Teach in Context: Responding to Diverse Student Voices Helps All Students Learn

Journal of Legal Education, Vol. 48, p. 402, Spring 1998

15 Pages Posted: 8 Jun 2008 Last revised: 10 Dec 2012

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Paula Lustbader

Seattle University School of Law

Abstract

This article uses quotes from interviews with diverse students as a spring board to discuss contextualized learning theory and teaching strategies to enhance student learning. Students must relate new information to their own experience; develop ideas about the new information; and articulate their understanding of it. In other words, to fully understand something, students must be able to relate to it, own it, and translate it. To help students do this, the article discusses and provides examples of three concrete teaching strategies: experiential learning exercises, writing exercises, and collaborative exercises.

Keywords: Diverse learners, diversity, legal education, principles of good teaching, law school, learning theory, teaching methods, teaching strategies

JEL Classification: I20, I21, K00, K19

Suggested Citation

Lustbader, Paula, Teach in Context: Responding to Diverse Student Voices Helps All Students Learn. Journal of Legal Education, Vol. 48, p. 402, Spring 1998, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1141958

Paula Lustbader (Contact Author)

Seattle University School of Law ( email )

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