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Students as partners in learning
The concept of ‘student community’ in Higher Education has become more prominent of late, partly due to the UK Government’s emphasis on retention. One way in which student community can be engendered is by working with ‘students as partners’ in their learning. In a new journal article, CODE Fellow Donna Smith explores the opportunities and challenges of working with ‘students as partners’ within a Politics HE disciplinary context.
CODE fellow Donna Smith has written an article for Politics, ‘Working with Politics ‘students as partners’ to engender student community: opportunities and challenges.’
Research suggests that creating communities of learning (academic and social) leads to a better HE experience for students which in turn makes it more likely they will persist in their studies. The concept of ‘student community’ in Higher Education has become more prominent of late, partly due to the UK Government’s emphasis on retention.
One way in which student community can be engendered is by working with ‘students as partners’ in their learning: students work with academics and each other to create and extend their learning, which in turn has a positive impact on student community and retention.
The article discusses the opportunities and challenges of working with ‘students as partners’ within a Politics HE disciplinary context. In particular, it summarises an Open University Politics student engagement project, part of the University’s partnership with UK Parliament.
In doing so, the article has implications for Politics HE practice generally, and online Politics HE practice in particular, and makes recommendations for working with Politics ‘students as partners’ within the current UK HE policy environment.
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