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Writing a case study

Angelo Jimenez English

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Case Problem Resource
- do the following
  - Give a situation
    - ask learners
      - what they would do next
  - Set a task
    - ask learners
      - to prepare a report recommending an action
  - Illustrate a scenario
    - ask learners
      - to analyse the faults and recommend
Appendices Resource
- include as many appendices
  - like
    - copies of documents
    - charts
    - technical specifications
Elements of Teaching Notes Resource
- Synopsis
  - Brief overview of the case
- Educational objectives
  - Discussion of the learning points
- Discussion outline/question set
  - guidelines for how to teach the case
  - key questions
  - answers and discussion points
- Tips for resolving the case problem
  - sources
  - approaches
  - tasks to be undertaken
  - objectives of the problem
- Appendices
  - Include
    - activities
    - exercises
    - easily reproduced for the students
Constructing teaching notes
- breakdown of the elements of the typical teaching notes
- synopsis
  - brief overview of the case in question
Educational Objectives
- includes
  - discussion of the learning points raised by the case.