Engaging with students as partners in education-space design
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Author(s)
Streule, Mike
McCrone, Luke
Andrew, Yasmin
Walker, Craig
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Engaging with Students as Partners (SaP) in areas of curriculum design and pedagogic consultancy is relatively well established. Here we present a case study of two recent projects at Imperial College London, a research-intensive science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM) university, that have extended the SaP model to the design and delivery of modifications to education spaces. Using a research-informed approach and tested method ensured that the students remained active throughout the “twists and turns” of the project, rather than the more traditional snapshot student-consultation approach often taken early in the design process. Students experienced authentic partnership with staff, the space, and their department/institution more broadly whilst staff acknowledged that the quality of outputs significantly exceeded expectations at a fraction of the cost of engaging external design consultants. More broadly, projects such as these establish precedents for a more ambitious institutional approach to working with students as partners.
Date Issued
2022-10-18
Date Acceptance
2022-08-23
Citation
International Journal for Students as Partners, 2022, 6 (2), pp.79-90
ISSN
2560-7367
Publisher
McMaster University Library Press
Start Page
79
End Page
90
Journal / Book Title
International Journal for Students as Partners
Volume
6
Issue
2
Copyright Statement
Copyright (c) 2022 Mike Streule, Luke McCrone, Yasmin Andrew, Craig Walker. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
License URL
Identifier
https://mulpress.mcmaster.ca/ijsap/article/view/5024
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2022-10-18