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Focuses on approaches which enable students to learn with and from one another within and beyond the curriculum. It considers students as partners in co-curricular projects.
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Sambell, K., Brown, S., Graham, L. (2017). Learning and Working Together: Students as Peers and Partners. In: Professionalism in Practice. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54552-3_4
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