Case Method Website: Introduction and Welcome

We are always looking for a new and improved venue to enhance student learning. Why not use a "Case Study?" For our purposes, a "case" is a text that typically describes a real-life situation, giving information but not analysis (see further Case Learning, Case Discussion, Student Guidelines for Case Discussions in the How to Teach with Cases section of this site). Teaching with cases involves a model of facilitating a discussion in which the students develop analyses of the situation, often through collaborative work, role playing, and intensive discussion, debate, and dialogue. Case teaching is familiar to those who have worked or studied in professional schools such as law or business, but it is a relatively recent innovation in more standard social science disciplines, where a small but growing number of faculty across the U.S. have been working to popularize it as a pedagogical option.