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Autor/in | Guneratne, Camena |
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Titel | Teaching Law Through Distance: The Sri Lankan Experience. |
Quelle | (1992), (11 Seiten)
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Monographie |
Schlagwörter | Curriculum Design; Distance Education; Educational History; Evaluation Methods; External Degree Programs; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Law Schools; Law Students; Legal Education (Professions); Open Universities; Program Design; Teaching Methods; Sri Lanka Lehrplangestaltung; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Juristischer Beruf; Offene Universität; Programme design; Programmaufbau; Programmplanung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Ceylon |
Abstract | This paper describes distance legal education as conducted by the Open University of Sri Lanka. The paper opens with a description of legal education in Sri Lanka which began in the period of British colonial rule. Also described are more recent efforts to make legal education available to a larger segment of the population culminating in the degree program in law at the Open University which was established along with a continuing legal education program and legal literacy programs for the general public. The content of the 4-year degree program is described noting its use of a broad based and comparative approach towards the subject matter. A section on the teaching method utilized considers a schedule of 20 hours of face-to-face teaching and discussion for each course, course materials, and audio cassettes of lectures on various topics. Also described are the evaluation methods of continuous assessment based on a take home assignment, an open book exam during the middle of the year, and a final closed book exam. Practical training in a legal aid and a mediation project are also covered. Concluding sections offer reflection on problems and perspectives. An appendix lists the courses for each of the four years of study. (JB) |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |