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== What is a case study? == | == What is a case study? == | ||
A detailed examination of a single particular issue, a case study represents a PRACTICAL contribution to the theme based on experience from more than readings. It is: | |||
"...'''complex example''' which | "...'''a complex example''' which provides insight into the context of a problem as well as illustrating the main point."<ref>Fry H, Ketteridge S and Marshall S (1999) A Handbook for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Kogan Page, Glasgow, pp408</ref> | ||
"...based on topics that '''demonstrate''' theoretical '''concepts in an applied setting'''."<ref>Davis, C. & Wilcock, E. (2003) Teaching Materials Using Case Studies. The UK Centre for Materials Education. Available from http://www.materials.ac.uk/guides/casestudies.asp </ref> | "...based on topics that '''demonstrate''' theoretical '''concepts in an applied setting'''."<ref>Davis, C. & Wilcock, E. (2003) Teaching Materials Using Case Studies. The UK Centre for Materials Education. Available from http://www.materials.ac.uk/guides/casestudies.asp </ref> | ||
...investigation of | ...investigation of a case study is driven by an interest in '''indivudual''' cases, not by the methods of inquiry, as it "...focuses on a '''single''' actor, single enterprise, etc., usually under natural conditions so as to understand it (a bounded system in its natural habitat)"<ref name = "multiple"a>Dillon, J., & Reid, A. (2004). Issues in case-study methodology in investigating environmental and sustainability issues in higher education: towards a problem-based approach? Environmental Education Research, 10(1), 23–37.</ref> | ||
...case studies allow | ...case studies allow an investigation into what works and what does not <ref name = "Corcoran"> Corcoran, P. B., Walker, K. E., & Wals, A. E. (2004). Case studies, make-your-case studies, and case stories: a critique of case-study methodology in sustainability in higher education. Environmental Education Research, 10(1), 7–21.</ref> | ||
But it should gather evidence so that it is accessible for subsequent critical assessment (case study is sometimes conceptualized as a '''form of research''' or its preliminary stage)! | But it should gather evidence so that it is accessible for subsequent critical assessment (a case study is sometimes conceptualized as a '''form of research''' or its preliminary stage)! | ||
==Types of case studies<ref name = "multiple"a/>== | ==Types of case studies<ref name = "multiple"a/>== | ||
* '''Intrinsic''' – case study undertaken by an individual who wants to better understand particular case - the case does not represent other cases (driven by interest in particular) | * '''Intrinsic''' – case study undertaken by an individual who wants to better understand particular case - the case does not represent other cases (driven by interest in particular) | ||