Getting the fish to see the water: an investigation into students’ perceptions of learning writing skills in academic modules and in a final year real client legal clinic module

In 2010 Tonya Kowalski described the problems faced by students entering clinic for the first time as a one step backward, two step forward phenomenon. Students appeared initially unable to transfer skills and knowledge learned in earlier academic and other settings to clinic but once they were immersed in clinic their skills development improved rapidly. Clinic is often presented as a “bridge to practice” and delivered as the capstone to more traditional elements of an undergraduate degree. However, even with an integrated approach like that at Northumbria Law School, a seamless transition to the skills required for clinic is challenging and gives rise to a constant review of how best to prepare students. Our research focused on legal writing and used focus groups to find out how students participating in the year four clinic at Northumbria University perceived and adapted their previous experiences of writing for use in the clinical context. It identifies strategies which should be considered for integration into non-clinical modules and in the clinical module itself to facilitate this transition from academic orientated writing to practice orientated writing.     

学习现代礼仪,塑造完美自我--现代礼仪课程教学改革思考

文秘专业现代礼仪课程设置的意义:塑形、塑行、塑性、塑心;我校课现状:基本课程稳定,引进竞争机制,举办礼仪大赛,硬件不足,软件有缺陷,管理不到位.应增强人文教育,全面提高学生素质;强化教学秩序,创造良好的校园礼仪环境.     

高职院校人才培养特色建设

高职院校的人才培养特色主要表现在三个方面：培养目标具有鲜明的应用性,教学过程突出实践性,专业和课程设置具有适应经济社会需求的针对性和灵活性。产学合作教育、“双证书”教育和实践教学是高职院校人才培养特色建设的主要内容。     

对新形势下提高工会干部"三大能力"的思考

新形势下工会干部必须提高学习、实践、创新的能力.学习能力是对工会干部的基本要求;实践能力是工会干部的基本功;创新能力是对工会干部的最好检验.     

HOFSTRA'S FAMILY LAW WITH SKILLS COURSE: IMPLEMENTING FLER (THE FAMILY LAW EDUCATION REFORM PROJECT)

The Family Law Education Reform Project (FLER) Final Report documented that the current doctrinally oriented family law curriculum at most law schools does not adequately prepare students for modern family law practice. FLER recommended that law school courses move from the study of cases to the study of the legal system's effect on families, and integrate the study of alternative dispute resolution and interdisciplinary knowledge. In response, Hofstra Law School has made a comprehensive attempt to implement FLER's curricular recommendations. This article discusses one major innovation – the Family Law with Skills course. Family Law with Skills is the basic course in Hofstra's revised curriculum and is designed to integrate doctrinal teaching with professional skills development. In addition to studying legal doctrine, students are required to engage in structured field observation of family court proceedings; interviewing, counseling, negotiation, and mediation representation exercises in a divorce dispute; direct and cross examination of a social worker in a child protection dispute; and drafting of a surrogacy agreement. The article describes each exercise and discusses its rationale, student reaction to the course, and lessons learned.     

A BETTER BEGINNING: FAMILY LAW IN THE FIRST YEAR OF LAW SCHOOL

The American Bar Association's Section of Legal Education and Admission to the Bar's Standards Review Committee has focused law schools' efforts to modify their curriculum with an appeal to focus on outcomes and assessments. A cornerstone of the outcomes and assessments discussion is skills training. The committee's call for more skills training has prompted family law faculty to consider innovative methods to bring that training into substantive courses or to bring the substantive curriculum into a skills course. This essay discusses how law faculty are incorporating family law doctrines into first‐year legal research and writing courses.     

略论警务技战术训练之意义

警务技战术训练是针对我国全面建设小康社会关键时期社会治安形势及其基层和一线公安机关警务实战行动的特点,以提高公安民警保护人民、惩治和制止犯罪、维护社会治安稳定的能力为主要目的,以依法妥善处置各种突发性紧急情况时的基本处理手段、程序和方法为重点内容的训练。强化警务技战术训练对提高公安机关的实战能力、完善训练制度、提高训练效果、改善训练条件、减少不必要的伤亡有着重要意义,是培养应用型和实战型警务人才的必备环节。     

《实用推销技巧》课考试改革探索

推销技巧课是一门实用性很强的课程。在考试方式上要将一次性结课考试同平时多次训练测试相结合,将笔试形式同口试形式相结合,将学习到的知识点同职业技能相结合,将封闭的课堂考试同动态的开放考试相结合。     

识别和应对谎言措施研究

讯问对象说谎时总是会出现心理上的障碍,并通过他的口头语言和身体语言信号表现出来。讯问人员要能够识别这些信号,并运用一定的讯问技巧来揭露和应对讯问对象的谎言。识别和应对谎言是讯问人员的必备技能,要通过讯问实践的不断地培养和训练才能具备。     

我院新生英语现状分析与教学对策

笔者以2009级新生两个专业、83名学生作为教学对象,通过问卷调查等形式,对学生的英语基础知识水平等情况作了充分的了解,制订出教学对策,并在教学实践中着重培养学生自主学习能力,收到初步成效。