Legal Education Research Conference 2023
Situated Learning: Climate Change, First Nations Recognition, Generative AI #LERC2023
The field of legal education is evolving, and a significant shift has taken place towards more experiential and practical learning approaches. Situated learning, a powerful pedagogical framework, emphasizes the importance of context and authentic experiences in fostering deep understanding and skill development. It is critical for legal educators and researchers to explore the theory, practice, and implications of situated learning in legal education to enhance the effectiveness of teaching and learning methods.
Did the above paragraph read uncannily and banally at the same time? Like something was simultaneously strictly accurate and somewhat lacking? That is because it was provided to us by none other than ChatGPT, the bane of old fashioned legal educators the world over and the siren for pedagogical innovators and tech evangelists with core competencies in their sights. Hold that thought for a while…
This year we want to address the theme of situated learning. (This is really us, the conference collective, speaking now – can you tell?) But we want to do so in two senses. First, we invite individual papers, organised panels and roundtables on the theme of situated learning in legal education along the lines so helpfully laid out by our digital amanuensis, above.