Higgins, Noelle and Dewhurst, Elaine and Watkins, Los
(2012)
Field trips as teaching tools in the law curriculum.
Research in Education, 88 (1).
pp. 102-106.
ISSN 0034-5237
Abstract
While field trips are often employed in primary and even second level education
as a pedagogical tool, aimed at exposing students to real life experiences,
such activities are not as popular at third level (Falk and Balling,
1982; Muse, Chiarelott and Davidman, 1982; Anderson and Zhang, 2003).
However, such experiential learning techniques can be invaluable to university
students by allowing them to engage more with the world around them
and to see a practical side to their area of study. Scarce indentifies field trips
as a form of ‘short-term experiential education’ and comments that ‘what
students learn and the way they learn it should be rooted in society and in
social experiences’ (Scarce, 1997, p. 219). He locates these activities in the
experiential learning framework, as espoused by educationalists such as
Dewey (1938) and DeMartini (1983). This short article contains an analysis
of academic literature on the use of field trips in third level education and
their potential value in the law curriculum. Law is a suitable subject to
explore through the use of such trips, as lecturers endeavour to illustrate
how the rules and principles propounded in legal instruments and cases
influence society and how, concomitantly, societal changes and opinions
influence the creation and development of law.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Keywords: |
Field Trips; Teaching Tools; Law Curriculum; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Social Sciences > Law |
| Item ID: |
11817 |
| Identification Number: |
https://doi.org/10.7227/RIE.88.1.10 |
| Depositing User: |
Noelle Higgins
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| Date Deposited: |
22 Nov 2019 14:40 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
Research in Education |
| Publisher: |
Manchester University Press |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
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| Use Licence: |
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