Tag: Brook K Baker

Brook K Baker, “Learning to Fish, Fishing to Learn: Guided Participation in the Interpersonal Ecology of Practice”

May 18, 2024

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Meris Bray

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This article argues that an ecological learning theory should be applied to legal clinics. Ecological learning theory emphasizes the value of meaningful co-participation in tasks, mutual respect from supervisors and peers, and responsiveness from the larger social environment. Ecological learning theory suggests that students can be relatively independent and self-directed learners. Supervisors do not have…