Brenda Refaei and Ruth Benander ePortfolios have the potential to provide users with an integrative learning experience, but implementation often falls short in actual practice because many administrators, faculty, and staff are unfamiliar with the threshold concepts associated with eportfolio learning and implementation. Faculty and staff must be comfortable with these threshold concepts if they … Continue reading Threshold Concepts Associated with ePortfolios →

Matthew Ravenstahl This paper will argue the lens of threshold concepts highlights inherent qualities of the art making process that transforms the discipline of art education by promoting a reflection upon pedagogy that incorporates the epistemological and semiotic nature of art making (Ravenstahl, 2018; Ravenstahl and Rattray, 2019). I want to add to this current … Continue reading Considering Art Education Through the Lens of Threshold Concepts and the Affective Dimension →

Andrea Webb This paper will discuss a current project that explores how to work with and support teacher candidates through a one-year, postbaccalaureate teacher education program. Specifically, Social Studies is one of the largest enrolling specialties in the Teacher Education Secondary program, with approximately 80 teacher candidates each year. The teacher candidates complete the program … Continue reading Becoming and Being: Threshold Concepts in Teacher Education →