case teaching in public affairs
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Overview for Partnership for African Social and Governace Research, Master's in Research and Public Policy training in Kenya, August 4-8, 2015TRANSCRIPT
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Case Teaching
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What is a teaching “case”?
A written or multi-media description of a particular situation and/or decision.
Requires student to analyze information about context and make a decision, draw a conclusion, or plan strategic actions
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Learning ObjectivesOverview of case teaching & learning benefits in profession education
Understand Resources to Support Your Use: • Describe range of case learning materials
Develop new Practices:• Consider how cases might enrich whole course• Explore how to use cases in class session• Get comfortable with improvisation as competence needed
in case-based professional learning
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What is case teaching pedagogy?
• Faculty-led but student discussion driven• Engaged, active learning
• Can use the Socratic method to compel students to collectively think through analytical problems
• Facilitates group analysis of key elements• Connect to assignments or other
assessment mechanisms
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“Signature Pedagogy” in Public Affairs
Professional education is not education for understanding alone; it is preparation for accomplished and responsible practice in the service of others. Professionals must…come to understand in order to act, and they must act in order to serve.”
(Shulman 2005: 53)
Range of Formats• Written Case
• E-Case
Learning Object
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Learning Styles
Active Experimentation Concrete
Experience
Reflective observation
Abstract Conceptualization
Teaching Case Studies
Adapted from Kolb, 1984. Experiential Learning: Experience as the Source of Learning & Development
Action Learning Projects
Project-Based “Capstone” Workshops
Simulations
Personal Learning Networks
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BREADTH OF TEACHING CASE RESOURCES
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MRPP Teaching Cases
1. Mini-cases – illustrations of theory2. Major cases– illustrates bundled issues
relevant to professional education3. Leadership cases – illustrates complex
situations that requires problem solving & decision making
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Teaching Notes
• Direction on how faculty can facilitate discussion of the case in class
• Advice on key analytical points that can be garnered from the case• Suggesting timing of various parts• Questions for students• Board diagrams
• For major cases, direction about unique application in different topical courses
• Faculty should encourage students to go and apply the ideas of another country’s situation to their own context
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• Scaffolding content• Balancing Cognitive load• Visualizing learning objectives
• Social learning• Practice-based problem solving• Meta-cognition – Learning about Learning Style ”
Implemented in Interactive Classroom
Built in Multimedia Environment
Science of Teaching & Learning
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Trade-offsStrengths
• Appealing to students• Contextual analysis• Focus on problem solving
through creative and critical thinking
• Low-cost failure • “Reusable” learning materials • Interactive classroom
discussion about common data
• Instructors learn new content outside of expertise area
Limitations
• Few empirical studies about impact on learning outcomes
• Causal mechanisms are unclear
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DEVELOP NEW TEACHING PRACTICES
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Planning Courses using Cases
• Select case materials– Consistent with learning
objectives– High quality in terms of
expression and demands– Fits time available– Of interest to students
(they can project themselves into the situation)
• “Scaffolding” complexity• Consider integrating with
assignments
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• How might cases be used in your course this fall?
• How might topics of student assessment/grading relate to case content?
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Planning Class Sessions Using Cases
• Master facts, issues and other material;
• Anticipate questions that might be raised, types of arguments that might take place;
• Visualize how you want the discussion to take place
• Consider pre-session preparation questions for students.
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Planning Class Sessions Using Cases
• Design & use questions (or use those suggested in teaching note):– Obtain descriptive
information; – Clarify a point– Draw attention to
related issues– Foster or resolve debate– Change direction of
discussion– Create a plan
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Planning Class Sessions Using Cases
• Techniques for Promoting Student Engagement:– Use visual images – Role plays– Poll of the class– Ask for different perspectives
on a point of view– Small group discussions with
large group feedback– Use virtual discussion boards– Include participation as factor
in assessing for course grade
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Planning Class Sessions Using Cases
• Techniques for Closing Discussion:– You summarize points in
writing or verbally– Ask one or two students at
beginning of class to summarize at end
– Ask for volunteers – Relate analysis to something
in current eventsDon’t always do the same way
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• What might you do to prepare yourself?
• How might you start the course meeting?
• What are alternatives to large group discussion?
• What is your reaction to the situation described in Professor Graham case?
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Practice!
Source: Harvard University, Business School, Resources on Case Teaching
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Running Class Sessions Using Cases: Improvisation
• Speech Tag5 volunteers to the front of the room
• Active Listening
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Indicators of Success
• Students do most of the talking
• High # of students voluntarily participating in discussion
• Low # of questions asked by instructor; # number of challenging questions asked between students of each other
• High ‘energy’ in the room• Number of high points
where everyone engaged and focused on issues
• Coherence to discussion; in the end, it ‘made sense’
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Learning ObjectivesOverview of case teaching & learning benefits in profession education
Understand Resources: • Describe range of case learning materials
Develop new Practices:• Consider how cases might enrich whole course• Explore how to use cases in class session• Get comfortable with improvisation as competence
needed in case-based professional learning