Finding the Middle Ground in Collection Development: How Academic Law Libraries Can Shape Their Collections in Response to the Call for More Practice-Oriented Legal Education

To examine how academic law libraries can respond to the call for more practice-oriented legal education, the authors compared trends in collection management decisions regarding secondary sources at academic and law firm libraries along with law firm librarians’ perceptions of law school legal research training of new associates

Barcoding and ILS Migration from Start to Finish: A Case Study

This practice-oriented article outlines one institution’s process of implementing both electronic checkout and a new integrated library system (ILS) for an academic library of 187,000 physical items. Special attention is given to the need for background research, administrative buy-in, and project management. Lessons learned and recommendations conclude the article

Practice-oriented controversies and borrowed epistemic credibility in current evolutionary biology: phylogeography as a case study

Although there is increasing recognition that theory and practice in science are intimately intertwined, philosophy of science perspectives on scientific controversies have been historically focused on theory rather than practice. As a step in the construction of frameworks for understanding controversies linked to scientific practices, here we introduce the notion of borrowed epistemic credibility (BEC), to describe the situation in which scientists, in order to garner support for their own stances, exploit similarities between tenets in their own field and accepted statements or positions properly developed within other areas of expertise. We illustrate the scope of application of our proposal with the analysis of a heavily methods-grounded, recent controversy in phylogeography, a biological subdiscipline concerned with the study of the historical causes of biogeographical variation through population genetics- and phylogenetics-based computer analyses of diversity in DNA sequences, both within species and between closely related taxa. Toward this end, we briefly summarize the arguments proposed by selected authors representing each side of the controversy: the ‘nested clade analysis’ school versus the ‘statistical phylogeography’ orientation. We claim that whereas both phylogeographic ‘research styles’ borrow epistemic credibility from sources such as formal logic, the familiarity of results from other scientific areas, the authority of prominent scientists, or the presumed superiority of quantitative vs. verbal reasoning, ‘theory’ plays essentially no role as a foundation of the controversy. Besides underscoring the importance of strictly methodological and other non-theoretical aspects of controversies in current evolutionary biology, our analysis suggests a perspective with potential usefulness for the re-examination of more general philosophy of biology issues, such as the nature of historical inference, rationality, justification, and objectivity

Liberty University\u27s Lawyering Skills Program: Integrating Legal Theory in a Practice-Oriented Curriculum

Law schools are not preparing lawyers for the practice of law. While modern legal education may teach analytical reasoning, skills training continues to suffer. The lawyering skills program developed by the Liberty University School of Law addresses the need to train lawyers in the practice of law. When seeking to build a top quality law school, Liberty University took seriously the challenge to address the void in legal education, particularly with respect to lawyering skills. The foundational principles of law are infused into the legal curriculum and lawyering skills program. The required substantive law courses are structured to have a relationship with lawyering skills so that they mutually reinforce each other

Systematic case study research : a practice-oriented introduction to building an evidence base for counselling and psychotherapy

Background: Historically, clinical case studies have played a central role in counselling and psychotherapy training and practice, by allowing practitioners to learn about ideas and interventions being developed by colleagues. In recent years, the development of methods for systematic collection and analysis of case data has made it possible for case study research to begin to make a contribution to the evidence base for therapy policy and practice. Aim: This paper provides an overview of the characteristics of rigorous case study research, introduces a set of studies that exemplify these principles, and reviews the relevance of systematic case study inquiry for policy, practice and training. Conclusions: If case study research is to fulfil its potential as a source of research-based knowledge, it is essential for practitioners to publish more systematic case studies that document the range and scope of everyday therapeutic practice. It is also necessary to carry out further research into a variety of methodological issues associated with single-case inquiry, as a means of further developing this approach to practice-based research

Computer-supported laboratory for production-oriented electrotechnical systems

At the electrical engineering department of the K.U.Leuven an education research project was started in October 1997. The target is to develop a powerful environment to teach students to solve practice-oriented problems as they will encounter them in industry furtheron in their career. In order to give a wide use to the developed environment, a close collaboration has been established with three polytechnical engineering institutes. Self-dependence has to be stimulated by creating possibilities for real “hands-on experience”. Such an educational environment implicates time-problems, high investment costs and last but not least safety restrictions. The project contributes to the solution of these problems by using simulation- and softwareenvironments, without loosing the real hands-on feeling

Maximizing Institutional Archives with Limited Resources: A Case Study

This practice-oriented article shares how one small institution on a tight budget without a fulltime archivist leveraged existing resources (human, technological, and physical) to maximize 75 years of institutional archives for a recent milestone alumni reunion. Projects included drafting an institutional history, interviewing long-time members of the institution, organizing photos for display, and providing alumni with access to yearbooks. Special attention is given to the process of creating a 20-minute institutional history video, which premiered at an alumni banquet and was shared with other constituents electronically. There is also a focus on project management and collaborating with coworkers in other departments. Part-time archivists or those who are beginning archival management will gain an approach to tackling projects and creating professional results

Practice-oriented specialists training for the space industry. Estimating funds

В статье рассмотрены особенности организации практико-ориентированной подготовки для предприятий космической отрасли. Проведен анализ фондов оценочных средств, определяющих практико-ориентированную подготовку специалистов для космической отрасли российскими вузами. Приведены документы на уровне государственной политики, по которым ведется подготовка специалистов.The peculiarities of the practice-oriented training for the aerospace industry are shown. The analysis of the funds of assessment tools that determine practice-oriented training of specialists for the space industry of the Russian universities was done. The documents at the level of state policy, which are the base for the training, are discussed

The practice-oriented training of future elementary school teacher

В статті висвітлено деякі аспекти практико орієнтованої підготовки майбутнього вчителя початкової школи в процесі вивчення педагогічних дисциплін засобами проектної діяльності. Подано авторський досвід використання навчальних проектів, зокрема, з дисциплін «Основи педагогіки» та «Теорія і методика виховання». Розкрито особливості реалізації в освітньому процесі ВНЗ діяльнісного, особистісного, компетентнісного підходів.В статье освещены некоторые аспекты практико ориентированой подготовки будущего учителя начальной школы в процессе зучения педагогических дисциплин. Представлен авторской опыт использования учебных проектов, в частности, в дисциплинах «Основы педагогики» и «Теория и методика воспитания». Раскрывается специфика реализации в образовательном процессе ВУЗ деятельного, личностного, компетентносного подходов.This article highlights some aspects of practice-oriented training of future teacher of primary school teachers in the study of pedagogical subjects. The practice-oriented (raining of primary school teachers see as a system based on the fact that education is the result of a focused, organized, planned mastering a subject of future teachers, together elements of the system of objective human experience and social acceptance has on educational qualification of professional training. The purpose of the article is to highlight features of practice-oriented training of future teacher in primary school in teaching pedagogical subjects. While working on the article studied the issue of professional training of future elementary school teacher, raised in studies Ukrainian and foreign scientists. Outlined problem is considered in the context of active, personal, competency approaches. It was found that the practice-oriented training future teachers provided targeted sampling objective experience, learning in the process of training and formation of new educational quality. The article deals with the essential features of the project technology with regard to progress in stages. Method of projects consider due to the fact that it enables the implementation of effective practice-oriented training of future elementary school teacher. Posted author's experience in the use of educational projects, disciplines "Fundamental: of Education" and "Theory and Methods of Education. "Results of seeking ways practice oriented training students field of study "Primary education" for professional work in project technology have both scientific and practical significance. The essence of the algorithm and the implementation of technology projects in the practice of the educational process of higher education. The implementation of educational projects with pedagogical disciplines enables upload of future primary school teachers to practice. Especially a cost component of the project is the motivation of the individual which promotes spiritual and moral formation of future teachers