Learning about the Teaching Case Method with Harvard

The world's largest reference in the use of cases in management education is Harvard Business School.

If you are interested in deepening your knowledge about the teaching method that brings cases as a facilitating tool, you can look for information at the source. Here are some tips:

1. In addition to its well-known HBR case repository, Harvard University is dedicated to strengthening the culture of using cases at its center called Christensen Center for Teaching and Learning . Interesting tip sheets with practical and quick tips are available. The guidelines are condensed into three moments: preparation, conducting the class and evaluation. The steps are presented in order to help teachers who are looking to deepen the method. There is even a class available as an example.
2. Still at Harvard, there is a Teaching Center , which offers free and paid materials for those interested in the method and other higher education topics. They cover topics about remote teaching and other contemporary topics for educators and that dialogue with the use of the case method. It is worth checking out. They also indicate the path they have traced with the cases, which have evolved into simulations and multimedia cases (this look at the future that we need to build also in our context is important)
3. During the pandemic, the very timely article by Bill Schiano and Espen Andersen on the method of teaching cases in the online environment (which will be the subject of a future Tutorial here) was made available for free. You can find it in this link .
4. One of my favorite books about the method, and which I bought when I was there on a technical visit, has its ebook for sale on the website as well: The Case Study Handbook by William Ellet.

5. In addition to the specific action with cases, I understand that it is essential that educators rethink their roles. This even allows them to feel more apt to seek more creative ways for the learning experiences they want to provide now and in the future. I understand that this theme speaks directly to our way of seeing education and our own beliefs, skills and visions. All this can improve our conditions for dealing with cases in the classroom. For this, I bring a referral offered free of charge by HarvardX. It's a phenomenal course called Leaders of Learning that you can find here . It is offered by Professor Richard Elmore of the Harvard School of Education.

This tutorial will continue to be updated as we find more interesting material to share