ERIC Number: EJ1449064
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 20
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But Do They Agree? Examining Differences in Science Faculty and Student Perceptions of Student Partnership Values
Laura Chittle; Paige Coyne; Aliyah King; Siddhartha Sood; Chris Houser; Dora Cavallo-Medved
International Journal for Students as Partners, v7 n2 p28-47 2023
There is growing support for the use of student-faculty partnerships within higher education. Successful partnerships capable of sustainable transformation require the presence of several underlying values held by both faculty and students. The purpose of this study was to examine differences in the perceptions of student-faculty partnership values across science faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students and determine whether these values differ by partnership category. Faculty and students responded to the Student-Staff Partnership Questionnaire (Martens et al., 2019), which included five scales aimed to assess values for successful student partnerships: reciprocal respect, influence, autonomy, commitment, and partnership. Our findings suggest that faculty perceive themselves as aligning with the values of reciprocal respect, influence, autonomy, and partnership to a higher degree than undergraduate and graduate students perceive faculty as adhering to them. No differences in values were noted across partnership categories. Implications for higher education are discussed.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, Partnerships in Education, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Recognition (Achievement), Influences, Teacher Empowerment, Student Empowerment, Learner Engagement, Teacher Responsibility, Science Teachers, Value Judgment
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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