Category: Curriculum
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Stephen Billett, Mimetic Learning at Work: Learning in the Circumstances of Practice
This book examines mimesis and mimetic learning. Mimesis comprises the process of observation, imitation, and rehearsal, encompassing the innate and foundational bases for how humans construe and construct what they experience and how they act, particularly in relation to goal-directed behaviour. Mimesis involves the generation of representation of what is being observed and the process…
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Neil Hamilton, “Mentor/Coach: The Most Effective Curriculum to Foster Each Student’s Professional Development and Formation”
This article sets out principles of effective mentoring/ coaching, a model that includes the functions of both mentor and coach. Although this paper is directed toward mandated mentoring/ coaching of 1L students, there is value in considering these principles in the legal clinic context. Mentors must have proven legal skills and ownership over continuous professional…
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Riette du Plessis, “Clinical Legal Education Models: Recommended Assessment Regimes”
This article examines clinical legal education in South Africa and other countries, setting out both similarities and differences amongst approaches and, in particular, assessment regimes. Differences include required hours, supervision, required curriculum, classroom components and workshops, and assessment methods, including, but not limited to, written tests, short essay quizzes, multiple-choice quizzes, written assignments, oral examination,…