Case Study Research in Practice by Helen Simons

By Helen Simons

Case learn learn in perform explores the speculation and perform of case research study. Helen Simons attracts on her large adventure of training and carrying out case examine to supply a entire and useful account of ways to layout, behavior and converse case examine examine. It addresses questions frequently raised by means of scholars and customary misconceptions approximately case learn. In 4 sections the booklet covers

- reason, proposal and layout of case examine research

- tools, ethics and reflexivity in case study

- examining, reading and reporting the case

- Generalizing and theorizing in case research research

Rich with 'tales from the sphere' and precis memos as an aide-memoire to destiny motion, the booklet presents clean insights and demanding situations for researchers to lead their perform of case learn research.

This is a perfect textual content for these learning and carrying out case learn examine in schooling, overall healthiness and social care, and comparable social technological know-how disciplines.

Helen Simons is Professor Emeritus of schooling collage of Southampton

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