TY - JOUR

T1 - Student partnership

T2 - Exploring the dynamics in and between different conceptualizations

AU - Holen, Rasa

AU - Ashwin, Paul

AU - Maassen, Peter

AU - Stensaker, Bjørn

PY - 2021/12/31

Y1 - 2021/12/31

N2 - The concept of student partnership has attracted increased attention during the last decade, often due to an assumption that it can mitigate neo-liberal agendas and practices in teaching and learning. A review of definitions and understandings of student partnership models shows that most of the research conducted on this topic has been based on normative assumptions, with less focus on how partnership practices play out in different contexts. In this article an analytical framework for analysing student partnership is introduced and tested through an empirical analysis of collaborative practices in centres for teaching excellence in Norwegian higher education. The key findings are that the diversity and dynamics of student partnership depend on the context in which they operate, but more importantly how different practices of partnership play out in parallel in those educational contexts. The result is often a mix of hybrid practices related to different conceptualizations of student partnership

AB - The concept of student partnership has attracted increased attention during the last decade, often due to an assumption that it can mitigate neo-liberal agendas and practices in teaching and learning. A review of definitions and understandings of student partnership models shows that most of the research conducted on this topic has been based on normative assumptions, with less focus on how partnership practices play out in different contexts. In this article an analytical framework for analysing student partnership is introduced and tested through an empirical analysis of collaborative practices in centres for teaching excellence in Norwegian higher education. The key findings are that the diversity and dynamics of student partnership depend on the context in which they operate, but more importantly how different practices of partnership play out in parallel in those educational contexts. The result is often a mix of hybrid practices related to different conceptualizations of student partnership

KW - Student partnership

KW - institutional perspective

KW - students as partners

KW - centres of excellence

KW - Norway

U2 - 10.1080/03075079.2020.1770717

DO - 10.1080/03075079.2020.1770717

M3 - Journal article

VL - 46

SP - 2726

EP - 2737

JO - Studies in Higher Education

JF - Studies in Higher Education

SN - 0307-5079

IS - 12

M1 - 0

ER -