What is the case study method?
Each spouse reads the case study
Both spouses discuss the case study
The spouses meet with their team to discuss the case study
All course participants meet in moderated general sessions to discuss the case study
In each step of applying the method the focus is on:
The FACTS of the case: Who? What? Where? When?
The PROBLEM in the case: Why?
The SOLUTIONS to the case: How?
Why this method?
The case study method, which is commonly found in business and law school classrooms, is used by Family Enrichment Ireland to centre on cases that are rooted in real life.
The cases are rich in complex family situations and in significance for proper, productive relationships among family members: husband and wife, parents and children, sibling relationships, immediate family with extended family and friends.
While the case studies are instructive, it is the wisdom brought to bear on them bythe participating couples, crystallized in the general session by a professional moderator, who is also a married parent, which is the most important.
Throughout the course, participants learn the method, which is practical and of great benefit in all circumstances of life, not just in a discussion setting about the case study.
As you become more familiar with the case study method you and your spouse will come to apply this method to issues at home, at work, anywhere, in every situation. Yet not in a cold or academic way but as a means of achieving and sustaining focus on what matters – in your marriage, with your children, with others.
Each Family Enrichment course is designed to develop this practical skill for a lifetime. You benefit as do your children and the other couples in the course from learning and applying the method.
Because we all maintain busy lives and juggle many obligations and certainly because family is our primary obligation, the value that this course provides is more than worth the effort and far exceeds the nominal cost – for the method, the friendships, the practical solutions to the complex challenges in family life that we all experience.