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| For example, mooting/mock trials/ role playing- In most role-playing exercises, each student takes the role of a person affected by an issue and studies an issue or events from the perspective of that person. |
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| A2 students agree to act as mentors to AS students and schedule contact sessions to explain aspects of the learning process e.g. written assignments and to provide other general advice and support and enhance learning.This does not involve teaching in any sense, but rather facilitating the students to revisit areas and reinforce their own learning. |
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| Student centred approach through the use of VLE |
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| e.g., students are encouraged to reflect on their learning and to develop an awareness of their learning skills and styles. The VLE will contain various documents and resources including a ‘hot tips’ list from previous students, a learning contract, an assessment timeline exercise, and a study management exercise and timetable. Students are also offered the opportunity to complete learning styles questionnaire. Students are guided through the use of the resources by their personal tutors. |
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| A useful tool to develop creative solutions to a problem- a lateral thinking process by which students are asked to develop ideas or thoughts that may seem crazy or shocking at first. Participants can then change and improve them into original and useful ideas. Brainstorming can help define an issue, diagnose a problem, or possible solutions and resistance to proposed solutions |
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| Problem-based Learning (PBL) (Video/written) |
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| Students use “triggers” from the problem case or scenario to define their learning objectives. Subsequently they do independent, self directed study before returning to the group to discuss and refine their acquired knowledge. Thus, PBL is not about problem solving per se, but rather it uses appropriate problems to increase knowledge and understanding |
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| They represent knowledge graphic form. Networks consist of nods, which represent concepts, and links, which represent relationships between concepts. |
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| Field trips/enrichment activities |
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| Court/university visits, placements, visiting speakers and other activities |
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| A test of knowledge, esp. a brief, informal written or oral test given to students. Nowadays it’s usually presented through the use of ICT |
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