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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
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    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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