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| Responsible Department | Forest & Landscape
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| Research School | Forest, Landscape and Planning (REFOLANA) |
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| Course Dates | Start: March 1 2011. The length of the course period will be decided together with the participants according to their research activities |
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| Course Abstract | The extensive use of case studies in natural resource management research has created the need for researchers to clearly understand the theoretical foundation for using and researching cases. The course aims to increase the participant's understanding of and skills in designing case study research. |
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| Course Registration | To sign up for the course, please send an e-mail to Iben Nathan at in@life.ku.dk. |
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| Deadline for Registration | 1st December 2010 |
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| Credits | 7.5 (ECTS) |
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| Level of Course | PhD course |
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| Organisation of Teaching | 1958 Frederiksberg C |
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| Language of Instruction | English |
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| Restrictions | No restrictions |
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| Course Content |
| The theoretical foundation for case studies and other research designs will be discussed based on the participants' own cases and example articles from peer reviewed journals. Special emphasis will be put on the connection between theory and case study results. |
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| Teaching and learning Methods |
| The course will be based mainly on student presentations of the basic literature, case study examples, own research designs, papers, feed back and discussions in Absalon, but the participants can influence the form of the course according to their specific needs.
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| Learning Outcome |
The learning goal is that the participants will be able to improve their own research designs, especially with regard to case studies, and thereby enhancing the quality of their research and communications.
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| Course Literature |
Yin, Robert K.2003 Case study research. Design and methods SAGE, London.
Bennnett, G. L. and A. Bennett. 2005. Case studies and theory development in the social sciences. MIT, Cambridge |
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| Course Material |
| Based on the book: Yin, Robert K.2003 Case study research. Design and methods and other additional material to be included during the course |
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| Course Coordinator |
| Iben Nathan, in@life.ku.dk, Forest & Landscape Denmark/Unit of Forestry, Phone: 353-31736 |
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| Course Fee |
| There is no course fee for PhD students. |
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| Course Costs |
| The compulsory book costs approx. 20 £. |
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| Type of Evaluation |
| Individual papers: passed/not passed. Internal censor. |
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| Work Load |
| project work | 100 | | preparation | 60 | | practicals | 20 |
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| Other Remarks |
| The course is run with a minimum of 4 participants
It is a must that participants have active research in the field where the issue of cases can be applied |