Case Study Seminar

Case Study Seminar

Case Study Seminar (16- 18 June, 2005)

Trainers/Lecturers:
Peter Zijderveld, Institute for Public Administration, the Netherlands
William Dunn, professor at Pittsburgh University USA and head of the
Graduate Center for Public Policy and Management in Macedonia

Participants:
Teachers involved (to start) in teaching various aspects of public policy on master level at the University. Participants come from newly established public policy programs in Slovakia, Macedonia and Hungary.

Objectives:
After the training the participants are able to:
– Understand and review different types of case studies for teaching and research purposes
– Understand the purpose of case studies in teaching in public policy field
– Understand the process of usage of case studies in public policy teaching (appropriatness, reliability, validity)
– Develop the basic structure of a case study
– Present and evaluate a case study

Training method:
The training will be conducted in an interactive way. This means that the participants will be actively involved during the three days. By means of exercises and discussions we will stimulate the participants in their learning. We will use real life cases as examples to develop and present the cases.