TECHNOLOGIES FOR USING INTERACTIVE METHODS AND PROBLEM-BASED SITUATIONS TO INTEGRATE NATIONAL VALUES INTO THE LEGAL EDUCATION PROCESS

Abstract

This thesis highlights the pedagogical potential of using interactive methods and problem-based situations to integrate national values into the legal education process. The aim of the study is to identify methodological approaches to teaching values such as respect for human dignity, justice, honesty, solidarity, and responsibility in connection with legal concepts. It emphasizes that the integration of national values should not be based on students merely repeating predetermined ideas, but rather on understanding their meaning, analyzing real-life situations, and justifying their own decisions.

The thesis proposes an approach based on theoretical analysis, comparison, and pedagogical modeling. It examines the potential of discussions, role-playing activities, small-group work, and situational tasks to connect legal knowledge with practical reasoning. The technology for working with problem-based situations is described through the following stages: understanding the situation, identifying the rights and obligations of the participants, comparing alternative solutions, justifying a decision, and evaluating its consequences. In this process, national values help reveal the ethical dimensions of a situation, while legal norms provide the basis for assessing the legality of a solution.

When organizing interactive activities, the age appropriateness of tasks, equal student participation, respect for diversity of opinions, and criteria-based feedback are identified as important pedagogical conditions. For assessment, the thesis proposes using observable indicators such as the student's ability to identify a problem, distinguish legal requirements from ethical recommendations, provide evidence, and take the rights of others into account. The study is theoretical and methodological in nature; the effectiveness of the proposed technologies has not been confirmed by new empirical findings. Their practical testing is identified as a task for future research.