Journal article
Assessing Reflection Skills in Law Using Criterion-Referenced Assessment
Legal Education Review, Vol.19(1-2), pp.171-188
2009
Abstract
Reflective practice is an important skill for law students to develop because it will assist them to become independent, lifelong learners and also to cope with the stressors of professional practice. Despite this, law academics may be deterred from embedding and summatively assessing reflective practice because of its perceived subjectivity. This article tackles the challenges of assessing reflective practice by gaining a greater insight into the construct of reflection and its benefits in a legal context. It will propose a criterion-referenced assessment rubric for reflective practice that is grounded in the literature and which assesses reflective practice in a manner similar to critical thinking.
Details
- Title
- Assessing Reflection Skills in Law Using Criterion-Referenced Assessment
- Authors
- Kelley Burton (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyJudith McNamara (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
- Publication details
- Legal Education Review, Vol.19(1-2), pp.171-188
- Publisher
- Australasian Law Teachers Association
- Date published
- 2009
- DOI
- 10.53300/001c.6221
- ISSN
- 1033-2839
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2009 The Author. Reproduced here with permission.
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society; Sexual Violence Research and Prevention Unit; School of Law and Criminology - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449127502621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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