Case Study Method in Business Education in the USA

• Authors: Maryna Velushchak
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Business Education is dynamic in nature and needs diverse information to deal with different business problems. To understand the peculiar situations and to manage them effectively, case studies are widely used. Researchers in education have already demonstrated that students' active participation in the educational process increases their learning outcomes. Methods of small group activities, case studies and cooperative student projects give the opportunity to participate actively in the learning process by talking, reading, writing and reflecting. Case-based learning is an essential part of business education as it enables students to discover and develop their unique framework for dealing with business problems. The important peculiarity of the business case study is that it introduces a slice of realism into the learning experience. The case study method helps the students in developing wisdom and gives lot of scope for knowledge application. Nowadays, business education should be much more practically oriented and has to consider the main features of a modern competitive global economy. Lectures and discussions are not any more the most effective teaching methods. As research results show, the case method is the most effective teaching technique of future career preparations and practical application skills in today's business environment as it enables students examining different business situations in various cultural and economic perspectives, opening up their minds by solving the problems of the real business situations.

Keywords

EN

case study method; business education; business situations; global economy; teaching methods; competitive advantage

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Comparative Professional Pedagogy
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 4
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 65-72

Dates

online

2014-12-30

received

2014-12-30

Contributors

author

Maryna Velushchak

• Postgraduate student, Khmelnytskyi National University, Ukraine Address: 11 Instytutska str., Khmelnytskyi, 29016, Ukraine

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/rpp-2015-0010