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Case Methodology in Teaching & Research: A Critical Review


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The increasing use of case method in teaching and research ushered in a paradigm shift in pedagogical approach in recent years. It underscores the relevance of traditional learning discourses in professional education. Cases focus primarily on the individual development, cognitive behaviour, personality, learning, interaction pattern and examine the interplay of all variables. A form of qualitative and descriptive research, it looks intensely at an individual, a group or an event and draws conclusions in a specific context. This article explores the domain as a learning tool and the underlying issues and challenges to the design, analysis and pedagogy of case form.
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Manas Ranjan Tripathy
ICFAI Business School (IBS), Hyderabad

Abstract


The increasing use of case method in teaching and research ushered in a paradigm shift in pedagogical approach in recent years. It underscores the relevance of traditional learning discourses in professional education. Cases focus primarily on the individual development, cognitive behaviour, personality, learning, interaction pattern and examine the interplay of all variables. A form of qualitative and descriptive research, it looks intensely at an individual, a group or an event and draws conclusions in a specific context. This article explores the domain as a learning tool and the underlying issues and challenges to the design, analysis and pedagogy of case form.

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