Learning through cases adopting a nested approach to case‐study work in the Gold Fields participatory course initiative

Lotz-Sisitka, Heila; Raven, Glenda C

Title: Learning through cases adopting a nested approach to case‐study work in the Gold Fields participatory course initiative
Creator: Lotz-Sisitka, Heila
Creator: Raven, Glenda C
Subject: To be catalogued
Date Issued: 2004
Date: 2004
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/482637
Identifier: vital:78673
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1080/1350462032000173715
Description: This paper argues that there is a need, in southern Africa, to develop in-depth understanding in educational reform initiatives. Through ongoing reflexive development of a professional development programme in environmental education, we have found that case-study methodology, which emphasizes context-dependent knowledge, is significant for learning about environmental and sustainability education in higher ed-ucation. We draw on the case of the Gold Fields participatory certificate course programme, developed over a 10-year period in southern Africa and describe how use of a nested approach to case-study methodolo-gy in the context of this initiative has assisted us to learn from these cases, and grapple with key issues of relevance to our practice. We de-scribe how a nested approach to case-study research has informed theory and practice in environmental education professional develop-ment, attesting to the value of context-dependent knowledge. Paradoxi-cally, this approach to research has also resulted in increased tensions associated with the transfer of case learning within the broader institu-tional frameworks of higher education.
Format: 21 pages
Format: pdf
Language: English
Relation: Environmental Education Research
Relation: Lotz‐Sisitka, H. and Raven, G. (2004) ‘Learning through cases: adopting a nested approach to case‐study work in the Gold Fields participatory course initiative’, Environmental Education Research, 10(1), pp. 67–87. doi: 10.1080/1350462032000173715
Relation: Environmental Education Research volume 10 number 1 67 87 2004 1469-5871
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