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Threshold Concepts within the Disciplines brings together leading writers from various disciplines and national contexts in an important and readable volume for all those concerned with teaching and learning in higher education. The foundational principle of threshold concepts is that there are, in...
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| Group Author: | ; ; |
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| Published: |
Sense Publishers,
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| Publisher Address: | Rotterdam : |
| Publication Dates: | [2008] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Educational futures ;
volume 16 |
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| Summary: |
Threshold Concepts within the Disciplines brings together leading writers from various disciplines and national contexts in an important and readable volume for all those concerned with teaching and learning in higher education. The foundational principle of threshold concepts is that there are, in each discipline, 'conceptual gateways' or 'portals' that must be negotiated to arrive at important new understandings. In crossing the portal, transformation occurs, both in knowledge and subjectivity. Such transformation involves troublesome knowledge, a key concern for contributors to this book, |
| Carrier Form: | xxi, 340 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9789087902674 9087902670 9789087902681 9087902689 |
| Index Number: | LB1062 |
| CLC: |
G649.712 G424.1 |
| Call Number: | G424.1/T531 |
| Contents: |
Beyond understanding / Threshold concepts and transformative ways of thinking within research into higher education / Embedding threshold concepts: from theory to pedagogical principles to learning activities / Threshold concepts and troublesome knowledge: reflections on the nature of learning and knowledge / Threshold concepts and troublesome knowledge (4): issues of variation and variability / Liquid learning and troublesome spaces: journeys from the thres |