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Students as Partners: A New Ethos for the Transformation of Teacher and Student Identities in Chinese Higher Education

In: International Journal of Chinese Education
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Yifei Liang School of Education, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia
Institute of Teaching and Learning Innovation, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia

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Kun Dai Graduate School of Education, Peking University, Beijing, China

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Kelly E. Matthews Institute of Teaching and Learning Innovation, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia

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Abstract

Engaging students as partners (SaP) in teaching and learning is a growing arena of practice that shapes the mutually beneficial student-teacher relationship. Redefining student-teacher identities in pedagogical practice is one of the key implications of SaP. In the past decade, Chinese higher education institutions have paid increasing attention to student-centred pedagogies. Understanding and investigating new interpretations of student-teacher identities underpins the shift toward such pedagogical practices. In this theoretical discussion paper, based on the recent trends associated with Chinese higher education reform efforts revealed by large-scale and systematic survey results, we interrogate the concept of Chinese student-teacher identities as a learning partnership by drawing on the theorisations of SaP. Our intention is to contribute to the ongoing process of identity transformation within Chinese higher education. By calling for adapting SaP to the unique Chinese educational and cultural features, we provide a future vision for the cultivation of the teacher-student relationship.

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