This Handbook has been developed at the Asian Development Bank Institute, Tokyo, as a
resource for capacity building programs in which the use of cases, as learning and teaching
vehicles, form a central component. The Handbook has been created with designer, instructor
and learner in mind. It presents a series of design frameworks, learning processes and instruc-
tional techniques, through which an actionable learning and case based approach to capacity
building and training can be understood and creatively applied. Within this context, the Hand-
book is designed to serve a number of purposes:
- To provide a resource to instructors and trainers for the development of case materials
and methods of case based teaching and learning.
- To introduce a number of techniques which assist in the analysis and presentation of
findings in case based learning.
- To serve as a guide for the development of workshops, and other capacity building
activities, in which an experiential model of learning is employed.
- To provide a framework within which the conceptual and technical skills linked to case
based learning can be developed systematically and presented in multiple modes.
- To serve as a self-learning resource guide for trainers intending to use the case study
approach in their programs.
- To link case based learning to the process of capacity building, both conceptually and in
terms of program design and facilitation.
