W100 Tutorial 1

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Agenda1. Welcome, introductions and housekeeping2. Aims and objectives of the tutorial:

– To enable students on W100 to share ideas and experiences of the course so far

– To provide provide further information on how to study and the skills needed in W100

– To provide further information and support in relation to how to study on W100

3. Overview of W1004. Units 1 and 25. Q&A

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Supporting your learning

What do you think the role of a tutor is?

What do you think the role of a student is?

Supporting your learning

Tutor’s role

• Support student’s learning and participation in the module

• Deliver tutorials• Mark assignments and

provide feedback• Consider requests for

extensions (not required to grant them)

Student’s role

• Participate in the module• Attend tutorials (optional)• Submit assignments on time

(compulsory)• Provide feedback to tutors

(e.g. through evaluations)• Enjoy it

What other sources of support are there?

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What other sources of support are there?StudentHome and other parts of the OU website (see resources section later)

Other students

Family and friends

(A note of further resources is provided at the end of the presentation)

Overview of W100Block 1 Rules and rule making

Block 2 Legal personality

Block 3 Enforcing rules

Block 4 Adjudication

Block 5 Sanctions

Block 6 Rights

Block 7 Justice

W100 DeadlineseTMA number Weighting Cut-off date (noon each day)

TMA 01 OCAS 10% 21st November 2013

TMA 02 OCAS 20% 19th December 2013

TMA 03 OCAS 20% 13th February 2014

TMA 04 OCAS 25% 13th March 2014

TMA 05 OCAS 25% 10th April 2014

EMA 100% OES 29th May 2014

OCAS – Overall Continuous Assessment ScoreOES – Overall Examinable Component Score

Skills

What skills is Tom using?

Tom is making a cake. He has not made this particular one before so he is unsure whether he needs to add the ingredients in a particular order to be successful.

How would Tom find out what he needs to do?

How would Tom find out what he needs to do?Framing the problem (if he thinks about what he needs to know)Identifying relevant information (if he looks at other sources of information)Reading skills (if he goes on line or uses a book) Verbal communication skills (if he phones a friend)Writing skills (if he makes notes)

What skills is Aisha using?

Aisha is a trainee solicitor. She is asked to research a point of law. She uses the firm’s library and on-line systems to find cases, commentary and text books on the subject. She reviews these and makes a note of the relevant issues. She then writes a report for her Department Head on the subject.

Skills Aisha is using

Identifing relevant information using the sources availableNote taking skills / writing skills (writing for herself)Reporting writing (writing for others).

What skills has Anna used so far?Anna is writing her first assignment for her OU course. She has the module materials including the Assessment Guide and her tutor’s e-mail address. She carefully reads the question set and all the guidance and makes notes of the issues that arise from the question. She then quickly scans the relevant units to find sections that relate to the question. She reads these carefully, noting down in her own words the information she needs. She doesn’t understand one point so she e-mails her tutor and receives an explanation that clarifies the point.

Skills Anna has used

Framing the problem by carefully reading and understanding the question.Notetaking and writing skills (writing for herself) Reading skillsIdentifying relevant informationWriting skills (writes for others - when she e-mails her tutor)

Cognitive skills Define & use legal terms Understand context Identify, interpret &

evaluate evidence Distinguish persuasive /

binding material

Communication skills Read & organise information Use legal sources Take notes Develop an argument Communicate effectively

Practical and professional skills Understand legal debates Understand role of case law

& statute Deal with conflicting

information Frame & address problems Reference appropriately

Learning how to learn Analyse & plan tasks Reflect on progress Learn from feedback Identify ways to improve Use tutor and OU support

Numeracy skills Understand info from a graph,

table, pie or bar chart

Study habits

Study Habits

Preparation and good study habits play a vital role in effective study.

Time management is critical

Is this your first OU course?

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Study Habits

If you studied previously, can you type in the text box or use the microphone to give any tips or suggestions you have learned from your studies.

Time management tips

Use the W100 study planner to plan your study

Put the assignments dates in your diary

Plan when you will study- make a study diary: see Introduction to W100 booklet

Studying requires quite a time commitment- if you are organised at the start of the course it will help you keep on top of your studies

What is your study plan?

In the text box or using the microphone can you say when you plan to study.

Active learning

Active learning

What I do- I understand!In order to learn from the materials you need to ‘do’ something- so underline/highlight the materials as you read- make notes in the margin

Do the activities in the materials

Ask your own questions

Make summaries- use notes, diagrams, mind maps to show how ideas link

Note taking

Developing good note-taking habits is an essential skill.

Always write your notes in your own words.

Write down where the ideas in your notes have come from- block/ reader/page nos

Keep your notes short- don’t try to re-write the block!! Make sure you can read your notes!

Different types of notes

Text-based notes: writing notes in your course books, creating tables with notes in, creating summary cards.

Visual notes: drawing mind maps, systems maps, line diagrams or using highlighters and coloured stickies to colour-code existing notes.

Audio notes: using a computer or digital recorder to create audio that you can listen to later on.

What style of note taking suits you?

In the text box or using the microphone can you explain what types of notes you are making?

RULES

What is a rule?

Rules provide guidance as to the way in which we should or should not behave- although it seems straightforward ‘what is a rule’ can be a complex question.

Is this a rule? A Judge will decide the sentence if the defendant is found guilty of the crime.

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Answer

Yes this is a rule of law, Judges are given the power to sentence if a person is convicted of a criminal offence.

Is this a rule? You must always tell the truthGreen tick for yesRed cross for no

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This is more complicated, the statement has qualities of a rule. Is it best characterised as a statement of moral value or principle?

This example illustrates that there is room for disagreement about what properly can be said to be a rule.

A definition of a rule How to Do Things with Rules- Twining and Miers published 1999

A rule is a normative or prescriptive, that is to say it is concerned with ought (not), may (not) or can (not), in relation to behaviour, rather than with a factual description of behaviour.

A rule is general in that it is concerned with types of behaviour in types of situation or circumstances; a prescription governing a unique event is not a rule.

Rules both guide and serve as standards for behaviour, that is to say activities, acts or omissions. In the present context we are concerned solely with human behaviour.

Rules provide one kind of justifying reason for decision or action.

Different categories of rules

Jimmy Bright is 18 and a student at Ivel College. On the first day of the new term, Jimmy wakes up early. He turns on the radio at full volume and wakes up all the neighbours. He leaves his cereal bowl and mug on the kitchen table instead of washing it up as requested by his Mum on numerous occasions.

Jimmy is late for the first lecture and disrupts the class when he answers his mobile phone and puts his feet on the table. At the end of the lecture his tutor says that Jimmy will be receiving a formal warning note if he is late again.

Rules

Rules can be categorised:• Social • Custom/value • Formal rules

Let’s think about the rules Jimmy has infringed!Turning up the radio too loudly is that:A- Social B- Custom/value C- Formal rule

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What does Jimmy do?

The noisy radio – There is likely to be a social rule within the household/neighbourhood that one’s activities should not unduly bother others. There are also formal legal rules which control excessive noise and if it is persistent, legal sanctions can be imposed.

He leaves his cereal bowl and mug out A- Social B- Custom/value C- Formal rule

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Jimmy’s behaviour

Cereal bowl and mug – this is a social rule operating within the household, imposed to help the household run more effectively and so is of mutual benefit to allJimmy’s behaviour in the lecture theatre? A- Social B- Custom/value C- Formal rule

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Jimmy’s behaviour

Jimmy has the role as a student at Ivel College and is therefore subject to its internal rules.

He should not have been late, nor answered his mobile phone or put his feet on the table. These rules are designed to benefit the individual student and the whole college community.

The College is likely to have internal sanctions which can be imposed for breach and Jimmy has been told he will receive a formal warning if he is late again.

FORMAL RULES

Formal Rules

Formal rules are contained with Acts of Parliament (statutes) - e.g. Theft Act 1968

As part of W100 you will reading, interpreting and applying formal rules.

Let’s think about how we read statutes…..

Reading statute law

1. Read legislation slowly and carefully – each word is there for a reason.

2. Watch out for the structure 3. Defined Words4. Connectors

Structure of legislation

Defined words

Connectors

Applying rules

How do we apply formal rules?

The next activity considers the offence of burglary.

We need to work out what the elements of the offence are before we apply it to the facts.

Burglary

The offence of burglary in section 9 of the Theft Act 1968 encompasses entering a building as a trespasser in order to steal the possessions of another person. The precise wording of this legal rule or law is set out as follows

A person is guilty of burglary if –(1) (a) he enters any building or part of a building as a trespasser and with intent to commit any such offence as is mentioned in subsection (2) below;…….(2) The offences referred to in subsection (1) (a) above are offences of stealing anything in the building or part of a building in question……………

Applying rules

Thinking about the definition can you write in the text box or use the microphone to explain what are the elements of the offence of burglary are.

Burglary

A person is guilty of burglary if –(1) (a) he enters any building or part of a building as a trespasser and with intent to commit any such offence as is mentioned in subsection (2) below;…….(2) The offences referred to in subsection (1) (a) above are offences of stealing anything in the building or part of a building in question……………

Has burglary been committed? (1)

Bob enters Miriam’s caravan at the Glastonbury Festival and takes her iPad.

A person is guilty of burglary if –(1) (a) he enters any building or part of a building as a trespasser and with intent to commit any such offence as is mentioned in subsection (2) below;…….(2) The offences referred to in subsection (1) (a) above are offences of stealing anything in the building or part of a building in question……………

Did Bob commit burglary?

Was Bob a trespasser?

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Did Bob commit burglary?

That is an interesting question!

Is the caravan a ‘building’?• How do you define ‘building’• Think about the different approaches to interpretation

Section 9(3) Theft Act 1968 provides that reference to a ‘building’ in this context shall apply also to an inhabited vehicle or vessel, and shall apply to such vehicle or vessel when the person who inhabits them is not there. Does this change your answer?

Has burglary been committed? (2)

Fred the band master leaves his trombone in the ornate open-sided Victorian park bandstand when the town band goes for a tea break. Ruth decides to take it home for her son.

A person is guilty of burglary if –(1) (a) he enters any building or part of a building as a trespasser and with intent to commit any such offence as is mentioned in subsection (2) below;…….(2) The offences referred to in subsection (1) (a) above are offences of stealing anything in the building or part of a building in question……………

Did Ruth commit burglary?

Was Ruth a trespasser? • Is the bandstand a ‘building’?• How do you define ‘building’

In the text box or using the microphone can you say whether you think the bandstand is or is not a building and why?

Has burglary been committed?

Whilst standing in the flower bed, Ted dangles the line of his fishing rod through an open window at Ismal’s house and hooks a diamond ring off the table.

A person is guilty of burglary if –(1) (a) he enters any building or part of a building as a trespasser and with intent to commit any such offence as is mentioned in subsection (2) below;…….(2) The offences referred to in subsection (1) (a) above are offences of stealing anything in the building or part of a building in question……………

Did Ted commit burglary?

Was Ted a trespasser?• Did he ‘enter’ a building • How do you define ‘enter’?

Is Ismal’s house a building?

In the text box or using the microphone can you say whether or not you think Ted committed burglary and your reasons why?

Review What have we discussed in this tutorial?• The sources of support- the next slide sets out

some useful resources.• We have thought about skills and what skills

we will be using in W100.• Study habits- hopefully you have picked up

some tips to help you in your studies.• Rules- we have thought about what is a rule

and the different types of rules

Useful resourcesCore skills http://www.open.ac.uk/skillsforstudy/core-skills.phpWriting assignments http://www.open.ac.uk/skillsforstudy/assignments.phpComputing http://www.open.ac.uk/skillsforstudy/computing-skills.phpW100 websitehttp://learn2.open.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=201573 Developing Good Academic Practicehttp://learn1.open.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=100043

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