National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science

Although the case method has been used for years to teach law, business, and medicine, it is not common in science. Yet the use of case studies holds great promise as a pedagogical technique for teaching science, particularly to undergraduates, because it humanizes science and well illustrates scientific methodology and values. It develops students' skills in group learning, speaking, and critical thinking, and since many of the best cases are based on contemporary--and often contentious--science problems that students encounter in the news (such as human cloning), the use of cases in the classroom makes science relevant. This site has become a refereed national clearinghouse for case studies in science.

Keywords: case teaching

http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/case.html

Focus Area: Teaching and Learning

Scope: Global

Resource Type: Online Collections (databases, lists, etc)

Entry Date: December 13, 2001