Title
Walker, Rob, "Three Good Reasons for not Doing Case Studies in Curriculum Research," Journal of Curriculum Studies, 15(April-June, 1983), 155-165. Reprinted pp. 103-116 in Ernest House, ed., New Directions in Educational Evaluation. Philadelphia, PA: Falmer, 1986.*
Annotation
Examines the reasons why case studies are often seen as weak forms of inquiry in curriculum studies and offers some arguments for their value.
Broad Topical Focus
Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline
Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study
Philosophical Inquiry-Ampliative Criticism, Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study
Single Study
Narrow Topic
Knowledge Generation
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