Marwan Alyafaee Threshold Concepts are proposed by Meyer and Land (2003) as a way to identify the most important concepts in disciplines in higher education They necessitate that students make more sense of knowledge when they become more aware of their learning experiences and go through epistemological and ontological shifts in their ways of thinking … Continue reading The true nature of threshold concepts in teacher education as perceived of by Y1 and Y4 ELT student teachers in Oman
Category: Session 21
Permanent Liminality Among Early Career Academics
Declan Scully (Unfortunately, though this talk was accepted by the reviewers, it did not go ahead due to the speaker’s not being well). Liminality studies focus on transformation. The liminal model of van Gennep and Turner implies a linear process of transformation: someone is transformed from one identity status into another. For Early Career Academics, … Continue reading Permanent Liminality Among Early Career Academics
Knock, knock or Bang, bang? The moment when threshold concepts turn around a door
Peter Jones This presentation and Q&A draws on a two-part final draft paper addressing: Threshold Concepts, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguarding in the context of nursing-residential care and the conceptual framework known as Hodges’ Health Career – Care Domains – Model. Hodges’ model is introduced to explain its structure, content and applications. Threshold concepts are explored … Continue reading Knock, knock or Bang, bang? The moment when threshold concepts turn around a door
Threshold Concepts 