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ERIC Number: ED598740
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 393
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: 978-1-5225-9429-1
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Case Study Methodology in Higher Education. Premier Reference Source
Baron, Annette, Ed.; McNeal, Kelly, Ed.
IGI Global
In higher education, case studies can be utilized to have students put themselves into problems faced by a protagonist and, by doing so, address academic or career-related issues. Working through these issues provides students with an opportunity to gain applied perspective and experiences. Professors in higher education who choose this method of teaching require navigational tools to ensure that students achieve stated learning objectives. "Case Study Methodology in Higher Education" is an essential research publication that focuses on the history and theories relating to case study methodology including techniques for writing case studies and utilizing them in university settings to prepare students for real-life career-related scenarios. This publication features a wide range of topics such as educational leadership, case writing, and teacher education. It is essential for educators, career professionals, higher education faculty, researchers, and students. This book contains the following chapters: (1) Case Study: Defining and Differentiating Among Types of Case Studies (Susanna Tardi); (2) Types of Case Studies (Pam Epler); (3) Using Case Studies in the Higher Education Classroom: Case Studies in Higher Education -- What's the Big Idea? (Manina Urgolo Huckvale and Irene Van Riper); (4) Case Study Methodology: An Analysis of Effective Methods in Business Cases (Bela Florenthal and Ashley Ismailovski); (5) The Types of Case Studies in Research and Career-Based Endeavors (Laurie Wellner and Kathleen Pierce-Friedman); (6) Writing the Case Study (Susan D. Peters); (7) Student-Authored Case Studies: The Case of an Educational Leadership Course in Kazakhstan (Kathy Lea Malone, Janet Helmer, and Filiz Polat); (8) Developing a Case Writing Club to Create Local Cases in a Private University in Puebla, Mexico: Examples From Academia (Cynthia M. Montaudon-Tomas, Ivonne M. Montaudon-Tomas, and Maria del Carmen Williams-Pellico); (9) Teaching With Case Studies in Higher Education (Lynne Orr and Linda Weekley); (10) Learner Perception of Using Case Study Method as a Teaching Method in Higher Education (Ana MarĂ­a Pinto-Llorente); (11) Practicing What We Preach: A Case Study of the Implementation of a Complex Conceptual Framework (Stephen D. Kroeger, Susan A. Gregson, Michelle A. Duda, Anna DeJarnette, Jonathan M. Breiner, and Christopher L. Atchison); (12) The Utility of Interdisciplinary Case Study: Research and Education in the Arts and Sciences (David J. Weisberg); (13) The Good Teacher in the Good School: Case Studies to Improve Education and Training of Future Italian Teachers (Marcello Mollica and Giovanna Costanzo); (14) "Asking the Woman Question" in Case Study Research (Nicoletta Policek); and (15) Challenges of a Case Study (Zaaima Talib AlBalushi). A section about the contributors and an index are also included.
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Publication Type: Books; Collected Works - General
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
Audience: Teachers; Researchers; Students
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Kazakhstan; Mexico; Spain; United States; Italy
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