참여학습형 법교육 방법으로서 봉사학습(Service-Learning)의 적용에 관한 연구

The purpose of law-related education as a part of social studies education is cultivating the democratic citizen who has a responsibility and law-abiding conciousness. And recently social studies education lays emphasis on participation and action as a citizen. But the existing law-related education doesn’t provide opportunities of participation to students. To provide students with opportunities to participate in resolving the problems in the school and community, participatory approach of law-related education is needed. This article suggests service-learning as a means of the participatory approach of law-related education program. A service-learning as a subset of experiential education can let students serve in the community appling the knowledge which they learned in the classroom. And it cultivates the students’ citizenship through reflection on the service experience. Therefore, this study aimed to identify the necessity of service-learning and develop a service-learning teaching model for the participatory approach of law-related education. Through a service-learning, Students can internalize the legal knowledge and have an opportunity to experience the real society. Furthermore, they can contribute the development of community.