About Us. CASE STUDIES have a long history in business, law, and medical education.
Their use in science education, however, is relatively recent. In our 20 years of working with the method, we have found it to be a powerful pedagogical technique for teaching science. Cases can be used not only to teach scientific concepts and content, but also process skills and critical thinking. And since many of the best cases are based on contemporary, and often contentious, science problems that students encounter in the news, the use of cases in the classroom makes science relevant. We have also found the method to be extraordinarily flexible. The mission of the National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science at the University at Buffalo is to promote the development and dissemination of materials and practices for case teaching in the sciences. Our work over the years has been generously supported by the National Science Foundation, The Pew Charitable Trusts, and the U.S.
Curriculum Vitae - Clyde F. Herreid. Director, National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science Distinguished Teaching Professor, Department of Biological Sciences University at Buffalo, State University of New York Buffalo, NY 14260 herreid@buffalo.edu Education B.A.
Professional Positions Distinguished Teaching Professor, University at Buffalo, 1988–present Academic Director, University Honors College, University at Buffalo, 1988–2011 Visiting Professor, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 1987–1988 Professor of Biological Sciences, University at Buffalo, 1982–1988 Visiting Professor, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, 1981 Associate Professor of Biology, University at Buffalo, 1968–1982 Visiting Assistant Professor of Zoology, Duke University, 1965–1967 Assistant Professor of Zoology, The University of Alaska, 1962–1965 Honors / Awards Grants. Science Stories: Using Case Studies to Teach Critical Thinking (PB301X) (9781936137251): Clyde Freeman Herreid, Nancy A. Schiller, Ky F. Herreid. Start With a Story: The Case Method of Teaching College Science (9781933531069): Clyde Freeman Herreid. UB Department of Biological Sciences: Clyde F. Herreid. Address Information Clyde F.
Herreid Department of Biological Sciences 243 Hochstetter Hall State University of New York at Buffalo Buffalo, NY 14260 To send e-mail: herreid@buffalo.edu Case Studies have been used to teach students law, business and medicine for decades. Their use to teach basic science started about 15 years ago when we in Buffalo began experimenting with different ways of teaching science. Case studies are stories with an educational message. We have discovered that there are many ways to “tell the story.” We give workshops over the country instructing faculty how to teach and write with cases. . • Herreid, C.F. (2005) Science Education Needs Case Studies The Scientist 19 (4): 10 • Herreid, C.F. (2005) Because Wisdom Can’t Be Told Peer Review 7 (2): 30-31. • Herreid, C.F. (2005) Using Case Studies to Teach Science American Institute for Biological Sciences electronic journal website: