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Learning with cases
1Indiana State University, School of Nursing, Terre Haute, Indiana, USA.
Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing
|January 28, 2003
Summary
Case studies foster active learning and critical thinking, transforming education. This method develops essential problem-solving skills for lifelong learners.
Area of Science:
- Educational methodologies
- Pedagogical innovation
Background:
- Case studies originated in medical education in 1788.
- Adopted by Harvard Law School (1871) and Teachers College (1930).
- Increasingly popular in nursing education.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review the literature on case study learning.
- To highlight the shift towards student-centered education.
Main Methods:
- Literature review on case study utilization in learning.
Main Results:
- Education is shifting from a teacher-centric to a learner-centric paradigm.
- Case studies support this educational transformation.
Conclusions:
- Case studies promote participatory, active, and reflective learning.
- This method cultivates critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Case studies develop self-directed, lifelong learners.