Case Method Teaching
Transcript of Case Method Teaching
Case Studies/Problem-Based Learning
• Mini-presentation• Physics 11 (Concept and
System)• Tonight’s topic of case
studies and problem-based learning
FUSION
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Energy Inside the Atom
• e=mc2 (audio file)• The Big Bang Theory• Fusion and the
creation of the elements
• How does this compare to Fission? (note: a neutron is electrically neutral)
Fusion reactors• Easy in theory• Very difficult
in reality• Require high
temperatures (150 million degrees) and pressures
• France in 30 years
http://www.efda.org/multimedia/downloads/animations/the_highest_temperatures.mov
Case Method / Project-Based Learning
A Personal Case Study
- a student-centred, problem-based, interdisciplinary approach to learning - has been adopted by universities around the world.
The McMaster Model
Case Learnin
g
student-
centred
problem-based
high interest narratives
interdisciplinary approach
issues require
‘sustained examination’
complex situations
(information, conflict, values)
A case is a story or narrative of a real life
situation that sets up a problem or unresolved
tension for the students to analyze
and resolve.
Go to Case Study…
C. Roland (Chris) Christensen
How to Create Cases Select the theme you want to teach.
Ask yourself if there is a current story on this topic. Collect: • newspaper articles, • storybooks from the library,• internet blogs, • online journal entries, • photos,• anything to make the story more real.
Create your story.
Watch Project Videos
Project-Based Learning
Philosophy Behind Case-Method/Project-Based
Learning• Students can see science in context.• Students learn better if there is an overarching theme
that they can observe, question and interact with.• Students are far more interested in real learning
environments than ones that are abstract, artificial or contrived.
• Students can construct their own knowledge more easily if it’s based on their life experience.
• Real projects present unstaged and unexpected situations that promote critical thinking.
• Teachers cannot provide experiences without limits the way projects do.
• Projects stimulate multiple intelligences.
Websites
Case Methodhttp://www.educ.sfu.ca/case/cases/gen_sci.htmlhttp://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/teaching/novel.html
George Lucas Educational FoundationProject Based Learninghttp://www.edutopia.org/php/keyword.php?id=037
Citizen Sciencehttp://dev.stewardshipcanada.ca/communities/citizenScience/home/csnIndex.asp?lang=en