Skills

2

PLT Competencies

3

PLT Professional Skills

4

PLT Lawyers’ Skills

5

PLT Problem Solving Skills

6

PLT Work Management & Business Skills

7

TLOs

8

TLOs – ‘Skills’X-reference to type - proportions

THINKING

COMMUNICATION

RESEARCH

SELF-MANAGEMENT

PROFESSIONAL

PRACTICE

COLLABORATION

HIGH ORDER

PROFESSIONALPROBLEM

SOLVINGADVOCACY

9

10

11

PLT & TLOs

Skills Assessment

Some Conceptual ToolsKristoffer Greaves

Assessment DesignGlobal Objectives

What the Subject is About

Learning Goals

Competency Standards

Assessment DesignInstructional Objectives

Performance: • What learner is expected to Do

Conditions: • Conditions for Performance

Criterion: • What constitutes Satisfactory Performance

Assessment Design Teaching/Learning Objectives

Be Specific

Subject – Verb - Object

“The graduate

will produce

a negotiation plan”

RetrievalLevel 1

Recognise

Validate correct statements

about features of information

Recall

Produce features of information

Execute

Perform a procedure

without significant error

ComprehensionLevel 2

Integrate

Identify basic structure of information, mental

procedure or psychomotor procedure

Symbolise

Construct an accurate symbolic representation of information, mental

procedure or psychomotor procedure

AnalysisLevel 3

Match

Identify important

similarities & differences

Classify

Identify superordinate

and subordinate categories

Analyse Errors

Identify errors

Generalise

Construct new generalisations

Specify

Identify logical consequences

Knowledge UtilisationLevel 4

Decision Making

Use information

and procedures to

make decisions

Problem Solving

Use information or procedures to

solve problems

Experimenting

Use information or procedures to generate and

test hypotheses

Investigating

Use information or procedures to

conduct investigations

Meta-CognitionLevel 5

Specifying Goals

Establish a goal relative to

information and procedures

Process Monitoring

Monitor own progress toward accomplishment

of a specific goal

Monitoring Clarity

Determine extent of own clarity about

information and procedures

Monitoring Accuracy

Determine extent of own

accuracy about information and

procedures

Self-SystemLevel 6

Examine Importance

Identify importance of information & procedures

to self & underlying reasons

Examine Efficacy

Identify own beliefs about ability to improve

competence/understanding & underlying reasons

Examine Emotional Response

Identify own emotional responses to information & procedures & underlying

reasons

Examine Motivation

Identify own overall motivation to improve

competence / understanding &

underlying reasons

Global Objective Descriptor - Property law Practice

From Competency Standards for Entry-Level Lawyers 2002:

‘An entry level lawyer should be able to convey, lease and mortgage real property. The lawyer should also be able to provide general advice on standard matters arising under legislation relating to land use in that State or Territory.’

Instructional ObjectiveElement - Property Practice – Passing Title

• The lawyer [Subject]• has competently [Criterion]• identified [Verb]• the nature of the interest being dealt with

[Object]• properly [Criterion]• having regard to the applicable title system

[Condition]

T/L Objective - the Student Will:• the purpose of the transfer of land

documentEXPLAIN

• any defect in the documentIDENTIFY

• any applicable time limitsSTATE

• the validity of execution of the documentASSESS

• appropriately in accepting or rejecting the documentACT