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General transferable skills: teamwork
research project providing evidence of teamwork through work experience. Illustrations of evidence Ability to work as team member: contribute to work of the team ability to cooperate and negotiate within the team listen effectively to other group members …
The Shackleton method of team leadership in legal education
In his paper Frederick Price (College of Law) presented a discussion of the challenges facing team leaders in legal education. Frederick’s slides are embedded below, and you can also download his full paper (RTF file, 11 pages, 112 KB). Team leaders in legal educati…
General transferable skills: Nottingham Trent University
legal research and advocacy. In terms of teamwork students are encouraged, in a final year module to produce group coursework which is then assessed. Alternatively students opt to work individually. Information technology is assessed as part of the legal research programm…
General transferable skills: outcome statements
solving autonomy and personal skills teamwork information technology numeracy intellectual skills They suggest appropriate outcomes for achievement by students in higher education, together with illustrations of the kinds of activity which students might undertak…
Research on a prescribed case study module
study the use and assessment of collaborative teamwork reflective learning Module aims: to provide research-led teaching at undergraduate level and introduce undergraduates to the values and skills of research to establish a learning environment in which student…
General transferable skills: University of Leeds
competences of a law student better into line. Teamwork is the basis for company law and commercial contracts. Teamwork as such is not assessed, but 50% of the marks are for a team essay. The mark is subject to peer review under overall tutor control. Oral presentations…
General transferable skills: University of Exeter
students demonstrate their report writing and teamwork abilities through the group development programme run for all first years as part of their skills development. …
General transferable skills: Lancaster University
understanding of what is expected of them. Teamwork allows students to provide feedback to others establishing some form of peer group learning. Students can assess their own performances from video feedback. Students are also provided with academic tutor support. Spec…
General transferable skills: definition
effective use of time and resources available teamwork: the ability to establish working relations with others, to interact effectively, and to promote productive cooperation autonomy and personal skills: the ability to act independently, to deal with the unexpected, to ref…
Assessment and accountability
literacy other key skills, including numeracy, IT and teamwork (Taken from the QAA’s Benchmark statement for law, 2000) This provides a much clearer, yet arguably more restrictive, framework for what we teach and how we assess law at undergraduate level. The QAA h…
General transferable skills: reactions of recent graduates
were intellectual skills, communication, teamwork, personal skills and problem solving. Some participants placed more emphasis on intellectual and problem-solving skills. However, ten participants said that numeracy was neither necessary or not necessary, eight said the …
Learning in Law Annual Conference 2008: (Dis)integration...designs on the law curriculum
time management, organisation, motivation, teamwork and collaboration. Law in Practice – engaging students in how the law operates in practice and the importance of legal training, equipping them with the practical skills they need to succeed after graduation, by advice and …
General transferable skills
communication, problem solving, autonomy, teamwork, information technology, numeracy, and general intellectual skills, and to be able to present their achievements to a variety of different kinds of potential employer. The key aims of the project were twofold: To identif…
General transferable skills: University of Southampton
interaction with others, communication skills and teamwork. Students are required to discuss and prepare responses to exercises and problems. One student chairs (all students get the opportunity to chair the session) the group and tasks are delegated to other students. Stud…
Opportunities for interaction: improving student engagement in the law school setting
the diversity of viewpoint, the need for teamwork, and the elements of problem solving. Students work in teams to examine a community problem. They work with local agencies to better understand their particular problems and then create a program for problem solution. The agency …
2005 Competition - 1st place
themselves. Thus, a good law tutor would encourage teamwork. This type of work would create a more a comfortable learning environment. Team work is also an important skill within the workplace and so this type of work would certainly earn a potential trainee much needed …
Graduate standards in law: a framework for describing graduateness in law
to demonstrate only basic competence in teamwork and IT?) classification: are we able to articulate different levels of performance in different classes? It is suggested that something along the lines of the statements on domains and typology set out here could provide …
Indebted to the experience: community engagement and the inspired law student
of learning and teaching initiatives on teamwork, reflection and personal development. She has previously acted as the co-ordinator of the UKCLE national Working Group on Personal Development Planning. In March 2010 she was invited to Downing Street, to give a presentation on he…
Personal development planning and law
encouraged to develop their analytical and teamwork skills. They are also required to reflect upon their development. The importance shown to the process is demonstrated to students because this is an assessed part of the first year of their degree programme. Feedback from stude…
General transferable skills: University of Newcastle
communication, organisation and management, teamwork, research and so on. The three parts to the module are: court visits and reports: in teams, students are required to arrange visits to courts, to carry out literature searches on selected aspects of the judicial process…
Challenges of teaching law to non-law students
collaborative and peer learning, social interaction, teamwork, task allocation and confidence building. Most importantly, the learning frameworks of cases and problems used are developed in consultation with staff members teaching other (non-law) subjects, giving me the opportun…
General transferable skills: summary of key points
effective use of time and resources available teamwork: the ability to establish working relations with others, to interact effectively, and to promote productive cooperation autonomy and personal skills: the ability to act independently, to deal with the unexpected, to refl…
'On trial': tutor as silent witness
deep learning more dynamic through enhanced teamwork, debate and presentation. ‘On trial’ moves away from traditional seminar or group presentations, using role play as a mechanism to release students from expected learning activities and to encourage them to be creative. …
A problem-based learning approach to company law
are: problem solving skills thinking skills teamwork skills communication skills time management skills information skills computing skills The actual problem solving strategy involves the following stages: an overview of the problem the three stages …
Taking the culture of scholarship seriously?
inter- and trans-disciplinary knowledge and teamwork is often necessary to synthesise and evaluate knowledge in a way that gives it meaning in ‘real world’ situations. The scholarship of application refers to what we now commonly call applied research and knowledge transfer.…
Playing safe: learning and teaching in undergraduate law
departments where there is evidence of strong teamwork and collegiality amongst staff. Inculcating a culture where pedagogy is an everyday topic of conversation is revealed to be a significant factor to student and staff satisfaction. There is consistent evidence from all the in…
Law school dreams: imagining the shape of law schools
something about the potential of open plan teamwork that, within 10 minutes, one group had come up with a scheme incorporating a somewhat suggestively shaped ivory tower, another a two humped roof (because, being an academic building, it had been designed by a committee), and a …
Embracing benchmarks: some pedagogical and assessment implications of adopting benchmarks
objective. An example from Coventry is the teamwork and other skills involved in presentations. The students give presentations in years 1 and 2, but only if they study the module on evidence do they practice the necessary skills in year 3. As a group of learning an…
How can I introduce reflective practice into my teaching?
effectively with others as well as on their own. Teamwork also tends to enhance self-reflection and awareness of learning process, as individuals are accountable to the group and especially if the group is encouraged to analyse its own successes and weaknesses in accomplishing t…
How can I introduce reflective practice into my teaching?
effectively with others as well as on their own. Teamwork also tends to enhance self-reflection and awareness of learning process, as individuals are accountable to the group and especially if the group is encouraged to analyse its own successes and weaknesses in accomplishing t…
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