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The case method is a rich and powerful approach to the development of
cognitive skills in students. It is also a flexible approach, in the sense that
lecturers can use it in alternative ways.
Communication
ACTIVE LEARNING
The case method requires that the instructors avoid putting forward
their own opinions about the decisions in question. Rather, the chief
task of instructors is asking students themselves to devise and defend
solutions to the problems at the heart of each case.
Case studies help the user learn how to apply theories to real
situations
They help the user learn how to solve real problems.
ACTIVE LEARNING
First, the best-learned lessons are the ones that students teach
themselves, through their own struggles.
Second, many of the most useful kinds of understanding and
judgement cannot be taught but must be learned through practical
experience. Case method teaching makes preparing for class and the
class session itself an active learning experience for students.
By using complex real-world problems as the focus, it challenges
students to learn skills that will be appropriate to deal with the
practical problems that they will face in the real world.
Case Benefits
