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Learning with cases.

Ann Marriner Tomey1

  • 1Indiana State University, School of Nursing, Terre Haute, Indiana, USA.

Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing
|January 28, 2003
PubMed
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Case studies foster active learning and critical thinking, transforming education. This method develops essential problem-solving skills for lifelong learners.

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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.