Chapter 1 What Are Case Studies and Why Are They Used for Learning?

DOI: 10.4324/9781003345978-3

This first chapter considers how the case study (or case) fits into your wider course or programme as one of many classroom approaches that your lecturers or professors might adopt. It explores how universities and colleges use cases as one tool in the class tutor’s toolkit of learning resources. It provides information to explain the four processes of experiential learning you are likely to go through when using the case method and explores the role that you should take as a case participant to ensure the case session genuinely contributes to your learning and development.

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