| Sumario: | lit is only rarely that the teaching in graduate schools deliberately concerns itself in the classroom with the learner. Action is seldom directed toward such problems as motivation, transfer and retention, the assumption being that concern is unnecessary at these age-levels and in the circumstances. Dr. Hunt analyzes here an approach to instruction which seeks to apply educational theory to college teaching at all levels. The case method of instruction focuses learning on concrete problems from real life while it encourages the active participation of all students. The author outlines the functions of the teacher in the discussion process, and he sets forth frankly the difficulties he sees in the method. Professor Hunt is with the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration where the Faculty has employed the case method of instruction throughout its programs for many years. The author has also employed the case method in conjunction with text and lectures while teaching at Yale, Minnesota, and Carnegie Institute of Technology.
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