TLR07

This is the FreeMind chart (in PDF format) for Class 2.

TLR07-02.pdf

Part 1: Adult learning theory; learning styles

• The Paper Chase, scenes 2 and 5
• Linda S. Anderson, Incorporating Adult Learning Theory into Law School Classrooms: Small Steps Leading to Large Results, 5 Appalachian J. L. 127-149 (2006). Jim Loree
• Robin A. Boyle & Rita Dunn, Teaching Law Students Through Individual Learning Styles, 62 Albany L. Rev. 213-255 (1998). Jenna Chrisphonte
• M.H. Sam Jacobson, A Primer on Learning Styles: Reaching Every Student, 25 Seattle U. L. Rev. 139-177 (2001). Lauren Schroeder

Part 2: Introduction to Lecturing

• “Reach! A Lecture Musical”
• How might you incorporate different learning methods in a legal research class? (Diagram using FreeMind)
  • What methods might you try?
  • How can you accommodate different styles given limited class time?

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Here are the Powerpoint slides (in PDF format) for Class 1.

TLR07-01.pdf

This semester I am teaching a new course in the University at Buffalo Law Librarianship Program: Teaching Legal Research. No, it’s not an Advanced Legal Research course: its all about learning to teach legal research. We’ll be working with a wide variety of teaching techniques, from classroom lecture and discussion, to audio and video, to online instruction using CALI exercises, blogs, and wikis.

Class 1: Reading: Paul Douglas Callister, Beyond Training: Law Librarianship’s Quest for the Pedagogy of Legal Research Instruction, 95 Law Libr. J. 7-45 (2003).

Overview of course

• Two parts to each class
• How to find the readings

Three projects and a final project

1. Lecture/demo
2. Podcast (audio or video)
3. Online instruction (blog, wiki, Google Docs, Zoho)
4. Final: Legal Research Clinic

Grading:

• Students will be grouped in two or three for each project
• All students in the group will receive the same grade

TLR-01.mp3

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