Journal of higher education curriculum studies

Journal of higher education curriculum studies

Investigating the comparative study of the objectives and learning activities of the bachelor's degree in law in the top universities of the world with the approach of work-integrated learning

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
zahra babadi akkashe 1
ahmadreza nasr 2
Mohammad reza nili 3
Seyed mohammad sadegh tabatabaei 4
1 Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran
2 Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.
3 Associate Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.
4 Associate Professor, Department of Law, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran
10.22034/hecs.2025.452129.1920
Abstract
 The purpose of this article was to study the objectives and learning activities of the bachelor's degree in law in the top universities of the world with the approach of integrating with work. Descriptive applied research was carried out using George Brody's comparative study method. The information needed for the research has been collected using existing documents and documents, then classified into separate categories and subjected to investigation, analysis and comparison. The statistical population includes the curriculum of the field of law in the universities of the world and the top 10 universities are targeted and based on three ranking bases; Shanghai, Times, and Graduate Employability Rankings has taken place. The method was comparative-analytical. The results showed that among the types of work-integrated learning, the provision of skill courses and internships in the curriculum of the field of law has received the most attention of the world's top universities. The most important goals in work-integrated learning are to improve and deepen theoretical knowledge paying attention to the general and specialized activities of the field of law has been proposed as the most important work-integrated learning activities
Keywords
Curriculum
work-integrated learning
law
goal and learning activities
Subjects
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Journal of higher education curriculum studies
Volume 15, Issue 30
March 2025
Pages 297-323