個案教學是公共管理專業訓練的未來嗎？一個來自實驗研究的循證論述   全文下載

Is Case Method the Future of Public Management Professional Training? Evidence-based Arguments from an Experimental Design

Since 2000, the civil service training in Taiwan has entered into an era of case-based learning method. Leaders of training facilities have been trying to change their teaching method from traditional lecturing into case-based learning. The case-based learning has become the“pedagogical hope”of civil service training in Taiwan. However, based on the idea of“evidence-based public policy,”the key practical question should be“whether the case-based learning is more effective than the traditional lecturing?”In this paper, the authors utilize experimental design to evaluate a training course offered by the RCSD, C. P. A. in 2009. In this design, registered civil servants were randomly assigned to“treatment”or“control”groups. Different teaching methods were administrated in different groups. The result shows that there is no significant statistical difference of course evaluation between the two groups. Also, there is no statistical difference of“knowledge acquiring”in both methods. This paper suggests in terms of knowledge acquiring, the performance of the case method is not inferior to traditional teaching. Other issues were also discussed in this paper.