What Difference Does Difference Make? The Challenge for Legal Education

What Difference Does Difference Make? The Challenge for Legal Education

Reports a study of students' class participation in eight law schools, focusing on the language and dynamics of classroom interaction of a culturally diverse student population. Results indicate that race and gender have an effect on student inclusion in law school classes, but patterning is co...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of legal education 1998-03, Vol.48 (1), p.1-87
Hauptverfasser: Mertz, Elizabeth, Njogu, Wamucii, Gooding, Susan
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Classroom Communication
Classroom Environment
Classroom interaction
Comparative Analysis
Cultural Pluralism
Discourse Analysis
Diversity (Student)
Educational Trends
Elites
Group Dynamics
Higher Education
Language Patterns
Language Usage
Law schools
Law Students
Legal education
Legal Education (Professions)
Men
Minority group students
Minority Groups
Professional Education
Racial Differences
Racial Relations
Sex Differences
Social Integration
Student Adjustment
Student Participation
Teachers
Trend Analysis
Volunteerism
White people
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Zusammenfassung:Reports a study of students' class participation in eight law schools, focusing on the language and dynamics of classroom interaction of a culturally diverse student population. Results indicate that race and gender have an effect on student inclusion in law school classes, but patterning is complex and involves the interaction of other factors in discourse style, including classroom culture. (MSE)
ISSN:0022-2208