International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Volume 4, Number 1, January 2010

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Research Article

Excerpt

Productive Horizontal Learning: A Study of Law Students' Engagement in Informal Peer Colloquia

This article presents findings from a qualitative case study of informal peer groups (colloquia) in a Law programme at a major Norwegian university. The research question focused on how students perceived and experienced participation in peer colloquia, and the learning potential of such groupings is discussed in light of the formal study programme. The data source is twofold: diaries written by 20 law students and focus group interviews. The findings are discussed from a socio-cultural...

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Bio

Arne Vines
University of Bergen
Bergen, Norway
arne.vines@iuh.uib.no

I am a Ph.D. candidate in educational research at the University of Bergen (Norway). I hold a position as lecturer at the Higher Education Research Unit, mainly engaged with academic staff development activities. My teaching and research interests include student learning, institutional learning designs, digital learning communities, sociocultural theory, and educational development of productive feedback and assessment cultures. The present article is part of my doctoral dissertation.
Website: http://www.uib.no/personer/Arne.Vines

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International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning is a publication of the Center for Excellence in Teaching at Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia, USA.