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EDUCATION 488-4
SPECIAL TOPICS: LAW IN THE CURRICULUM
Summer Session
Instructor: Wanda Cassidy
July 3-August 7, 1985
Phone:
291-4484/3395
Mon. & Wed., 1:00-4:50 p.m.
Location:
On Campus
"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)
Law-related topics, concepts and skills can be found in the elementary and secondary
school curriculum in B.C. in subjects such as Language Arts, Social Studies, English,
Consumer Education and, of course, Law 11. Teachers also teach legal concepts
through the informal curriculum - the way classrooms are managed, conflict is
resolved and student participation is sought.
Education 488-4,"Law in the Curriculum" 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 is suited to both elementary and secondary
school teachers and those experienced and inexperienced in teaching law.
Tooics 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 and participants will have the opportunity
to work with a group of school children.
Requirements:
Simulation and mock trial participation. Development of a
short curriculum unit on law. A couple of short, written
assignments related to class topics. Readings and attendance.
Materials:
A source book of readings will be made available at a cost
of $20.00.
Eligibility:
Educ. 401/2 or the equivalent of a first teaching practicum
or permission from the instructor.
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