Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Case-Based Teaching & Learning Initiative

Teaching cases & active learning resources for public health education

Writing a teaching note

A non-profit clearing house for materials on the case method, the Case Centre holds a large and diverse collection of cases, articles, book chapters and teaching materials, including the collections of leading business schools across the globe.

Kane, N.M. & Madden, S.L. , 2014. Guidelines for Writing a Teaching Note , Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health: Case-Based Teaching & Learning Initiative.

Guidelines for writing a teaching note, from our own CBTL team.

"Faculty and discussion leaders who incorporate the case study method into their teaching offer various reasons for their enthusiasm for this type of pedagogy over more traditional, such as lecture-based, instructional methods and routes to learning." Exerpt from the book Using Cases in Higher Education: A Guide for Faculty and Administrators, by James P. Honan and Cheryl Sternman Rule.

"Provides guidance for the preparation of teaching notes. Sets forth the rationale for teaching notes, what they should contain and why, and how they can be prepared. Based on the experiences of Harvard Business School faculty."