The TaBLE method – handling teaching challenges of teamwork, case teaching and student engagement in Law classrooms

Law teachers frequently encounter familiar challenges in the classroom: students who arrive unprepared, resist collaborative work, or remain silent in response to questions. In the context of generative AI, many educators are also grappling with how to evaluate genuine learning without relying on individual oral assessments for every student.

This workshop introduces the Team-Based Learning and Evaluation (TaBLE) Case Method, an evidence-informed pedagogical approach that integrates collaborative learning with case-based/Scenario analysis instruction. TaBLE enhances students’ motivation to prepare, attend, and participate; fosters individual accountability within group settings; and cultivates higher-order skills such as critical reasoning, argumentation, and creative problem-solving.

Participants will explore how the method can be adapted to diverse forms of legal instruction — from traditional case law analysis to media-based or contemporary problem scenarios — to strengthen engagement and make the connection between theory and legal practice more explicit.

Speaker Bio

Sandra Pereira (Sandra.pereira@wbs.ac.uk) is Reader at Warwick Business School, United Kingdom. Her research is focused on the institutional field, exploring concepts of micro-institutionalisation, custodianship, and logics. Sandra’s research has mainly been conducted in the contexts of management consultancy interventions, and, more recently, on universities. In the latter context, she is particularly interested in how extreme events, such as the pandemic, impact the teaching and learning experience, at several levels. She has also conducted research on pedagogical issues, such as teaching large audiences and the TaBLE case study method. Sandra is currently editing a Special Issue for the Journal of Management Education on Management Education in Africa. Her contributions and outcomes of her research have been published in journals such as the Academy of Management Learning and Education, British Journal of Management, Journal of Business Ethics and the Journal of Management Education.

Speaker: Sandra Pereira
Date: 03/12/2025
Time: TBA
Venue: Hybrid (S2.04/Online)