Real Life and the Classroom

VI Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching (CELT) 83, 2013

6 Pages Posted: 6 Jan 2016 Last revised: 12 Feb 2016

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Shauna Van Praagh

McGill University - Faculty of Law

Date Written: 2013

Abstract

The choices teachers make about both form and content in designing their courses shape students’ perceptions of the connection between ‘real life’ and the classroom. The choice to begin a first-year law course with stories told by residential school survivors provides an example of how to bring ‘real life’ into the classroom in a way which develops both critical understanding of ideas and capacity for identity-based roles and responsibilities. Classroom and ‘real life’ merge through issues and pedagogical approaches that combine deep reflection with active participation.

Suggested Citation

Van Praagh, Shauna, Real Life and the Classroom (2013). VI Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching (CELT) 83, 2013, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2710761

Shauna Van Praagh (Contact Author)

McGill University - Faculty of Law ( email )

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Montreal H3A 1W9, Quebec H3A 1W9
Canada

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