Overcoming barriers to student understanding : threshold concepts and troublesome knowledge /
Overcoming barriers to student understanding : threshold concepts and troublesome knowledge /
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2006 (2012).
- xxiii, 213 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Threshold concepts and troublesome knowledge : an introduction / Jan Meyer and Ray Land -- Threshold concepts and troublesome knowledge : issues of liminality / Jan Meyer and Ray Land -- Constructivism and troublesome knowledge / David Perkins -- Metacognition, affect, and conceptual difficulty / Anastasia Efklides -- Threshold concepts : how can we recognise them? / Peter Davies -- Threshold concepts in biology : do they fit the definition? / Charlotte Taylor -- The troublesome nature of a threshold concept in economics / Martin Shanahan and Jan H.F. Meyer -- Threshold concepts in economics : a case study / Nicola Reimann and Ian Jackson -- Threshold concepts, troublesome knowledge and emotional capital : an exploration into learning about others / Glynis Cousin -- Developing new 'world views' : threshold concepts in introductory accounting / Ursula Lucas and Rosina Mladenovic -- Disjunction as a form of troublesome knowledge in problem-based learning / Maggi Savin-Baden -- On the mastery of philosophical concepts : Socratic discourse and the unexpected 'affect' / Jennifer Booth -- Using analogy in science teaching as a bridge to students' understanding of complex issues / Simon Bishop -- Implications of threshold concepts for curriculum design and.
This work examines the difficulties of student learning and offers advice on how to overcome them through course design, assessment practice and teaching methods. It provides innovative case materials from a wide range of institutions and disciplines.
0415374308 (hbk.) 9780415374309: £75.00 9780415374309 (hbk.) 9780203966273 0203966279 9780415514187 0415514185
Concept learning.
Knowledge, Theory of.
Education, Higher.
Effective teaching.
370.15 / MEY
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Threshold concepts and troublesome knowledge : an introduction / Jan Meyer and Ray Land -- Threshold concepts and troublesome knowledge : issues of liminality / Jan Meyer and Ray Land -- Constructivism and troublesome knowledge / David Perkins -- Metacognition, affect, and conceptual difficulty / Anastasia Efklides -- Threshold concepts : how can we recognise them? / Peter Davies -- Threshold concepts in biology : do they fit the definition? / Charlotte Taylor -- The troublesome nature of a threshold concept in economics / Martin Shanahan and Jan H.F. Meyer -- Threshold concepts in economics : a case study / Nicola Reimann and Ian Jackson -- Threshold concepts, troublesome knowledge and emotional capital : an exploration into learning about others / Glynis Cousin -- Developing new 'world views' : threshold concepts in introductory accounting / Ursula Lucas and Rosina Mladenovic -- Disjunction as a form of troublesome knowledge in problem-based learning / Maggi Savin-Baden -- On the mastery of philosophical concepts : Socratic discourse and the unexpected 'affect' / Jennifer Booth -- Using analogy in science teaching as a bridge to students' understanding of complex issues / Simon Bishop -- Implications of threshold concepts for curriculum design and.
This work examines the difficulties of student learning and offers advice on how to overcome them through course design, assessment practice and teaching methods. It provides innovative case materials from a wide range of institutions and disciplines.
0415374308 (hbk.) 9780415374309: £75.00 9780415374309 (hbk.) 9780203966273 0203966279 9780415514187 0415514185
Concept learning.
Knowledge, Theory of.
Education, Higher.
Effective teaching.
370.15 / MEY