9. John Dewey E.L. Thorndike 1. Philosopher & educationalist Educational psychologist 2. Theoretician and practical implementer Theoretician & experimentalist 3. Interested in the arc between experience & the world Explored the dyadic relationship between mind & the world 4. Pragmatist approach to learning: prior experience, ways of contextual knowing Adopted as precursor of a behaviourist approach to learning: assessment-led; laws of effect, recency, repetition 5. Emphasised learning ecologies Emphasised teaching strategies 6. Followed by: Bruner, Kilpatrick, standards movement, Constructivist tradition Followed by: Watson, Skinner, Gagné, outcomes movement,
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38. the transforming initiative What are your ideas about how law should be learned, taught, assessed in the future? What are your practical suggestions, techniques, case-studies, examples of good practice, successful implementations, that might help to transform legal education? It might be a big initiative, it might be the merest change to classroom technique – it doesn’t matter. All ideas are welcome. www.transforming.org.uk