Working with student partners in pedagogical research: Why partnership?

About this episode

Bianca Joseph discusses the importance of student partnerships in pedagogical research with Tanya Hathaway.

This episode of LITE Bites is hosted by LITE Student Partner Bianca Joseph. She talks to LITE Strategic Lead for Students as Partners and LITE Higher Education Research Support Officer Tanya Hathaway about her experience working as a student in collaboration with University staff. For more information about student partnership, read: Cook-Sather, A., Bovill, C. and Felten, P. (2014) Engaging students as partners in learning and teaching in higher education: a guide for faculty . San Francisco: Jossey‑Bass. Mercer-Mapstone et al. (2017) ‘A systematic literature review of students as partners in higher education’, International Journal for Students as Partners , 1(1), pp. 1–23. doi:10.15173/ijsap.v1i1.3119.

People in this episode

Host: Bianca Joseph

Guest: Tanya Hathaway

Topics covered

• student partnership
• pedagogical research
• collaboration
• higher education
• student engagement

Keywords

• student partnership
• pedagogical research
• higher education
• collaboration
• student engagement

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Leeds Institute for Teaching Excellence

Books & works: Engaging students as partners in learning and teaching in higher education: a guide for faculty, A systematic literature review of students as partners in higher education

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