Students as Partners: The development of an Extensive Reading Program at the Ningbo Campus of the University of Nottingham
Keywords:
Student Empowerment, Change, Student-Led, Student-Staff Co-operation, Student-Staff PartnershipAbstract
"Changing Reading Circles brought more than we expected: we also changed ourselves".
A reading interest group at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China was changed to an employability award by a team of five students and two staff partners by the use of a Students as Change Agents student/staff partnership project. Responsibility and authority was devolved to students and the final product has resulted in more engagement in, and enthusiasm for, extensive reading. It also gave the student partners greater levels of self-belief, autonomy and understanding of their potential within an academic community.
Author Biographies
Peter Sturman, University of Nottingham, Ningbo China
Campus Senior Tutor
EAP Tutor
Centre for English Language Education
Yangyang Zheng, University of Nottingham, Ningbo China
Lexiao Peng, University of Nottingham, Ningbo China
Doran Lamb, University of Nottingham, Ningbo China
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