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Dr Abbi Flint – Students as Partners team – Higher Education [email protected] 22/7/2013
Putting principles into practice: Student engagement and partnership in teaching and learning
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• Works in partnership with HEIs, student bodies, academic and professional staff and sector agencies and funders.
• Champions excellence in learning and teaching in higher education.
• Committed to improving the student learning experience by:
• raising the status of teaching• adding to the body of knowledge relating to
pedagogy• enhancing professional teaching practice• facilitating networks and communities of
practice. • http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/strategic-plan
The Higher Education Academy Strategic Plan 2012-2016
The Higher Education Academy
1. What does the term ‘Student Engagement’ mean to you?
2. Why are you interested in student engagement?
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What and why?
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With their own learning• Behavioural
perspective• Student behaviour and
institutional practices
• Psychological perspective
• Behavioural, cognitive and affective
• Socio-cultural perspective
• Broader social context: power; culture; discourse
Well evidenced impacts
With quality enhancement• Governance• Decision-making• Representation• Agents of changeImpacts less tangible and difficult to quantify
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Different meanings of student engagement
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Conceptual framework of engagement, antecedents and consequences (Kahu, 2013)
Partnership Participation Involvement Consultation
8. Student-initiated, shared decisions with staff 7. Student-initiated and directed (supported by staff) 6. Staff-initiated, shared decisions with students 5. Consulted and informed 4. Assigned but informed 3. Tokenism 2. Decoration Non-participation 1. Manipulation
Ladder of student participation
Adapted from Hart (1992) based on an article on citizen participation by Arnstein (1969).
Students as Partners teamDr Kathy Harrington and Dr Abbi Flint
Three areas of focus – students as partners in1. the individual student experience of engaged
learning and research 2. learning and teaching enhancement at
institutional and national levels 3. the HEA’s strategic direction and programmes of
workPartnership as a process not a product. It is a way of doing things, not an outcome in itself. It’s about how and why we work in partnership with students, as well as what we do. 7
Our Students as Partners work
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Why Partnership?
Authenticity: where there is a clear rationale for students – and others – to work in partnership, each partner has a stake in the agenda and in taking the work forward Inclusivity: the absence of barriers that prevent engagement in partnership work Speaking ‘with’, not ‘for’ or ‘about’ students Being open to radical transformation, not just slotting partnership work into existing structures and processes Development of shared purpose, values and principles . Including the need for partnership work to be acknowledged and assented to by all parties involved Taking time to understand our perceptions of one another and how that affects partnership relationships Joint decision making and accountability arrangements Taking time to build trust
Equality of value whilst recognising difference and the unique contribution each partner makes Acknowledgement of power relationships: being clear about where ownership for issues and agendas lies and how outcomes of work will be used. Being prepared to challenge structures and practices that re-affirm existing inequalities. Creating an environment that encourages risk taking Identifying resources to support partnership working Embracing a shared commitment to evaluation and learning Celebrating successful outcomes of and approaches to partnership working Regular on-going dialogue amongst the partners, encompassing synchronous and asynchronous communication channels
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HEA partnership principles
Where is the biggest ‘gap’?Where do you want to focus your efforts?What strategies might we use to move from engagement to partnership?
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Needs analysis
Website: http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/students-as-partners
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Keep in touch
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Chickering, A. and Gamson, Z. (1987) Seven Principles for good practice in undergraduate education. AAHE Bulletin, 40(7), 3-7.
Hart, R. (1992) Children’s participation: from tokenism to citizenship. UNICEF
Kahu, E. (2013) Framing Student Engagement in Higher Education. Studies in Higher Education, 38(5), 758-773
Quality Assurance Agency (2012) UK Quality code for Higher Education – Chapter B5: Student Engagement
Wenstone, R. (2012) A Manifesto for Partnership. National Union of Students.
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