ERIC Number: EJ1117741
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 12
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ISSN: EISSN-1832-8342
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Using a Reflective Court Report to Integrate and Assess Reflective Practice in Law
Burton, Kelley
Journal of Learning Design, v9 n2 p56-67 2016
In an Australian legal education context, there is minimal research on designing and implementing a court report as a summative assessment task. This journal article attempts to fill this gap by reflecting on the journey of a legal educator who pioneered a court report for a core final year course in a Bachelor of Laws program with large cohorts and improved it over 13 semesters in six years. Integrating reflective practice into the court report enhanced its level of authenticity. Notably, this journal article disseminates an example of a court report template and a criterion-referenced assessment rubric for a reflective court report that was grounded in the literature that conceptualises "reflective practice" and has been refined over time with the benefit of a longstanding and rich experience.
Descriptors: Law Students, Legal Education (Professions), Summative Evaluation, Court Litigation, Technical Writing, Reflection, Integrated Activities, Criterion Referenced Tests, Bachelors Degrees, Educational Practices, Foreign Countries
Queensland University of Technology. GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia. Tel: +61-7-313-80585; Fax: +61-7-313-83474; e-mail: jld@qut.edu.au; Web site: http://www.jld.qut.edu.au
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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