case-based learning

Case-Based Learning is, perhaps, the learning theory that resonates the most with how I feel I learn myself.  The idea that learners can learn well through stories, or cases, told just in time makes sense to me.  I don't  usually spend time reading reference material or watching a video tutorial if it doesn't immediately affect my situation or something I'm trying to do.  I suspect that students are the same way.  They don't want to sit through something if they don't see the point, and they won't likely see the point unless they are facing a problem they can't otherwise solve.