Quick start guide: how to review teaching cases

Abstract

Theoretical basis

Metacognition, learning how to learn, peer feedback and peer review.

Research methodology

Essay based on experience as a reviewer and editor and best practices.

Case overview/synopsis

This quick start guide provides a tutorial on how to review teaching cases and the associated instructor’s manual or teaching note. The purpose of this guide is to help develop the confidence and skill of novice reviewers and refresh and refocus experienced reviewers. Case writers may also use this guide to anticipate peer reviewer feedback and assess or refine their cases before submitting them to a journal. Reviewing is essential to the Academy – without peer reviews there would be no peer reviewed journal articles, a pillar of the tenure process. Reviewing is also a valuable way to learn, to keep current in a field and to be a good citizen – contributing to one’s professional community. This guide will help scholars become even more effective reviewers, writers and contributors to the Academy.

Complexity academic level

For academics interested in developing their case reviewing skills.

Citation

Foster, M.K. (2019), "Quick start guide: how to review teaching cases", , Vol. 15 No. 5, pp. 362-370. https://doi.org/10.1108/TCJ-06-2019-0057