Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education

 

Date of this Version

Fall 2023

Document Type

Article

Citation

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development (2023) 42(2): 7

doi: 10.3998/tia.2903

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License: CC BY-NC-ND

Abstract

Guided by a strength-based framework and counter-storying lens, we use a qualitative case study approach (Cook-Sather, 2020; Cook-Sather and Motz-Storey, 2016; Lechuga-Peña and Lechuga, 2018) to explore students’ and instructors’ experiences with a students as learners and teachers (SaLT) partnership program at a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). This study includes five students and five faculty members who participated in the student-faculty partnership program. Data collection involved student partners’ self-assessment reflections and faculty members’ pre- and post-program reflections on their experiences. Several themes were identified following a phenomenological analysis of students’ and faculty partners’ self-reflections. Themes emerging from student participants included empathy, personal growth, solidarity, and feedback awareness. Faculty partners’ themes included receptivity, resistance, and collaboration. Implications for institutions of higher education and HSIs are provided.

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