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PROMOTING INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDY OF LAW BY FUTURE SOCIAL WORKERS THROUGH PEDAGOGICAL INNOVATIONS AND EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING: A LEGAL EDUCATION EXPERIMENT IN HONG KONG

Study of Law by Future Social Workers

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BACKGROUND

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INTERDISCIPLINARY LEARNING OF LAW AND SOCIAL WORK

Three Patterns of Interdisciplinary Learning:

  • Students from a discipline studying another discipline

  • Professionals and Professors from another discipline sharing their expertise, education, and knowledge base

  • Interdisciplinary teams of faculty from diverse disciplines planning and teaching a course enrolled in by students from diverse disciplines and professions

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 Social Worker and Lawyers

  • Similar Vision of Serving People

  • Different Scope, Different Target

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 Social Justice

  • Lawyers: not a goal or obligation of the legal profession

  • Social Worker: “Core Value” in the Code of Ethics


Target

  • Lawyers: Clients only

  • Social Workers: Clients and Clients’ family and social life

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Problems

  • social work students – failed to demonstrate legal knowledge

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Acquire skills and knowledge through an interdisciplinary course

  • exchange professional knowledge

·       understanding each other’s actions and responsibilities

·       teamwork experience

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Strengthen the “power” of interdisciplinary inquiry

AIM

  • To equip students with basic legal concepts and knowledge relevant to social work practice

  • To examine the relationship between law and the social work profession

  • To facilitate students to evaluate the rules and regulations in the legal system critically and to raise their awareness on daily legal issues

  • To equip students with knowledge to make decision in ethical dilemma when applying the legal rules to social work practice

  • To enable students to acquire legal research skills and expose students to legal literature

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CONTENT

  • Social work practice and administration within the legal framework

  • Justice system in Hong Kong

  • Human right

  • Legal issues encountered by different client groups

    • Crime

    • Children & youth

    • Family

    • The disadvantaged

  • Discrimination and professional conduct

    • Equal opportunities law

  • Privacy and confidentiality

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THREE COMPONENTS

FAMILIAR WITH LEGAL TOPICS

  • Lecture and in-class discussion

  • In-class role play

  • Group Research Project

  • Quiz

  • Case study and discussion

SHARING BY LAWYERS AND SOCIAL WORKERS

Sharing session

ENGAGEMENT WITH COURT AND JUDGES

  • Court visit

  • Judge Talk

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USE OF INNOVATIVE PEDAGOGY

USE OF TECHNOLOGY – VIDEO CLIPS

JUDGE TALK

SHARING BY LAWYERS USING STORYTELLING TECHNIQUE

EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING

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TEACHING MATERIALS

  • Law and the Social Work Profession

  • The Justice System in Hong Kong  

  • Protecting the Disadvantaged

  • Professional Conduct and Discrimination

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