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Impact of the integration of undergraduate teaching assistants in the teaching of Law: a cuasiexperimental study

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Vol. 8 No. 1 (2021)
https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-5885.2021.57774
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Abstract

The increasing enrollment in higher education in Chile demands an institutional adaptation to the new learning characteristics of its students. This has challenged tertiary programs to renew their curricula, incorporate innovative teaching and learning strategies, and to evaluate the effectiveness of these new pedagogical proposals considering the characteristics of the new students. One of these strategies that adjust to these demands corresponds to peer learning supported by undergraduate learning assistants. This research aims at measuring the impact of the incorporation of an undergraduate learning assistant in a Philosophy course in the Law program at UC Temuco. To reach this goal, this course was divided into two sections taught by the same instruc- tor, using the same teaching methods and evaluation. The only difference corresponds to the assistant’s presence in one of the sections, whose role was to provide feedback in different learning activities. There were significant differences in grades between the experimental and control groups, which evidences the advantages of incorporating an assistant’s support in these types of courses.

Keywords:

Law teaching , active learning , peer learning , lawyer initial training , learning assistants

Author Biographies

Beatriz Antonieta Moya, Universidad Católica de Temuco

Beatriz Antonieta Moya. Pedagogical Advisor, Master in Teaching English as a Foreign Language, Centro de Desarrollo e Innovación de la Docencia, Universidad Católica de Temuco. 

E-mail: bmoya@uct.cl

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4692-7867

Felipe Quintano, Universidad de la Frontera

Felipe Quintano. Sociologist, Master in Psychology, Universidad Católica de Temuco. 

E-mail: fquintanomendez@gmail.com

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4955-1976

Alejandra Cid, Universidad Católica de Temuco

Alejandra Cid. Lawyer, Master's Degree in Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure from Universidad Mayor and Diploma in Methodology of Law Teaching from Universidad Católica de Temuco. Permanent Assistant Professor, Catholic University of Temuco. Director of the Bachelor's Degree in Law.

E-mail: acid@uct.cl

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8718-6826.

Patricia Schwerter, Universidad Católica de Temuco

Professor of the Department of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Universidad Católica de Temuco.

E-mail: pschwerter@uct.cl

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2224-4714

Alejandro Zúñiga, Universidad Católica de Temuco

Alejandro Zúñiga. Lawyer, Graduate in Legal Sciences, Postgraduate in Modern and Contemporary Philosophy, Academic of Law, Universidad Católica de Temuco.

E-mail: alejandro.zuniga@reemprendeconsultores.cl

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4683-1419

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Moya, B. A., Quintano, F., Cid, A., Schwerter, P., & Zúñiga, A. (2021). Impact of the integration of undergraduate teaching assistants in the teaching of Law: a cuasiexperimental study. Revista Pedagogía Universitaria Y Didáctica Del Derecho, 8(1), pp. 157–176. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-5885.2021.57774
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