跨语言和文化教学研究——在全球化背景下教育亚洲法律专业学生所面临的挑战

Crossing the Language and Cultural Divide:The Challenges of Educating Asian Law Students in a Globalising World

在过去的十年里 ,亚洲赴澳大利亚接受高等教育的学生人数几乎翻了一番。对于澳大利亚法律教育工作者来说 ,所面临的挑战是如何精心设计课程、讲授课程 ,使学生通过学习这些课程 ,掌握一些处理涉及全球复杂法律问题的方法 ;教师在讲课时如何尽可能地注意所讲课程的相关度 ,使学生获益最大。这就要求设计者采用多学科的、国际化的方法来设计课程。本文试图从教育工作者的视角 ,分析这些挑战 ,并通过教学中的两个实例 ,来探讨向亚洲学生讲授法律课程的教学方法 ,指出存在的问题 ,提出改进措施。

Over the last decade, the number of Asian students heading to Australia for their tertiary education has almost doubled. The challenge for Australian legal educators is to design and deliver courses that allow these students to maximise the benefits and relevance of these studies, as well as equipping them to deal with the complex legal problems associated with globalisation. This will involve a multi-disciplinary and international approach to the range of subjects offered. In this article, we discuss some of these challenges and set out the experiences from two case studies about the educative process, problems and innovation from an educator's perspective in teaching 'the law' to Asian students.