Pedagogical Technologies in Legal Education: Historical Analysis and Modern Experience

Abstract

The article is dedicated to research and analysis of the issues of formation and development of pedagogical technologies in legal education. The historical experience of training of legal human resources both in Russia and in foreign countries is investigated. Special attention is paid to the enchiridia of M. Psellus. The theoretical and practical problems that affect the application of pedagogical technologies in legal education at the present stage are analyzed. The potential of problematic training in the context of legal education is revealed. The scientific novelty of the work is that the authors on the basis of studying the history of the formation and development of pedagogical technologies both in Russia and abroad attempted to determine the main trends in the development of this sphere of social relations and to justify the most constructive proposals in order to improve the training of graduate lawyers.

Legal education in the digital age: problems and prospects

“…At first glance, the publication of the Decree is dictated by the reasons for the internal quality: an unreasonable increase in the number of law schools, the training of low-skilled lawyers, a reduction in the quality requirements of education or a direct violation of these requirements. However, similar circumstances can be observed not only in the national, but also in the international arena: in the international aspect, there is a "mass" of education, especially humanitarian, the private education segment is expanding, there is a weakly pronounced correlation between the professional profile of graduates and the needs of the market for specialists (Sagalaeva, Komarevceva, Landina, Melnichuk and Mukhametova 2018).…”

“…It is necessary to note a high level of efficiency in the application of problem-based education in legal education, which is influenced by a number of factors: the selected or compiled problem tasks must differ in relevance and professional significance; the specifics of problem-based learning should be taken into account in relation to various forms of the educational process; the creation of methodological support for problem-based learning is required; the level of pedagogical skills of the teacher should ensure the possibility of optimal organization and stimulation of the active cognitive activity of the student; problem-based learning should be based on a student-centered approach. With this in mind, it becomes obvious that the use of information technologies in the educational process requires consideration of the possibility of implementing problem-based education, the value of which for legal education has been repeatedly emphasized in the pages of domestic and foreign literature (Sagalaeva et al, 2018;Segal, 2011).…”

“…At the present stage of development of the Russian legal education, which is characterized by the practical implementation of the standards of the third generation standard, the main task of the educational process is the implementation of the competence approach laid down in the educational standard, the formation of competencies. In this regard, the issue of pedagogical technologies that can lead to the result stated in the new educational standard is being updated (Sagalaeva et al, 2018). As it is known, in the Russian legal education such technologies of training as problem training, game training and others are traditionally applied.…”