- Seizing the case:
- presenting the case;
- obtaining the necessary information through:
questions addressed to teacher / counsellor,
field work,
study additional sources of knowledge; - systematizing;
- fact analysis;
- discovering causes and relations between events;
- elaborating the probable nucleus of solutions.
- Establishing solutions
- Adopting the decision:
- confronting versions;
- comparing their worth;
- arranging variants;
- adopting the decision.
- Sustaining the decision
Specificity and stages of case study
In career counselling, case study is mainly used as a group method. A case is presented
by the counsellor and submitted to teamwork debate and solution. Since a case is of
interest and actuality to all group members, the stress falls on collaboration and
cooperation among them. The decision regarding the optimal solution variants will be
taken during a session / a class, which because shorter may not include research (in the
literature). What is important is personal experience of each group member and the
transferable abilities the participants become aware of and develop in the case solving
process. There are certain situations in which the method is used for individual
counselling or research. Since these situations are less met in career counselling, they will
not be described in detail in this chapter.
a. Getting participants familiar with the case
Cases can be read or presented through information and communication means: audio,
video.