Engaging Local School Stakeholders with Common Law Concepts and Values Through Experiential Learning
The proposed project is expected to impact local school stakeholders, including but not limited to teachers and parents, with a deeper understanding of general common law concepts. It is also expected to impact them with a greater appreciation of specific common law values like justice and equality for attaining social inclusion in the local school setting.
Due to COVID-19, the face to face sharing sessions, which were proposed to be held in early 2020, have been postponed by the partnering schools in addressing the preventive measures and guidelines issued by Education Bureau to prevent the spread of virus for the safety of teachers and students. As the infection rate has decreased and e-learning has become popular, we propose to host the sharing sessions in online format in late 2020/ early 2021 and further re-design teaching materials to increase the experiential learning element and the learning outcomes of local school stakeholders.
We will deliver common law concepts in the form of videos and interactive lecture with discussion to increase the awareness of local school stakeholders on legal values and concepts including negligence and discrimination with current issues, especially COVID-19. We aim to enhance the degree of legal values and legal awareness of local teachers, especially on issues related to tort law and discrimination.
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Deliverables
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Sessions of law videos and sharing by lawyers and/or other legal professionals for local school stakeholders, including but not limited to teachers.
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An online legal guide (in the form of Youtube videos) will be developed for illustrating common law concepts and values.
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An online discussion platform such as a public Facebook group or a webpage will also be constructed to facilitate the dissemination of common law concepts and values among local school stakeholders relevant to the legal issues encountered in the school setting.
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Conference paper(s)/journal article(s) on impact of common law education on local school stakeholders through experiential learning.
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