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Five characteristics distinguish effective LRE programs

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Description

The digest lists five characteristics of effective LRE programs: extensive interaction among students, realistic content with balanced treatment of issues, use of outside resource persons, strong administrator support, and systematic staff development. Interactive strategies such as "small group work, simulations, role-play activities, and mock trials" are described as keys to developing civic participation skills and positive attitudes. Balanced treatment requires presenting both the legal system's successes and its failures.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

  • Teachers with LRE knowledge and skill
  • Administrative support, especially from the school principal

Constraints

  • It is difficult or impossible to establish a worthwhile LRE program in the face of administrator indifference or opposition

Target Learners

  • Elementary and secondary school students

Target Goals

  • Civic participation skills
  • Positive attitudes about law and responsible citizenship
  • Critical thinking about legal controversies

Claims

Patterns Used

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Key Sources

  • Pereira, Carolyn. (1988). Law-Related Education in Elementary and Secondary Schools. ERIC Digest. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED296948
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title Five characteristics distinguish effective LRE programs
description The digest lists five characteristics of effective LRE programs: extensive interaction among students, realistic content with balanced treatment of issues, use of outside resource persons, strong administrator support...
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