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What is the case method? How can the case method be used to engage learners? What are some strategies for getting started? This guide helps instructors answer these questions by providing an overview of the case method while highlighting learner-centered and digitally-enhanced approaches to teaching with the case method.
In the introductory chapters, the theoretical bases of case method teaching are examined. The rest of the book offers specific and practical help with the various aspects of case method instruction, selecting appropriate cases, organizing for instruction, orienting students, and mastering the art of leading a case discussion.
The book is organized by the three elements required for a great case-based course: 1) advance planning by the instructor, including implementation of a student contract; 2) how to make leading a vibrant case discussion easier and more systematic; and 3) planning for student evaluation after the course is complete.
Selma Wassermann provides potential and practicing case method teachers assistance in their development as effective practitioners. This book can be used as a companion text to Wassermann's Getting Down to Cases.
The purpose of this conceptual paper was first, to identify critical characteristics of a case-based learning environment from the literature on case-based pedagogy; second, to operationalize strategies for effective use of cases in teacher education by designing an instructional model that incorporated the identified guidelines; and third, to p...
Unlike lectures, case method classes unfold without a detailed script. Successful instructors simultaneously manage content and process, and they must prepare rigorously for both. Case method teachers learn to balance planning and spontaneity.
In chapter 2, this book will delve into the foundational concepts of Teaching And The Case Method. This chapter will elucidate the essential principles that must be understood to grasp Teaching And The Case Method in its entirety.
