Case method teaching

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What is case method teaching?

The case method is a form of learning where the students first read a description of a (real) case or a problem taken from their occupational area. The description can be 2-50 pages and can sometimes include a video etc. The students elaborate on what to do in this case or how to solve this problem. After that they meet with the class and discuss the case with one another and the teacher. The case method has been used at Harvard university and many other universities for more than 50 years, mostly within business and law studies. During the 1980s and 1990s many universities and subject areas have adopted this method. Find more information and case data bases by clicking a theme below.

Good sites for case methods:

Harvard Business Case Teaching Method Bulletin Board (Gopher), Cambridge, MA
ECCH/ European Case Clearning House, UK. Most comprehensive case system for management education.
Darden School of Business Administration, Virginia, USA
Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada (link to be made)
University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
Swedish National Network for Case Method Teaching. c/o Dipak Khakhar, Department of Informatics, University of Lund, Ole Roemers Vaeg 6, S-223 63 LUND, Sweden.

Email: Dipak.Khakhar@ics.lu.se

Stockholm Center for Case Method teaching, Stockholm, Sweden. c/o Yngve Myrman. Phone: + 46 8 161185. FAX +46 8 161445. E-mail: yngve.myrman@stasvet.su.se

Case methods: General references

Leenders, M. R. & Erskine, J. A. (1989) Case Research: The case writing process. (3rd ed.) London, Ontario, Canada: University of Western Ontario. Research and Publication Division.

Swedish :
Kjellen, B., Lundberg,K. & Myrman, Y. (1994) Casemetodik. En handbok om att undervisa och att skriva. Nationellt Centrum for Casemetodik. Stockholm: Council for the Renewal of Undergraduate Education.

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On-line about Case methods in different subjects

Business

Harvard Business Case Teaching Method Bulletin Board (Gopher)
Swedish Case Method Centre. A national centre situated at Stockholm University, which has a collection of business and law cases in Swedish and English.
Cases at Western Business School, University of Western Ontario

College teaching (Book references)
Education
Engineering
Higher Education (Book references)
Information systems

Teaching information systems with cases

International affairs and relations

Law (and Business)

COLIS/Case On Line Information System, The European Case Clearing House
Swedish Case Method Centre. A national centre situated at Stockholm University, which has a collection of business and law cases in Swedish and English.

Medicine
Social science
"Case methods for teacher education: References

Experts and speakers in this area:

English :

Wendy Carmichael, General Manager, ECCH at Cranfield Ltd., Cranfield Institute of Technology, Cranfield, Bedford MK43 0AL, England. Tel: +44 234 750903. FAX: +44 234 751125. Email: CARMICHAEL@vaxvmsx.babson.edu
Rita Silverman, Pace University in New York

Swedish

Dipak Khakhar, Department of Informatics, University of Lund, Ole Roemers Vaeg 6, S-223 63 LUND, Sweden.

Email: Dipak.Khakhar@ics.lu.s

Yngve Myrman (E-mail: yngve_myrman@statsvet.su.se or E-mail: yngve.myrman@stasvet.su.se?),
Bengt Kjellen (E-mail: bkj@fek.su.se),

Books

Case methods for (teacher) education

Merseth, Katherine K.. "The Case for Cases in Teaching Education." June, 1990.

Silverman, R., Welty, W. M. & Lyon, S. (1994) Educational Psychology Cases for Teacher Problem Solving. (3rd ed.). New York:McGraw-Hill (All three are at Pace university, N.Y.).

Silverman, R., Welty, W. M. & Lyon, S. (1994) Educational Psychology Cases for Teacher Problem Solving. Instructor's Edition. New York:McGraw-Hill

Faculty Development & Higher Education cases:

Hutchings, Pat (1993). Using Cases to improve College teaching. Washington, DC: American Association of Higher Education. AAHE Teaching Initiative. (Fax: 202/293-0073. 17 USD for nonmembers.)
Silverman, Rita and William Welty. "Eleven Faculty Development Cases." from Pace University Center for Case Studies in Education. October 12, 1992.
Silverman, Rita and William Welty. "Case Studies for Faculty Development." from Pace University Center for Case Studies in Education, November 1993.
McGregor, Jean & Case Writing Group (1993) Washington Center casebook on collaborative teaching and learning. Olympia, WA.

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