Experiential teaching: unleashing creativity in the classroom

Teaching Commons 3rd Annual Conference

Alexandra FlynnMay 2015

Mechanics: Constructing City Council

1. Selecting a case study2. Drawing up the scenario3. Creating roles 4. Role of the instructor5. Physical setting

De-brief

Resources

• Sean Darling-Hammond and Kristen Holmquist, Creating Wise Classrooms to Empower Diverse Law Students: Lessons in Pedagogy from Transformative Law Professor (2015) 25 Berkeley La Raza L.J. 1.

• Charles F. Petranek et al. Three Levels of Learning in Simulations: Participating, Debriefing and Journal Writing (1992) 23:2 J. of Simulation & Gaming 174.

• Caroline Strevens et al., Legal Education: Simulation in Theory & Practice (Emerging Legal Education, 2014).

Thank you!

Alexandra Flynn, Osgoode Hall Law Schoolaflynn@osgoode.yorku.ca