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    EDUCATION 488-4
    ECIAL TOPICS: LAW IN THE CURRICULUM
    "Just as we recognize that every student
    has a right to read, so we should
    recognize that every student has a
    right to be 'legally literate', to
    possess that minimum amount of
    information needed by citizens to
    understand how their legal system
    works and how it can work for them."
    (D. Schimmel)
    SPRING, 1985
    Instructor: Wanda Cassidy
    Wednesdays
    Phone:
    291-4484
    4:30 - 8:20 p.m.
    Location:
    TO BE ANNOUNCED
    Research shows that teachers are just as interested in teaching law as students are in
    learning it. In B.C. schools, law is evident in the elementary school curriculum as
    well as in secondary courses, including Social Studies, English, Consumer Education,
    Law 11 and Business Education electives.
    Education 488-4 is a methodology course. Its purpose is to provide teachers and
    prospective teachers with an overview of law's relationship and importance to the
    curriculum and to provide the opportunity for educators to examine and participate
    in a wide variety of strategies useful for teaching legal topics and concepts
    in
    the
    classroom. The course will be flexible so as to accommodate the needs of elementary
    and secondary school teachers and those experienced and inexperienced in teaching law.
    ToDics will include:
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    justification for teaching law in the schools
    law and the curriculum, formal and informal
    unit development in law
    basic skills of legal research
    classroom strategies such as: mock
    case law method, debate, use of a-v
    community resources
    materials review and development
    evaluation in law-related education
    trials, simulations,
    concept presentation
    The occasional field trip will also occur.
    Requirements:
    Short paper on justification for teaching law. Development
    of a short curriculum unit in law. Participation in group
    activities and presentations. Weekly readings and attendance.
    Materials:
    A source book of readings will be made available at minimal
    cost.
    Eligibility:
    Educ. 401/2 or the equivalent of a first teaching practicum
    or permission from the instructor.

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