How professional schools teach professional skills
Subtitle: the case method in action
By: David A. Garvin
Contributors: Harvard Business School. Division of Research
Series: Working paper / Division of Research, Harvard Business School -- 03-202; Working paper (Harvard Business School. Division of Research) -- 03-202
Publisher: Division of Research, Harvard Business School
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Boston]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 29
Subjects: Case method; Business; Instruction and study; History; Harvard Medical School; Harvard Law School; Harvard Business School
Description: All professional schools face the same difficult challenge: how to prepare students for the world of practice. Time in the classroom must somehow translate directly into real-world activity. A surprisingly wide range of professional schools, including Harvard's Law, Business, and Medical schools, have concluded that the base way to teach these skills is by the case method. The Law School led the way. The Business School followed fifty years later. It was founded in 1908 with a committment to discussion and practical problems, but did not adopt cases until 1920 when its second dean, a Harvard Law School graduate, championed their use.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.