on campuses across the country. There are few established models in this new endeavor, however. Engaging Students as Partners in Learning and Teaching: A Guide for Faculty offers administrators, faculty, and students both the theoretical grounding and practical guidelines needed to develop student-faculty partnerships that affirm and improve teaching and learning in higher education.Provides theory and evidence to support new efforts in student-faculty partnershipsDescribes various models for creating and supporting such partnershipsHelps faculty overcome some of the perceived barriers to student-faculty partnershipsSuggests a range of possible levels of partnership that might be appropriate in different circumstancesIncludes helpful responses to a range of questions as well as advice from faculty, students, and administrators who have hands-on experience with partnership programsBalancing theory, step-by-step guidelines, expert advice, and practitioner experience, this book is a comprehensive why- and how-to handbook for developing a successful student-faculty partnership program.

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