A Review of Case Study

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1、AReviewofCaseStudy　　1?Introduction　　Thecasestudyisanexcellentmethodforobtainingathickdescriptionofacomplexsocialissueembeddedwithinaculturalcontext.Itoffersvividandin-depthinsightsthatnoothermethodcanyield,allowingresearcherstoexaminehowanintricatesetofcircumstancescomestogetherandinteractinshapi

2、ngthesocialworldaroundus.（D?rnyei，2007）Thecasestudyhasbeenappliedtoawiderangeoffieldsinsocialscienceandregardedasatypicaltraditionofqualitativeinquiryineducationandlanguageteaching.Despiteweaknessesandchallengesofacasestudyasachoiceofwhatistobestudiedthepotentialoftheparticularcasestudywithhighqu

3、alityanddetailscanstillcontributetothoroughandin-depthunderstandingsofatargetphenomenon,itsuniquenessanditscomplexity.　　2?DefinitionofCaseStudy　　Adiversityofresearchersandscholarshasproducedvariousdefinitionswiththeirownparticularemphasisanddirectionforresearch.Yin（2003）mentionsacasestudyisanempi

4、ricalinquirythatinvestigatesacontemporaryphenomenonwithinitsreal-life6context,especiallywhentheboundariesbetweenphenomenonandcontextarenotclearlyevident.WhileStake（1995）emphasizesaboundedsystem,Johnson（1992）referstotheunitofanalysis.Also,VanWynsbergheandKhan（2007）definedacasestudyasatransparadigm

5、aticandtransdisciplinaryheuristicthatinvolvesthecarefuldelineationofthephenomenaforwhichevidenceisbeingcollected(event,concept,program,process,etc.).Notwithstandingavarietyofdefinitionsanddescriptionspertinenttoacasestudybyanumberofresearchers,itisnoteasytodefineacasestudyandidentifyitscharacteri

6、sticspreciselyandclearly.　　3?MainCharacteristicsofCaseStudy　　Particularity:Casestudiesfocusonaspecificsituationorphenomenon,exploringtheparticularityofasinglecase（Stake1995）.Specifically,aparticularcaseoraunitisstudiedintensivelywiththeunderstandingofcomplexsocialcircumstances.Thecasecanbeanindiv

7、idual,anevent,aninstitutionorevenanationandsoon.　　Complexity:Casestudiesresearcherscollectsufficientdata,analyzecomplexsocialinteractionsandgeneratearichthickdescriptionwhichcanofferin-depthinsightsandholisticunderstan