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CASE STUDY

CASE STUDY. A/Professor Denis McLaughlin School of Educational Leadership. 1. DEFINITION. Yin (1989):. Complex social phenomena are studied (p.14). Relevant behaviours manipulated Contemporary phenomenon investigated within real life context.

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CASE STUDY

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  1. CASE STUDY A/Professor Denis McLaughlin School of Educational Leadership

  2. 1. DEFINITION Yin (1989):

  3. Complex social phenomena are studied (p.14) • Relevant behaviours manipulated • Contemporary phenomenon investigated within real life context

  4. Boundaries between phenomenon and context not clearly evident • Multiple sources of evidence used

  5. 2. CHARACTERISTICS • A concern with the rich and vivid description of events within the case; • A chronological narrative of events within the place; • An internal debate between the description of events and the analysis of the events; • A focus upon particular individual actors or groups of actors and their perceptions;

  6. CHARACTERISTICS • A focus upon particular events within the case; • The integral involvement of the researcher in the case; • A way of presenting the case which is able to capture reality (Hitchcock and Hughes, 1995, p.317).

  7. 3. FOUR STYLES: Stenhouse • Ethnographic case study which involves single in-depth study usually by means of participant observation; • Action research case study where the focus is on bringing about change in the case under study;

  8. Stenhouse • Evaluative case study which involves the evaluation of the programs and where quite often condensed fieldwork replaces the more lengthy ethnographic approach; • Educational case study which is designed to enhance the understanding of educational action (in Sturman, 1997).

  9. 4. THREE TYPES: Merriam Interpretative Descriptive Evaluative

  10. 5. ADVANTAGES • Strong in reality; difficult to organise • Allows generalisation about an “instance or from an instance to a class • Attention to to subtlety and complexity • Recognises the complexity and “embeddedness” of social truth - supports alternative interpretations

  11. Advantages • Can be archived for subsequent re-interpretations • Steps to action • Research presented in more publicly accessible form (Adelman, 1988)

  12. 6. CONTRIBUTIONS Punch • Particulars provide unique & unusual insights into reality • Understanding of new or persistent problems • Peculiar insight used in combination with quantitative research

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