Globalizacijos įtaka dėstymo metodams VDU teisės fakultete

Abstract

Lietuvoje beveik nevyksta jokia mokslinė diskusija apie mokymo metodus, taikomus teisininkus rengiančiuose universitetuose ir kitose aukštosiose mokyklose, tačiau kitų šalių teisininkai, tarp jų JAV bei Vokietijos, diskutuoja šia tema labai aktyviai, todėl straipsniu siekiama išprovokuoti diskusiją Lietuvoje šiuo visiems teisės dėstytojams aktualiu klausimu. Pirmojoje straipsnio dalyje aptariami iššūkiai, įtakojantys pažangesnių mokymosi ir studijavimo metodų paieškas, tokie kaip: globalizacijos transformacijos, studijuojančiųjų gebėjimų priimti informaciją kaita, aukštojo mokslo reforma. Antrojoje dalyje aptariama Vokietijos teisės mokymo tradicijų recepcija Lietuvoje bei taikomi teisės mokymo metodai palyginami su JAV naudojamais mokymo metodais. Trečioji straipsnio dalis skirta pažangesnių teisės mokymo metodų paieškoms VDU teisės fakultete

The idea to present a paper about teaching methods in legal profession arose after taking part in the conference of International Association of Law Schools of the World that took place in Montreal last May. The conference focused on the questions of globalization in law studies as well as the newest trends in comparative legal teaching methods. More than 100 participants took part in this conference and delivered presentations on the newest teaching methods applied in their countries. While preparing the presentation for Montreal conference, I realized that there is no scientific debate in Lithuania about teaching methods applied in universities or other higher schools that educate lawyers at all. First, I would like to discuss the problems and challenges that influence the search of more advanced methods in legal education. 1) It is obvious that we witness drastic global transformation processes. These processes influence the contents of law studies and teaching methodology to a great extent. Topics, such as world economic crisis, free movement of services, among them legal services and education, foreign investment, the destruction of authoritarian regimes, the birth of new nations / states, the more significant role of non governmental organizations are the reality of the world we live in today. High technologies, the Internet, informational websites link us with the remotest parts of the world at a click of a mouse. As a result, the society has become much more open, accessible and receptive both to positive and negative impacts of globalization. Can we, as teachers, claim to be preparing our students for these challenges? 2) It is noticeable that there are changes not only in the surrounding world; our students have changed a lot too.[...]