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    Field trips as teaching tools in the law curriculum


    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

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    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
    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
    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: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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