diff --git a/cpp/src/arrow/extension/variable_shape_tensor.cc b/cpp/src/arrow/extension/variable_shape_tensor.cc
index 0c6810671fe04..9c303bc1033fc 100644
--- a/cpp/src/arrow/extension/variable_shape_tensor.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/arrow/extension/variable_shape_tensor.cc
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ const Result<std::shared_ptr<Tensor>> VariableShapeTensorArray::GetTensor(
   }
 
   std::vector<int64_t> strides;
-  // TODO: optimize ComputeStrides for ragged tensors
+  // TODO: optimize ComputeStrides for non-uniform tensors
   ARROW_CHECK_OK(internal::ComputeStrides(*value_type.get(), shape,
                                           ext_type->permutation(), &strides));
 
diff --git a/python/pyarrow/array.pxi b/python/pyarrow/array.pxi
index f65f4b27b9951..99d2c42a97d1a 100644
--- a/python/pyarrow/array.pxi
+++ b/python/pyarrow/array.pxi
@@ -3637,18 +3637,32 @@ cdef class VariableShapeTensorArray(ExtensionArray):
         """
         Convert variable shape tensor extension array to list of numpy arrays.
         """
-        cdef:
-            CVariableShapeTensorArray * ext_array = <CVariableShapeTensorArray *> (self.ap)
-            CResult[shared_ptr[CTensor]] ctensor
-
         tensors = []
         for i in range(len(self.storage)):
-            with nogil:
-                ctensor = ext_array.GetTensor(i)
-            tensors.append(pyarrow_wrap_tensor(GetResultValue(ctensor)).to_numpy())
+            tensors.append(self.get_tensor(i).to_numpy())
 
         return tensors
 
+    def get_tensor(self, int64_t i):
+        """
+        Get i-th tensor from variable shape tensor extension array.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        i : int64_t
+            The index of the tensor to get.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        tensor : pyarrow.Tensor
+        """
+        cdef:
+            CVariableShapeTensorArray* ext_array = <CVariableShapeTensorArray*>(self.ap)
+            CResult[shared_ptr[CTensor]] ctensor
+        with nogil:
+            ctensor = ext_array.GetTensor(i)
+        return pyarrow_wrap_tensor(GetResultValue(ctensor))
+
     @staticmethod
     def from_numpy_ndarray(obj):
         """
diff --git a/python/pyarrow/scalar.pxi b/python/pyarrow/scalar.pxi
index dbfa68dd8e258..7e4a3bddbe300 100644
--- a/python/pyarrow/scalar.pxi
+++ b/python/pyarrow/scalar.pxi
@@ -1039,11 +1039,10 @@ class VariableShapeTensorScalar(ExtensionScalar):
         Note: ``permutation`` should be trivial (``None`` or ``[0, 1, ..., len(shape)-1]``).
         """
 
-        if self.type.permutation is None or self.type.permutation == list(range(len(self.type.shape))):
-            shape = self.get("shape")
-            np_flat = np.asarray(self.get("values").flatten())
-            numpy_tensor = np_flat.reshape(tuple(shape))
-            return numpy_tensor
+        if self.type.permutation is None or self.type.permutation == list(range(len(self.type.permutation))):
+            shape = self.value[0].values.to_pylist()
+            np_flat = np.asarray(self.value[1].values)
+            return np_flat.reshape(shape)
         else:
             raise ValueError(
                 'Only non-permuted tensors can be converted to numpy tensors.')
diff --git a/python/pyarrow/tests/test_extension_type.py b/python/pyarrow/tests/test_extension_type.py
index 0a8a0d56ed0b6..360970b009cfc 100644
--- a/python/pyarrow/tests/test_extension_type.py
+++ b/python/pyarrow/tests/test_extension_type.py
@@ -1282,7 +1282,7 @@ def test_tensor_class_methods():
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("value_type", (np.int8, np.int32, np.int64, np.float64))
-def test_variable_shape_tensor_class_method(value_type):
+def test_variable_shape_tensor_class_methods(value_type):
     ndim = 2
     shape_type = pa.list_(pa.uint32(), ndim)
     arrow_type = pa.from_numpy_dtype(value_type)
@@ -1328,6 +1328,12 @@ def test_variable_shape_tensor_class_method(value_type):
         {"data": [7, 8], "shape": [2, 1]},
     ]
 
+    expected_0 = np.array([[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6]], dtype=value_type)
+    expected_1 = np.array([[7], [8]], dtype=value_type)
+
+    np.testing.assert_array_equal(arr[0].to_numpy_ndarray(), expected_0)
+    np.testing.assert_array_equal(arr[1].to_numpy_ndarray(), expected_1)
+
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("tensor_type", (
     pa.fixed_shape_tensor(pa.int8(), [2, 2, 3]),
diff --git a/python/pyarrow/types.pxi b/python/pyarrow/types.pxi
index c7c86f688d797..4ceb0ea944a63 100644
--- a/python/pyarrow/types.pxi
+++ b/python/pyarrow/types.pxi
@@ -1692,7 +1692,7 @@ cdef class VariableShapeTensorType(BaseExtensionType):
                                        self.dim_names, self.permutation,
                                        self.uniform_shape)
 
-    def __variable_ext_scalar_class__(self):
+    def __arrow_ext_scalar_class__(self):
         return VariableShapeTensorScalar