The active learning methodology based on ethical problems and the construction of group work on the subject of Ethics in legal education

Abstract

This research aimed to analyze the applying the problem based learning on ethical problems in legal education with the purpose to develop students’ competence and building group work in the discipline. The approach adopted was qualitative and the nature of the research was of the intervention type in a law course at a private university
in the State of Sao Paulo. Eighteen students of the tenth semester of law of the respective university in the discipline of General and Professional Ethics participated in the research. Data were collected by combining observation of the methodology application process, data from the Beactive digital platform, and analyses of the focus group. The results showed that the use of the active methodology of learning based on ethical problems in legal education provided the construction of knowledge regarding the contents worked on by the students, as well as helped in the development of collaborative teaching among
the students. in teamwork, thus generating a democracy within the application, so that students also had the opportunity to learn to listen, speak, and position themselves in the face of problem situations.