Students:Globalization and Sustainable Development 2012/2013: Difference between revisions

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(updating for this year's Globalization course)
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Read more about '''[[case study development]]'''! And consider when case studies might be used - as a method of research...
Read more about '''[[case study development]]'''! And consider when case studies might be used - as a method of research...


''"The case study is most useful for generating hypotheses, whereas other methods are more suitable for hypotheses testing and theory building."''<ref>Case study. (2010, November 15). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 10:40, November 25, 2010, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Case_study&oldid=396806238</ref>
''"The case study is most useful for generating hypotheses, whereas other methods are more suitable for hypotheses testing and theory building."''<ref>Case study. (2012, October 15). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 08:25, October 31, 2012, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Case_study&oldid=517944566. Use Wikipedia for basic orientation in this theme, if you want to get more precise information (for citing), use references mentioned in the text, e.g.
*Bent Flyvbjerg, 2006, "Five Misunderstandings About Case Study Research." Qualitative Inquiry, vol. 12, no. 2, April, pp. 219-245. [online] available from http://flyvbjerg.plan.aau.dk/Publications2006/0604FIVEMISPUBL2006.pdf
*Bent Flyvbjerg, 2011, "Case Study," in Norman K. Denzin and Yvonna S. Lincoln, eds., The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research, 4th Edition (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage), pp. 301-316. [online] available from http://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/centres/bt/directory/Documents/CaseStudy4%202HBQR11PRINT.pdf </ref>


...or as a well-developed method in teaching/learning<ref>ETH Zurich, Natural and Social Science Interface (NSSI): Transdisciplinarity Laboratory (TdLab) [online] [cit 2010-11-12] available from http://www.uns.ethz.ch/translab/index</ref>. In this course it will serve as a tool for cooperative work on a specific globalization theme.
...or as a well-developed method in transdisciplinary dialogue where mutual learning is expected<ref>ETH Zurich, Natural and Social Science Interface (NSSI): Transdisciplinarity Laboratory (TdLab) [online] [cit 2010-11-12] available from http://www.uns.ethz.ch/translab/index</ref>. In this course it will serve as a tool for cooperative work on a specific globalization theme.


==Write it yourselves!==
==Write it yourselves!==
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*Introduction: Globalization on Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Scheuerman, William, "Globalization", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2010 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), [online] [cit 2010-11-12] available from http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2010/entries/globalization/
*Introduction: Globalization on Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Scheuerman, William, "Globalization", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2010 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), [online] [cit 2010-11-12] available from http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2010/entries/globalization/
* Globalization in brief: Global Transformations web - Held, D., McGrew, A., Goldblatt, D., Perraton, J. (1999) What is Globalization? [online] [cit 2010-11-12] available from http://www.polity.co.uk/global/whatisglobalization.asp. Basic outline of globalization principles and effects, although rather outdated  
* Globalization in brief: Global Transformations web - Held, D., McGrew, A., Goldblatt, D., Perraton, J. (1999) What is Globalization? [online] [cit 2010-11-12] available from http://www.polity.co.uk/global/whatisglobalization.asp. Basic outline of globalization principles and effects, although rather outdated  
*Globalisation 2009/2010 Themes. In VCSEwiki. Retrieved from http://www.czp.cuni.cz/vcsewiki/index.php/Globalisation_2009/2010_Themes (educational materials by the Charles University - selected topics from past courses).
*Globalisation 2009/2010 Themes. In VCSEwiki. Retrieved from http://vcsewiki.czp.cuni.cz/wiki/Globalisation_2009/2010_Themes (educational materials by the Charles University - selected topics from past courses).