CASE STUDY AND ACTION RESEARCH

Case Study & Action Research

WHAT IS A CASE STUDY?

Case study methodology can be called "the way of the artist" because it allows investigation of the human condition through portrayals of a single instance in time and circumstance (MacDonald & Walker as cited in Woods, 1996, p.58).

Case study methodology can be called "the way of the artist" because it allows investigation of the human condition through portrayals of a single instance in time and circumstance (MacDonald & Walker as cited in Woods, 1996, p.58).

SOME METHODOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES

...is an intensive holistic description and analysis of a single instance, phenomenon or social unit. Merriam (1998)

…unravels what is universal by examining what is particular. Eliot Eisner (1995)

…allows insights into nuances of art education practice that might be missed by other types of research. Davenport & O'Connor (2015)

…makes the invisible more visible. Norman Denzin (2010)

A CLASSIC

Wolcott, H. (1973). The man in the principal’s office. AltaMira Press.

The real business of case study is particularization, not generalization. We take a particular case and come to know it well… There is emphasis on uniqueness…we emphasize placing an observer in the field to observe the workings of the case, one who records objectively what is happening but simultaneously examines its meaning and redirects observation to refine or substantiate those meanings.

TYPES OF CASE STUDIES

Multi CaseMulti Site

Life History

Organizational

Historical

What kind of examples come to mind in art education under type of Case Study?

HOW OF CASE STUDY

Entering’ your research site

Selecting and accessing’ participants

Selection of research site

Analyzing data to obtain your findings

Reporting results

Obtaining data to answer your research question

STRENGTHS

Means of investigating complex social units consisting multiple variables Anchored in real life situations Enhances readers experiences Provides tentative hypotheses for future research

LIMITATIONS

Time and money Researcher as the primary instrument of data collection Results cannot be generalized

RECAP

DATA COLLECTION & ANALYSIS

TYPE OF PROBLEM

UNIT OF ANALYSIS

REPORT

FOCUS

Using multiple sources, such as interviews, observations, documents, artifacts Analyzing data through description of the case and themes of the case as well as cross-case themes

Developing a detailed analysis of one or more cases

Studying an event, a program, an activity, more than one individual

Educational Behavioral Historical Institutional Individual

Developing an in depth description and analysis of a case or multiple cases

ACTION RESEARCH

Action research is about improving knowledge about existing situations, each of which is unique to the people in the situation, so the knowledge cannot be generalized or applied although it can be shared. A key aim of action research is to share knowledge and the learning that led to the creation of that knowledge.

SOME NUANCES

What is the difference between teacher research and action research?

What are the various terms used for action research?

reflection on action

reflection in action

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