Pedagogical Partnerships: A How-To Guide for Faculty, Students, and Academic Developers in Higher Education by Alison Cook-Sather, Melanie Bahti and Anita Ntem - A Book Review

Abstract

The pedagogical partnership is not a relatively new terminology for anyone working in higher education (HE). However, the success of any partnership is based on a list of factors contributing to its impacts. To those who are either relatively new and struggling to understand how we should develop and maintain pedagogical partnerships in HE, the book by Alison Cook-Sather, Melanie Bahti and Anita Ntem on “Pedagogical Partnerships: A How-To Guide for Faculty, Students, and Academic Developers in Higher Education” therefore seeks to provide a step-by-step guide for both staff and students in HE to utilise.

This book review aims to provide the key aspects of what makes pedagogical partnerships successful, drawing out the research-informed practices focusing on classrooms and the curricula from the nine-book chapters. Though detailed, the book offers a clear yet structured approach with questions across the nine chapters asking the reader why, how, and what a pedagogical partnership might look like within the learning space. The book further attracts staff and students within HE in addressing the diversity and inclusivity considerations experienced globally. Thus, facilitate that knowledge transfer by feeding into the readers’ own practices and applications in their institutional contexts.

Without a doubt, this book is not merely a guide to reading the authors’ experiences and practices, nor determining successful pedagogical partnership models. But instead, it offers a resource bank for the HE community to use to support readers in contextualising the pedagogical partnerships locally as staff and students.