<p>1) Will you please explane to me what is meant by case study method?
2) What other universities, other than Harvard, uses case study method?</p>
<p>The case study method has ancient roots, but in American universities it took shape originally in the late 19th century at the Harvard law school. The method takes many forms and every case teacher develops a particular approach, but the basic idea is to build instruction around case discussion. In law, for example, a case might be an opinion from an appellate court such as the U.S. Supreme court. In business a case typically describes a real world business decision or problem (e.g., “That product that used to be so successful isn’t doing well any more. What’s wrong? What do we do?”) Case classes are usually highly interactive, using some variation of Socratic dialogue. Instead of lecturing as the primary vehicle of instruction, a professor uses a series of questions to guide students through learning issues in the case (though the professor may frame issues at the beginning of the discussion, and might offer a summary of learning points at the end). The basic goal is to engage students in thinking through and discussing a challenging real-world problem. </p>
<p>Various forms of the case method are used in universities around the world, particularly in law and business schools. Historically, cases were mostly in written form, but use of video and multi-media cases has grown rapidly in recent years.</p>
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<p>2) What other universities, other than Harvard, uses case study method?</p>
<p>It would help to know the purpose of your question. Use of case method instruction varies by discipline and by individual faculty member. It’s used more widely in professional schools than at the undergraduate level. I don’t know of a comprehensive source of data on this topic, but at any major university in America you will find some professors who do case teaching, but there is no university where everyone does. In business schools, there are some places that are very case oriented, such as Harvard and the University of Virginia, others that are less so (Wharton and Chicago, for example). If you need to know more, Google is your friend.</p>