JoinShort Course #1
National Conference in Kansas City • Oct. 25-28, 2023
Full-Day Workshop
Case Studies
How to Write a Case Study
Saturday, October 28 • 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Facilitators: Annie Prud'homme-Généreux
$125
Conference registration is required to attend.
About the Session
Case studies engage learners in context-rich problem solving, practices, critical thinking and communication skills, and can be used as authentic assessments. The NSTA hosts a collection of almost 1,000 cases in all STEM disciplines ready to be used, but what if none meets your needs? You have to write one! In this session we will help you solve the dilemma of how to create case studies. Transform an intriguing online video or provocative news article into an engaging learning activity. Bring your laptop – you will create 2 case studies to drive engagement and help learners integrate skills and content across several units of your course. Faculty should arrive at the workshop with one news story and one online video related to their course content – they will use these as springboards to write their cases and leave the workshop with two case studies that they will be able to use immediately in their home classrooms.
Annie Prud'homme-Généreux
Annie was one of the five founding faculty of Quest University Canada. There, she developed an innovative, interdisciplinary Bachelor of Arts and Sciences that has topped the National Survey of Student Engagement ratings since its inception. She also designed dozens of interdisciplinary courses using hands-on learning on the block scheduling plan. Annie has explored problem-based learning, team-based learning, the CREATE method (which makes use of the primary scientific literature rather than textbooks to teach science), and the case study method. Using stories as a scaffold for learning, Annie’s preferred classroom approach is the case study discussion method. Annie has written dozens of case studies in the NCCSTS collection, including many co-authored with her undergraduate students. Annie was awarded the 2012 National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) Four Year College and University Teaching Innovation Award. She has worked in formal and informal education, taking on executive roles in one of Canada's largest science centers and leading a school of continuing and professional education. She is an active science writer specializing in astro- and quantum physics ("the extremes of the size scale"). Currently, she is the Principal of Science Spark Consulting and an Instructor at the University of British Columbia, in Vancouver, Canada where she teaches a wonderfully scaffolded course in science literacy, science writing, and science culture for first year science majors.
Annie received her B.Sc. in Biology (specializing in neurobiology) from McGill University, her Masters of Arts in Science Journalism from Johns Hopkins University (specializing in astrophysics), and her Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of British Columbia. She is currently completing a Masters of Education in Open, Digital, and Distance Education, specializing in online STEM education.