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This paper discusses the potential role of case study experimentation in relation to efforts to improve our knowledge of dynamic environmental systems. The ‘case method’ as developed by the authors is outlined and various teaching strategies are discussed. It is suggested that no single ‘case’ model can be advocated as ideal and more attention might properly be focused on pedagogical relationships which might ensure greater manageability and realism. Gaming-Simulation is seen as one example of how the case study method can be advanced and more widely exploited. The paper concludes with the view that this approach and other avenues of research have to be further tried and tested if our environmental teaching is not to be intellectually fossilised.
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Taylor, J.L., Wynn, M.G. Enhancing environmental education and training through case study experimentation. Environmentalist 4, 235–242 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02334674
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