Didactic Materials and Legal Research Design Instruction: Some Experience-Based Insights

Abstract

This article offers some insight learned from creating didactic materials to guide students during the formulation of their research proposals in order to graduate as Law majors. To conduct this study, a literature review was carried out along with a questionnaire to students who used the materials. This article analyses research design learning and whether didactic materials contribute to this process. Additionally, it includes a description of the materials, its characteristics, and structure. Based on the students’ responses, the material was perceived positively in terms of content, didactic progression, and capacity to promote autonomous learning. It can be concluded that the materials under study adjust to basic requirements found in the literature, which contributes to interpreting the meaning of key concepts from the field and clarifying procedural aspects behind the rationale of the development of design components.