Faculty Mentor(s)
Aggie Veld, PhD.
For Communication to Presenters & Mentors
arveld@olivet.edu, eablucker@olivet.edu, mrlockhart@olivet.edu, maude@olivet.edu, hglloyd@olivet.edu
Project Type
Student Scholarship
Scholarship Domain(s)
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Presentation Type
Presentation
Abstract
In the Fall of 2023 students in EDUC 383 middle and Secondary Science Methods explored science instruction using case studies. With the upcoming NSTA national conference, the students wrote a proposal to present on teaching with case studies, using one case study in particular, “The Savegre: A Model for Sustainability”, authored by Emilie Janes, an Olivet alum and Dr. Aggie Veld, Professor at Olivet. “While searching for a destination for the best spring break ever, five students in an ecology class happen upon a story of sustainability that inspires them to visit a tropical resort devoted to ecotourism.” Therein lies the basis of the case study.
The students presented March 23, 2024. In the presentation, they presented research on using case studies and gave their attendees opportunity to adapt case studies to their own classroom in classic active learning teaching strategies. Dr. Veld briefly described the process of writing and having a case study published. While working through part one of the case study the students demonstrated various ways to present the story and attendees got to be the “students” answering questions contained within the study. The case study exit question which is designed to pull all 4 parts together inspires attendees to finish the other 3 parts. Finally, the attendees were encouraged to write their own case studies and were given resources through the NSTA website.
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
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Using Case Studies in the Classroom: Short version of a presentation made to the NSTA in Denver Mar 2024
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In the Fall of 2023 students in EDUC 383 middle and Secondary Science Methods explored science instruction using case studies. With the upcoming NSTA national conference, the students wrote a proposal to present on teaching with case studies, using one case study in particular, “The Savegre: A Model for Sustainability”, authored by Emilie Janes, an Olivet alum and Dr. Aggie Veld, Professor at Olivet. “While searching for a destination for the best spring break ever, five students in an ecology class happen upon a story of sustainability that inspires them to visit a tropical resort devoted to ecotourism.” Therein lies the basis of the case study.
The students presented March 23, 2024. In the presentation, they presented research on using case studies and gave their attendees opportunity to adapt case studies to their own classroom in classic active learning teaching strategies. Dr. Veld briefly described the process of writing and having a case study published. While working through part one of the case study the students demonstrated various ways to present the story and attendees got to be the “students” answering questions contained within the study. The case study exit question which is designed to pull all 4 parts together inspires attendees to finish the other 3 parts. Finally, the attendees were encouraged to write their own case studies and were given resources through the NSTA website.