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‘A MUTUAL CONFRONTATION OF STRUCTURE AND ACCIDENT’
A FRAMEWORK FOR RESEARCHING HOW LAWYER-MENTORS ENGAGE WITH SCHOLARSHIP OF TEACHING
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Kristoffer GreavesAustralian LawyerPLT Practitioner
PhD Candidate – Deakin UniversitySchool of Education
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Purpose of Legal Profession Acts
Protect Clients
Protect Administration of
Justice
Assure Quality of Legal Services
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• PLT practitioners are lawyers• Lawyers are officers of the court• Paramount duty• Applies to PLT work?• Would SoTL support this work?
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2012
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Guiding Questions for PLT Practitioners
Motivation to engage with SoTL?
Capacity to engage?
Employer symbolic support?
Employer allocation of resources?
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New SoTL Knowledge Enters…?
Practice is
Pedagogy
Pedagogy is
Practice
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Dynamic dialogue with the materials and means of execution
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Data: Texts + People
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Theory Alert!!!
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“I’ve no time for learning theory – give me the elevator pitch”
Anon
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Engaging with SoTL
• Support PLT practitioners• More than one way to engage with SoTL• Bricolage a flexible practice-friendly approach• Prospects for improved satisfaction and
quality
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