Factors affecting the application of case study method: case studies at universities training in the economic block in Southern region, Vietnam

AbstractThe objective of this study is to identify the factors and their level of influence on the application of case study teaching method for students majoring in Economics at Southern Universities, Vietnam. Through the synthesis of relevant outstanding studies at home and abroad, the author has built a research model. The author has conducted a survey of 250 people including lecturers and students at Faculties and majors of Economics at universities that train this major in the Southern region, Vietnam. The results show that there are 5 factors influencing the application of case study teaching method in the following order: (1) quality of learning materials; (2) Lecturers; (3) readiness to apply technology; (4) University management perspective and (5) Students. Through the research results and comments recorded from lecturers and students, the benefits of applying the case study teaching method have been shown, thereby suggesting more opportunities for applying this method more widely.