It is what we want students to learn, understand and be able to
apply as a result of instruction.
Not exact matches
The best professional learning for teachers helps them acquire, practice, and
apply new skills to better serve their students.2 But despite annual investments
of $ 18 billion by federal, state, and local agencies into professional learning for educators, many teachers still do not receive the kind
of professional learning that helps them grow and improve their practice.3 Less than one - quarter
of teachers say that they have changed their
instruction as a
result of professional learning, likely in part due to the lack
of a consistent professional learning strategy across states and school districts.4 Learning Forward, a nonprofit association dedicated to supporting professional learning for educators, contends that the current state
of professional learning is one
of «inertia.»
While the goals
of LA&W are similar to those
of legal writing classes taught at many schools — to teach students to understand, analyze, and
apply legal authority and to communicate the
results of that analysis in writing — the course also contains some components that are influenced by its Legal Methods roots,
as well
as some that may or may not be taught in a first - semester civil procedure class: a focus on judicial methods, an introduction to legal institutions and processes, and
instruction on the anatomy
of a civil law suit, the timeline
of a civil case, and the link between procedural and substantive law.30 The full set
of course goals was outlined in the 2000 Report and has remained unchanged: