Exploring Student Engagement in Construction Law Education

T McLernon

doi:10.1061/(ASCE)1943-4162(2009)1:2(80)

Exploring Student Engagement in Construction Law Education

T McLernon

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Abstract

Abstract: This paper reports on an analysis of study traits and approaches to learning of undergraduate and postgraduate students of construction law. It draws on a longitudinal study of construction law education and on reflections on educational practice in a UK university. This paper concentrates on student engagement with the study of construction law and presents two examples from practice of what works well and what does not work so well in terms of engaging students in the teaching and learning of construction law. Using some pedagogic theory, a rationale for improving the teaching, learning and assessment régime of construction law is proposed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	80-85
Journal	Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction
Volume	1
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)1943-4162(2009)1:2(80)
Publication status	Published (in print/issue) - May 2009

Bibliographical note

Reference text: McLernon, T. & Hughes, D., (2005) Roadworks on the Learning Highway: the UK Experience of Assessment, paper published in the Proceedings of the Annual Conference and Exposition of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), entitled ‘Exploring the World of Engineering Education’, 12th – 15th June 2005, Portland, Oregon, USA.

OECD (1996) Knowledge Based Economy, paper OCDE/GD(96)102 of the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development, Paris (1996) downloaded from http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/51/8/1913021.pdf May 2008.

Polanyi, M. (1966) The Tacit Dimension, Doubleday & Co., 1966, Reprinted Peter Smith, Gloucester, Massachusetts, 1983

Pratt, B. (2003) Active Learning in Higher Education, Vol 4, p. 111, Sage Publications, in his book review of Brown, S. and Glasner, A., (eds), (1999) Assessment Matters in Higher Education – Choosing and Using Diverse Approaches, Open University Press/SRHE.

Zack, M.H. (1999) Managing Codified Knowledge Sloan Management Review, Volume 40, Number 4, pp. 45-58

Keywords

Construction industry
Laws
United Kingdom
Engineering education
Students.

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