenendijk, L., & Chunduri, P. (2017). We want to be more involved: Student perceptions of students as partners across the degree program curriculum. International Journal for Students as Partners, 1(2). https://doi.org/10.15173/ijsap.v1i2.3063
Matthews, K. E., Mercer-Mapstone, L., Dvorakova, S. L., Acia, A., Cook-Sather, A., Felten, P., Healey, M., Healey, R., &
Marquis, E. (in press). Enhancing outcomes and reducing inhibitors to the engagement of students and staff in learning and teaching partnerships: Implications for academic development. International Journal for Academic Development.
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Ntem, A., & Cook-Sather, A. (2018). Resistances and resiliencies in student-faculty pedagogical partnership. International Journal for Students as Partners, 2(1), 82-96. https://doi.org/10.15173/ijsap.v2i1.3372
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Tarrant, M., Dazeley, S., & Cottom, T. (2009). Social categorization and empathy for outgroup members. British Journal of Social Psychology, 48(3), 427-446. https://doi.org/10.1348/014466608x373589
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van Kleef, G. A., Oveis, C., van der Löwe, I., Luokogan, A., Goetz, J., & Keltner, D. (2008). Power, distress, and compassion: Turning a blind eye to the suffering of others. Psychological Science, 19(12), 1315-1322. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02241.x
Wellcome Trust. (2001). Valuable lessons: Engaging with the social context of science in schools. Retrieved from https://wellcome.ac.uk/sites/default/files/wtd003446_0.pdf
Witz, K. (1996). Science with values and values for science education. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 28(5), 597-612.
Yaakobi, D., & Sharan, S. (1985). Teacher beliefs and practices: The discipline carries the message. Journal of Education for Teaching, 11(2), 187-199. https://doi.org/10.1080/0260747850110207
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Luo, B., Matthews, K., & Chunduri, P. (2019). “Commitment to collaboration”: What students have to say about the values underpinning partnership practices. International Journal for Students as Partners, 3(1), 123–139. https://doi.org/10.15173/ijsap.v3i1.3688
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