Preparing the Next Generation of Scholars to Produce and Defend Case Study Research: A Self-Study

• In Event: The Teaching and Learning of (Self-Study) Research Methods

Abstract

Faculty at research universities are responsible for training the next generation of scholars to produce work that attends to the injustices that persist throughout educational institutions so that they can positively impact the field for all who participate in it. Yet, this can be a challenge for many faculty, including myself. As such, I share findings from a self-study of an advanced qualitative case study research class to see how I am/am not assisting these scholars in advocating for and defending their work while also developing the skills required to instruct their future students. Such findings illuminate how faculty can support novice researchers in addressing the complexities and difficulties in the sensemaking of being an academic and fostering a researcher-identity.

Author

• Christopher P. Brown, University at Buffalo - SUNY