Case Method Teaching

Case Studies/Problem-Based Learning
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Physics 11 (Concept and System)
Tonight’s topic of case studies and problem-based learning

FUSION

Energy Inside the Atom
e=mc 2 (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 Learning 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.

Project-Based Learning Watch Project Videos

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 Method http://www.educ.sfu.ca/case/cases/gen_sci.html http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/teaching/novel.html George Lucas Educational Foundation Project Based Learning http://www.edutopia.org/php/keyword.php?id=037 Citizen Science http://dev.stewardshipcanada.ca/communities/citizenScience/home/csnIndex.asp?lang=en

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