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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.
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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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