Case Study Research in Practice

Helen Simons

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Year: 2009
• ISBN:
  9781446241639
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Sciences sociales
• Subtopic: Recherche scientifique et méthodologie

Case Study Research in Practice explores the theory and practice of case study research. Helen Simons draws on her extensive experience of teaching and conducting case study to provide a comprehensive and practical account of how to design, conduct and communicate case study research. It addresses questions often raised by students and common misconceptions about case research. In four sections the book covers

- Rationale, concept and design of case study research

- Methods, ethics and reflexivity in case study

- Interpreting, analyzing and reporting the case

- Generalizing and theorizing in case study research

Rich with ?tales from the field? and summary memos as an aide-memoire to future action, the book provides fresh insights and challenges for researchers to guide their practice of case study research.

This is an ideal text for those studying and conducting case study research in education, health and social care, and related social science disciplines.

Helen Simons is Professor Emeritus of Education University of Southampton

INDEX

Abma, T.A. 75

access, gaining 7 38–42

access letter 39

access to documents 102

accessibility

to different audiences 13, 18

of language 16, 23

methods 6, 7

acountability 17

accuracy 102, 103, 128, 131, 132, 137

action research 18, 166

active listening 47

Adelman, C. 5, 19, 59, 64 n.4

affect see emotions

agricultural botany model 17

Alderson, P. 104

All the President’s Men (Woodward and Bernstein) 155

American Evaluation Association (AEA) 100

Analysis see data analysis and interpretation

anecdote, authenticated 4, 76, 77

anecdotal narrative 76–7

anonymity 99, 103, 106–8

anthropology 3, 70

apology, openness to 103, 109–10

artistic forms

insights from 167

use in

exploring the self 85–7, 89–90

interpretation of data 89, 117, 118, 126, 139–44

reporting and writing 89, 151–2, 157–9

Ashton-Warner, S. 69, 150

attributed judgements 102, 105

audiences 56, 132, 135, 148

audio-recordings 37, 41, 50, 51–2, 53

cognitive mapping from 123

re-listening to 136–7

authenticated anecdote 4, 76, 77

authenticity 128–9, 158

autobiography 70

autocratic evaluation 101

background and prior knowledge 57, 89

Bagley, C. 141, 151

Ball, S.J. 22

Bassey, M. 21

Bellah, R.N. 44, 45

Bentz, V.M. 81–2

Berger, J. 3...