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Penn, Marion L., Currie, Christine S. M., Hoad, Kathryn and O’Brien, Frances (2016) The use of case studies in OR teaching. Higher Education Pedagogies, 1 (1). pp. 16-25. doi:10.1080/23752696.2015.1134201 ISSN 2375-2696.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23752696.2015.1134201
Abstract
This article investigates the current use of case studies in the teaching
of Operational Research (OR) in the UK: how and where they are
used; how they are developed; and whether there is an interest in
training this area. It is aimed at lecturers teaching OR who are using
or planning to use case studies in their teaching. It may also be of
interest to policy-makers who wish to know what is being done in
OR. The article focuses on the results of a survey sent to lecturers
of OR in higher education in the UK. These are combined with an
examination of the literature on using case studies in teaching in
general and a small number of specific examples of how case studies
are used in OR teaching. Case studies are included in OR teaching
in a variety of ways and to develop a range of skills; particularly the
ability to transfer academic knowledge to real-life contexts. The article
identifies that the most significant barrier to the use of case studies in
OR teaching is the development of new case studies; suggestions are
made to address this, including providing training and collaboration
opportunities. Overall this article provides an assessment of the ways
in which case studies are used in OR; the advantages and limitations
of using them; and specific examples of their use which will provide
ideas to assist in improving OR teaching.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Operational Research & Management Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Operations research | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Higher Education Pedagogies | ||||
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis | ||||
ISSN: | 2375-2696 | ||||
Official Date: | 8 March 2016 | ||||
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Volume: | 1 | ||||
Number: | 1 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 10 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 16-25 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1080/23752696.2015.1134201 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 11 March 2016 | ||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 11 March 2016 | ||||
Funder: | Higher Education Academy (Great Britain) |
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