In yesterday’s blog I suggested to replace the one in-class phase by using three training phases. Three phases: exploit merging of internet and instructional design expertise First phase: prepare and prime First, TrainWell designed an engaging pre-class phase: prospective…
Why are legal expert often bad legal teachers?
The more you are a legal expert, the bigger the chance that you are a bad teacher. Really?! Yep. What is the reason? Legal teachers often complain why their students do not simply grasp, remember or apply what they are…
Learner-centered teaching: the seven principles (II)
Following yesterday’s blog, here are the four last principles of learner-centered teaching: 4. Teacher facilitators model how skillful learners approach learning tasks. Example: When solving a problem, the teacher says out loud what is going through his/her…
Learner-centered teaching: the seven principles (I)
If you are a lecturer considering to move towards learner-centered teaching, you might want to know what you would be getting into. What principles would guide your new way of teaching? Of course each individual teacher has his or her…
Peers on how to learn best
Sometimes we teachers think we help law students by informing them on the best way of learning in law school. There is a better way. Let other students tell them. I saw the other day a nice example of this.…
Learner-centered teaching: metaphors for teacher’s role
In learner-centered teaching the teacher is foremost a facilitator of learning. In contrast during traditional teaching the teaching is well … teacher-centered. Teacher-centered teaching In traditional classes teachers are the specialists who call the shots. They deliver the content, lead…
Learner-Centered Teaching – five features
Leaner-Centered Teaching is teaching focused on learning, not on content as such. What students are doing is the central concern of the teacher: how do they operate on the content? Students learn to solve the kind of authentic problems they are…
Learner-Centered Teaching – three implications
Why do I like Learner-Centered Teaching? Mainly because it’s impact on learning is so much greater than its traditional alternatives. Both learners and teacher reap many benefits from this instruction style: time, money and pleasure oh yes and learning results. Legal…
learner-centered teaching: features
What are the features of learner-centered teaching: Learner-centered teaching: engages students in the hard messy work of learning; motivates and empowers students by giving them some control over the learning processes; encourages collaboration; the (virtual or real) classroom is a…
Learner-centered teaching: benefits and drawbacks
What is the experience of legal lecturers who practice learner-centered teaching? What are its benefits and its drawbacks in comparison to traditional teaching techniques? In brief: Learner-centered teaching improves the quality of teaching a topic but not the quantity…