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Call to publish scientific articles that will be received between June 20 and November 20, 2019, referring to:

University Pedagogy: With topics such as public policies in higher education, legislative system and reforms, academic programs, comparative policies, massification processes, quality assurance, legal professions, and others in higher education as a general field, referring to the Chilean and international context .

Didactics of Law: With topics whose centrality is related to processes of innovation, learning, curriculum, innovations, teaching experiences, students and teachers characterization , among others in legal education in the Chilean and international context.

Ethical and citation standards (Chicago-deusto) must be taken care of, in addition to the originality of the research or innovation.

Humor, puppets and cases: Mediators in the meaningful learning of family law

Authors

Abstract

The article presents: Stories of the Prince, the Princess, and Other Characters; a pedagogical proposal for teaching family law, resulting from classroom research using the pedagogical action-research methodology. The strategy integrates the use of puppets, humor, and case studies within the theoretical framework of humor pedagogy
and meaningful learning. Humor serves as a language that stimulates divergent thinking and fosters connections among learners. Puppets animate the case study and catalyze humorous expression. The case study technique is embedded in a storyline that brings reality into the classroom by combining legal conflicts with the social context of family relationships. Students experience learning and train for legal practice in a playful environment. The strategy’s design aims to promote durable learning in an empathetic climate that enhances cognitive development and fosters student engagement in the class. From the process of constructing the strategy, a conclusion is drawn, when learning is enjoyable, one learns more and teaches better.

Keywords:

Humor, family law, meaningful learning, legal education, legal pedagogy.

Author Biography

Luz Estela Tobón Berrio, Universidad del Norte

Doctor in Social Sciences and Educational Sciences.
Master in Comparative Family Law. Professor of the Law Department of the Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia.

email  letobon@uninorte.edu.co.