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Fall 2012
ISSN 0890-913X
Volume 28, Number 1
Categories: Fall 2012 | Education

Pedagogical Synergies Between Austrian Economics and the Case Method

Anthony J. Evans, ESCP Europe Business School
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TheJournalofPrivateEnterprise28(1),2012,91–103PedagogicalSynergiesBetweenAustrianEconomicsandtheCaseMethodAnthonyJ.EvansESCPEuropeBusinessSchoolAbstractThereisatendencyforacademicstofocustoomuchoninstructor-centeredlearningandnotenoughonparticipant-centeredlearning.Thispaperarguesthatthe“casemethod”isapedagogicalmethodthatshouldbeofinteresttoAustrianschooleconomists.Notonlycanitprovidestudentswitharicherlearningexperience,butthereareimportantmethodologicalpointsoftangency.IalsoprovideexamplesofcasesthatcanbeusedtoteachAustriantheoryandprovidehonestreflectionsonmyowneffortstoimplementthecasemethodinmyteaching.JELCodes:A23,B53,M21Keywords:Casemethod;Pedagogy;AustrianeconomicsI.IntroductionItiswidelyacknowledgedthattheuniversitysystemincentivizesdepartmentsandfacultytowardresearchatthecostofteachingquality.Inadditiontothis,students’expectationsareincreasing,andthedesireforrelevantandpracticalclassesishigh.Especiallywithregardtobusinesseducation,juniorfacultymembersareoftentornbetweentheinstitutionalpressuretofocusonpublishingacademicarticlesandbothalackoftraining(andexperience)inpedagogicaltechniquesandalackofunderstandingofthepracticalrelevanceoftheirmaterial.1Inshort,therearebothdemand-sideandsupply-sideforcesthatsuggestthereisroomforimprovement.Thispaperdiscussesoneparticularformofparticipant-centeredlearning,the“casemethod,”andrecountstheauthor’sownattemptstointroduceitintotheclassroom.Inaddition,alinkismadebetweenthe1InthisarticleIamfocusingmostlyonteachinggeneralmanagementdegrees(suchasanMBAprogram).Ibelievethatthisarticlewillstillbeofusetoinstructorsthatteacheconomicsmajors,butmoreattentionshouldbegiventocasesthatteaseouteconomictheoryratherthantryingtodevelopmanagementskills.91
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TheJournalofPrivateEnterprise28(1),2012,91–103PedagogicalSynergiesBetweenAustrianEconomicsandtheCaseMethodAnthonyJ.EvansESCPEuropeBusinessSchoolAbstractThereisatendencyforacademicstofocustoomuchoninstructor-centeredlearningandnotenoughonparticipant-centeredlearning.Thispaperarguesthatthe“casemethod”isapedagogicalmethodthatshouldbeofinteresttoAustrianschooleconomists.Notonlycanitprovidestudentswitharicherlearningexperience,butthereareimportantmethodologicalpointsoftangency.IalsoprovideexamplesofcasesthatcanbeusedtoteachAustriantheoryandprovidehonestreflectionsonmyowneffortstoimplementthecasemethodinmyteaching.JELCodes:A23,B53,M21Keywords:Casemethod;Pedagogy;AustrianeconomicsI.IntroductionItiswidelyacknowledgedthattheuniversitysystemincentivizesdepartmentsandfacultytowardresearchatthecostofteachingquality.Inadditiontothis,students’expectationsareincreasing,andthedesireforrelevantandpracticalclassesishigh.Especiallywithregardtobusinesseducation,juniorfacultymembersareoftentornbetweentheinstitutionalpressuretofocusonpublishingacademicarticlesandbothalackoftraining(andexperience)inpedagogicaltechniquesandalackofunderstandingofthepracticalrelevanceoftheirmaterial.1Inshort,therearebothdemand-sideandsupply-sideforcesthatsuggestthereisroomforimprovement.Thispaperdiscussesoneparticularformofparticipant-centeredlearning,the“casemethod,”andrecountstheauthor’sownattemptstointroduceitintotheclassroom.Inaddition,alinkismadebetweenthe1InthisarticleIamfocusingmostlyonteachinggeneralmanagementdegrees(suchasanMBAprogram).Ibelievethatthisarticlewillstillbeofusetoinstructorsthatteacheconomicsmajors,butmoreattentionshouldbegiventocasesthatteaseouteconomictheoryratherthantryingtodevelopmanagementskills.91
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TitlePedagogical Synergies Between Austrian Economics and the Case Method
Authors/Creators:Anthony J. Evans, ESCP Europe Business School
Year:2012
Volume:28
Number:1
Pages:91 - 103
Publisher:The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:0890-913X
Document Type:Educational Notes
Keywords:Case method, Pedagogy, Austrian economics
Citation:
Evans, Anthony J. / 2012. "Pedagogical Synergies Between Austrian Economics and the Case Method." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 28(1): 91-103.
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