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Austin, J., 1993. Teaching Notes: Communicating the Teacher's Wisdom, Harvard Business School Publishing. Publisher's Version
"Provides guidance for the preparation of teaching notes. Sets forth the rationale for teaching notes, what they should contain and why, and how they can be prepared. Based on the experiences of Harvard Business School faculty."
Weimer, M., 2015. Effective Ways to Structure Discussion. The Teaching Professor. Read online
"The use of online discussion in both blended and fully online courses has made clear that those exchanges are more productive if they are structured, if there’s a protocol that guides the interaction... more structure might benefit our in-class discussions as well." Subscription required to view full article.
Shen, D., 2015. Discussion as a Teaching Method, Harvard University: The Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning. Read online
Scholarly research on discussion as an active learning activity, from ABLConnect, an online repository for active learning in higher education.
Abell, D., 1997. What makes a good case?. ECCHO–The Newsletter of the European Case Clearing House , 17 (1) , pp. 4-7. Read online
"Case writing is both art and science. There are few, if any, specific prescriptions or recipes, but there are key ingredients that appear to distinguish excellent cases from the run-of-the-mill. This technical note lists ten ingredients to look for if you are teaching somebody else''s case - and to look out for if you are writing it yourself."
Herreid, C.F., 2001. Don't! What not to do when teaching cases. Journal of College Science Teaching , 30 (5) , pp. 292. Read online
"Be warned, I am about to unleash a baker’s dozen of 'don’ts' for aspiring case teachers willing to try running a classroom discussion armed with only a couple of pages of a story and a lot of chutzpah."
Roberts, M.J., 2001. Developing a teaching case (abridged), Harvard Business School Publishing. Publisher's Version
A straightforward and comprehensive overview of how to write a teaching case, including sections on what makes a good case; sources for and types of cases; and steps in writing a case.
Garvin, D.A., 2003. Making the case: Professional education for the world of practice. Harvard Magazine , 106 (1) , pp. 56-65. Read online
A history and overview of the case-method in professional schools, which all “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: how to diagnose, decide, and act."