S-529 Case Study Research Methods Class Session 8 03/25/2016 Irene A. Liefshitz, Ed.D

AGENDA . S-529 Case Study Research Methods Class Session 8 Welcome Class Community Project Workshop Break Case Study Guest Speaker: Dr. Meira Levinson Methods Discussion Closure .

Class Community S-529 Case Study Research Methods 03/25/2016

S-529 Case Study Research Methods Class Session 8: Class Community FEEDBACK FROM LAST CLASS QUESTIONS, ANNOUNCEMENTS

Project Workshop S-529 Case Study Research Methods 03/25/2016

S-529 Case Study Research Methods Class Session 8: Project Workshop Introduction Workshop partners Protocol choices Individual reflection Partner work Closure  

Inside Look at CSR Design: Dr Inside Look at CSR Design: Dr. Meira Levinson The ethics of pandering in Boston Public Schools’ school assignment plan (2015) S-529 Case Study Research Methods 03/04/2016

Causal & Descriptive Arguments S-529 Case Study Research Methods 03/25/2016

S-529 Case Study Research Methods Class Session 8: Description Gerring (2012) “Mere Description” Description and causation BOTH as valid analytic goals Taxonomy of descriptive arguments Particularizing description Account Generalizing descriptions Indicators Associations Syntheses Typology  

S-529 Case Study Research Methods Class Session 8: Explanation Hedstorm & Ylikoski (2010): mechanisms Analytic sociology: intentional attention to the components of any mechanism: agents, their properties, their actions, their relations unfolding over time Possible probable plausible Typology of social mechanisms Situational mechanisms Action-formation mechanisms Transformational mechanisms   

S-529 Case Study Research Methods Class Session 8: Description & Explanation Where can we find description in Levinson’s article? Can we classify her case study into Gerring’s typology? Can we find explanation of causal mechanisms as part of Levinson’s work? What, if anything, is she explaining anything in her case study? What else is accomplished by Levinson’s case study research design, beyond description or explanation?  

S-529 Case Study Research Methods Class Session 8: Description & Explanation CHOOSE ARTICLE TO DISCUSS Miller (2011) or Cortez (2013) SMALL GROUP/PAIR DISCUSSION What is the “argument about the world” this article is making? Is this primarily a descriptive or explanatory/causal argument? Is the article’s argument convincing? In what ways could the description and/or explanation be strengthened? What effective/strong element of case study research reported in this article connects to or is usable in your own case study research design?   WHOLE GROUP SHARE OUT

Closure S-529 Case Study Research Methods 03/25/2016

FEEDBACK!!!!!!! S-529 Case Study Research Methods Class Session 8: Closure NEXT CLASS: 04/01/2016 (Generalization & Theory Building) Methodological readings Ethics & Politics reading: pdf already posted in Module 9 3 case study articles; I will post guiding questions for the 2nd part of our case study discussion by Monday 3/28 Start reading Alexander Means case study FEEDBACK!!!!!!!