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The Case Method of Teaching Educational Administration: A Re‐appraisal, 1963

DANIEL E. GRIFFITHS (Associate Dean of the School of Education at New York University. He has taught in several universities, including Teachers College, Columbia University. Dr. Griffiths holds the degrees of B.Ed. of Central Connecticut State College, M.Ed. of the University of New Hampshire and Ph.D. of Yale. He recently completed a term as Chairman of the National Conference of Professors of Educational Administration, and is a trustee of the University Council for Educational Administration. A prolific writer in the field of school administration, his writings have appeared in 60 publications. Recent publications include Organizing Schools for Effective Education and Administrative Performance and Personality, both published in 1962.)

Journal of Educational Administration

ISSN: 0957-8234

Article publication date: 1 February 1963

97

Abstract

The case method of teaching educational administration presents the student or class with a “chunk of reality” — a record of a complex problem situation to which no solution is provided. The student must initially take the situation apart before it can be understood and a solution suggested. The method appears to be more firmly entrenched in educational administration now than it has ever been in the past. Further, its use appears to be so well accepted that one should look for a wider use in the future rather than any lessening in frequency. The use of the method has changed somewhat; there is now being introduced a structured approach to exist alongside of the permissive approach. Cases are now being filmed, and the filmed cases appear to have values which are not present in the written cases. Further, simulation techniques are being widely adopted in U.S. universities.

Citation

GRIFFITHS, D.E. (1963), "The Case Method of Teaching Educational Administration: A Re‐appraisal, 1963", Journal of Educational Administration, Vol. 1 No. 2, pp. 81-89. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb009574

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MCB UP Ltd

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