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Threshold Concepts: Undergraduate Teaching, Postgraduate Training and Professional Development
A short introduction and bibliography
The Meyer and Land Threshold Concept
“The idea of threshold concepts emerged from a UK national
research project into the possible characteristics of strong
teaching and learning environments in the disciplines for
undergraduate education (Enhancing Teaching-Learning
Environments in Undergraduate Courses). In
pursuing this research in the field of economics, it became clear
to Erik Meyer and Ray Land [1-8, 9-16], that certain
concepts were held by economists to be central to the mastery of their subject. These concepts, Meyer and Land argued, could be described as ‘threshold’ ones because they have certain features in common.”
Over the past eight years this concept has been embraced by many disciplines outside economics; indeed the above quote is from Glynis Cousin’s excellent short introduction to the concept written for earth scientists. The threshold concept has been seen as a valuable tool, not only in facilitating students’ understanding of their subject, but in aiding the rational development of curricula in rapidly expanding arenas where there is a strong tendency to overload the curriculum (Cousin, [6, 8]). This web page will describe, briefly, the characteristics of a threshold concept and list selected references to the work of those examining its value in a broad range of disciplines.
Features of a Threshold
‘Threshold Concepts’ may be considered to be “akin to passing through a portal” or “conceptual gateway” that opens up “previously inaccessible way[s] of thinking about something” (Meyer and Land [9]).
Transformative: Once understood, a threshold concept changes the way in which the student views the discipline. More ...
Troublesome: Threshold concepts are likely to be troublesome for the student. Perkins has suggested that knowledge can be troublesome e.g. when it is counter-intuitive, alien or seemingly incoherent. More ...
Irreversible: Given their transformative potential, threshold concepts are also likely to be irreversible, i.e. they are difficult to unlearn. More ...
Integrative: Threshold concepts, once learned, are likely to bring together different aspects of the subject that previously did not appear, to the student, to be related. More ...
Bounded: A threshold concept will probably delineate a particular conceptual space, serving a specific and limited purpose. More ...
Discursive: Meyer and Land [10] suggest that the crossing of a threshold will incorporate an enhanced and extended use of language. More ...
Reconstitutive: "Understanding a threshold concept may entail a shift in learner subjectivity, which is implied through the transformative and discursive aspects already noted. Such reconstitution is, perhaps, more likely to be recognised initially by others, and also to take place over time (Smith)". More ...
Liminality: Meyer and Land [12] have likened the crossing of the pedagogic threshold to a ‘rite of passage’ (drawing on the ethnographical studies of Gennep and Turner in which a transitional or liminal space has to be traversed; “in short, there is no simple passage in learning from ‘easy’ to
‘difficult’; mastery of a threshold concept often involves messy
journeys back, forth and across conceptual terrain. (Cousin [6])”. More ...
Examples of the threshold concept must be transformative and involve a traverse through a liminal space. They are likely to be characterised by many of, but not necessarily all of, the other features listed above.
REFERENCES, BIBLIOGRAPHY, VIDEO AND PODCAST PRESENTATIONS
Click on the author name for a link to a list of the author’s papers on threshold concepts and, where available, a link to the author’s home page.
Threshold Concepts and Transformational Learning (2010)
Edited by Jan H. F. Meyer, Ray Land and Caroline Baillie Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, 2010
[Educational Futures: Rethinking Theory and Practice, Peters, M.A. (Ed), Volume 42]
The majority of chapters in this book are developments of talks first presented at the Threshold Concepts Conference: from theory to practice,
Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 18th - 20th June 2008.
3.
Threshold Concepts within the Disciplines (2008)
Edited by Ray Land, Jan H. F. Meyer and Jan Smith Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, 2008
[Educational Futures: Rethinking Theory and Practice, Michael Peters (Ed.), volume 16]
ISBN 978-90-8790-267-4 (paperback), ISBN 978-90-8790-268-1 (hardback).
The majority of chapters in this book are developments of talks first presented at the Threshold Concepts within the Disciplines Symposium, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK, 30 August-1 September 2006.
4.
Lucas, U. and Mladenovic, R. (2007) The potential of threshold concepts: an emerging framework for educational research and practice,
London Review of Education, Vol. 5, No. 3, November 2007, pp. 237-248
Overcoming Barriers to Student Understanding: threshold concepts and troublesome knowledge (2006)
Edited by Jan H. F. Meyer and Ray Land Routledge - Taylor & Francis Group, London and New York, 2006
ISBN10: 0-415-37430-8, ISBN13: 978-0-415-37430-9.
The papers cited in this section track the inception and development of the Threshold Concept framework by Erik Meyer and Ray Land with seminal contributions by Peter Davies and Glynis Cousin.
Meyer, J.H.F. and Land, R. (2005) Threshold concepts and troublesome knowledge (2): epistemological considerations and a conceptual framework for teaching and learning,
Higher Education, 49 (3), 373-388.
Meyer, J.H.F. and Land, R. (2006) Threshold concepts and troublesome knowledge: Issues of liminality,
In: Meyer, J.H.F. and Land, R. (eds.), Overcoming Barriers to Student Understanding: threshold concepts and troublesome knowledge, London and New York: Routledge, pp 19-32, [book details].
13.
Meyer, J.H.F., Land, R. and Davies, P. (2006) Implications of threshold concepts for course design and evaluation,
In: Meyer, J.H.F. and Land, R. (eds.), Overcoming Barriers to Student Understanding: threshold concepts and troublesome knowledge, London and NewYork: Routledge, pp 195-206, [book details].
14.
Meyer, J.H.F., Land, R. and Davies, P. (2008) Threshold concepts and troublesome knowledge (4): Issues of variation and variability,
in: Land, R., Meyer, J.H.F. and Smith, J., (eds), Threshold Concepts within the Disciplines. Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, pp 59-74, [book details].
16.
Land, R. and Meyer, J. H. F. (2010) Threshold concepts and troublesome: Dynamics of Assessment,
in: Threshold Concepts and Transformational Learning, Land, R., Meyer, J.H.F. and Baillie, C., (eds), Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, pp. 61-79, [book details].
Video and Podcast Presentations on the Threshold Concept
Land, R. (2010) Threshold Concepts and Issues of Interdisciplinarity,
Featured Lecture given at the Third Biennial Threshold Concepts Symposium; Exploring transformative dimensions of threshold concepts: The University of New South Wales in collaboration with the University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, 1-2 July 2010
Video of the lecture: http://www.thresholdconcepts2010.unsw.edu.au/speakers.html (last accessed 19 October 2010)
Perkins, D. (2010) Threshold Experiences: Moving Concepts from Object to Instrument to Action,
Keynote Lecture given at the Third Biennial Threshold Concepts Symposium; Exploring transformative dimensions of threshold concepts: The University of New South Wales in collaboration with the University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, 1-2 July 2010
Video of the lecture: http://www.thresholdconcepts2010.unsw.edu.au/speakers.html (last accessed 19 October 2010)
Brunetti, K., Hofer, A.R. and Townsend, L. (2009): Through the Looking Glass: Teaching Information Literacy with Threshold Concepts,
WILU (Workshop for Instruction in Library Use) Annual Conference 2009: "Reflections", Concordia University, Montreal, May 25-27, 2009.
Presentation: http://voicethread.com/#q.b527453.i0.k0 last accessed 21 July 2009
Johnstone, K., Dym, C. and Jacobius, T. (2008) Process, foundation, or skills: Is there a pedagogical difference?,
Presentations and Discussions, (Moderator, Crawley, E.), Project-Centred Learning Symposium 2008, Cambridge-MIT Institute Partnership Programme.
Threshold concepts - Keith Johnstone, University of Cambridge, UK
Design Process - Clive Dym, Harvey Mudd College
Transferable skills - Tom Jacobius, Illinois Institute of Technology
Selected Powerpoint Presentations on the Threshold Concept
Land, R. (2010) Threshold concepts and troublesome knowledge: A Transformative Approach to Learning,
Keynote Address at the New Zealand Association of Bridging Educators 9th National Conference, 29 September to 1 October 2010, Wellington, New Zealand: http://www.utdc.vuw.ac.nz/events/RayLand/201009RayLandSlides.ppt [last accessed 23 July 2011]
Land, R. and Meyer, J.H.F. (2010) Threshold concepts and troublesome knowledge,
Keynote Presentation at issotl10 (International Society for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning) Conference, Liverpool, UK, October 19-20, 2010: http://issotl10.indiana.edu/pres/tc.ppt [last accessed 23 July 2011]
Brunetti, K., Hofer, A.R. and Townsend, L. (2009): Through the Looking Glass: Teaching Information Literacy with Threshold Concepts,
WILU (Workshop for Instruction in Library Use) Annual Conference 2009: “Reflections”, Concordia University, Montreal, May 25-27, 2009.
Presentation: http://voicethread.com/#q.b527453.i0.k0 last accessed 21 July 2009
Buckley, C. and Maddern, J. (2009): Models of learning and teaching,
The tHE Programme, Bangor University and Aberystwyth University
Presentation: http://www.bangor.ac.uk/adu/the_scheme/documents/INDCBJM.ppt last accessed 28 October 2009
This powerpoint presentation also contains very informative notes.
Specific Topics
This section provides a reference list ordered, alphabetically, into specific disciplines, e.g. economics, and teaching and learning topics, e.g. doctoral research, virtual worlds.
This list is not exhaustive. It initially reflected the interests of the compiler but is slowly being extended. Please feel free to e.mail Mick Flanagan with any comments or relevant references.
Additionally, a list of these references ordered, alphabetically, by author may be accessed by clicking here. The author index contains links to the authors’ home pages where available.
A search engine allowing a search of this page for a specified topic may be accessed by clicking here.
Macdonald, J. and Poniatowska, B. (2011) Designing the professional development of staff for teaching online: an OU (UK) case study,
Distance Education, 32 (1), 119-134.
Smith, J. (2011) Resonance, Dissonance, Rejection: Experiences of Probationary Lecturers in UK Higher Education,
PhD Thesis, School of Education, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, July 2011: http://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/35822/
Blackie, M.A.L., Case, J.M. and Jawitz, J. (2010) Student-centredness: the link between transforming students and transforming ourselves,
Teaching in Higher Education, 15 (6), 637-646.
Irvine, N. and Carmichael, P. (2009) Threshold concepts: A point of focus for practitioner research,
Active Learning in Higher Education, 10 (2), 103-119.
Cove, M., McAdam, J. and McGonigal, J. (2008) Mentoring, Teaching and Professional Transformation,
in: Threshold Concepts within the Disciplines, Land, R., Meyer, J.H.F. and Smith, J., (eds), Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, pp 197-211, [book details].
Hadfield, P. and Atherton, J. (2008) Beyond Compliance,
A development of “Accountability, assessment and anxiety; and curricular structures to help students engage with troublesome knowledge”,
a paper presented at 16th Improving Student Learning; through the curriculum conference, University of Durham UK, 1-3 September 2008 http://www.bedspce.org.uk/papers/Beyond%20Compliance_50.pdf last accessed 17 July 2010.
Lucas, U. and Mladenovic, R. (2007) The potential of threshold concepts: an emerging framework for educational research and practice,
London Review of Education, Vol. 5, No. 3, November 2007, pp. 237-248
Carmichael, P., Burchmore, H., Tracy, F. and Johnstone, K. (2007) Threshold Concepts: An Emerging Interdisciplinary Research Agenda in Higher Education,
In: GlobalPerspectives on Higher Education, Volume 4, University Collaboration for Innovation, Lessons from the Cambridge-MIT Institute, Good, D., Greenwald, S., Cox, R. and Goldman, M. (eds), Sense Publishers, Rotterdam and Taipei, pp 155-171.
ISBN 90-8790-039-2 (paperback); ISBN 90-8790-040-6(hardback).
Smith, J. (2006) Lost in translation: Staff and students negotiating liminal spaces,
SEDA Annual Conference, Liverpool, 2006.
Morgan, C. K., Watson, G. K., Roberts, D. W., McKenzie, A. D. and Cochrane, K. W. (2004) Scholarship neglected? How levels are assigned for units of study in Australian undergraduate courses,
Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 29 (3), 283-298.
Donohue, J.P. (2011) Using systemic functional linguistics in academic writing development: An example from film studies,
Journal of English for Academic Purposes (2011): Available online 31 December 2011.
Smith G. (2011) The Write Rhythm,
2nd Annual International Conference on Fine and Performing Arts, June 2011, Athens: http://eprints.brighton.ac.uk/8977/ [last accessed 18 November 2011].
Aidulis, D. and Cogdell, B. (2009) Development of a workshop to enhance scientific writing skills and reduce plagiarism,
Proceedings of the Higher Education Academy Subject Centres for Bioscience, Materials and Physical Sciences Science Learning and Teaching Conference 2009, 16-17 June 2009, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, page 12. http://www.bioscience.heacademy.ac.uk/ftp/events/sltc09/papers/o4aidulis.pdf last accessed 6 February 2010
Gourlay, L. (2009) Threshold practices: becoming a student through academic literacies,
London Review of Education, 7 (2), 181-192.
Wisker, G and Savin-Baden, M. (2009) Priceless conceptual thresholds: beyond the ‘stuck place’ in writing,
London Review of Education, 7 (3), 235-247.
Wallace, D. (2010) The Grit in the Oyster - does an appreciation of threshold concepts in an adult literacies teaching qualification result in pearls of practice?,
Literacy and Numeracy Studies, 18 (1), 3-18. http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/ojs/index.php/lnj/article/view/1426 (last accessed 29 August 2010)
Ackland, A. (2008) Transforming Professional Identities in a CPD Community of Enquiry,
ESREA (European Society for Research on the Education of Adults), Access, Learning Careers and Identities Network Conference: Educational Journeys and Changing Lives, University of Seville, Spain, 10 -12 December 2008. http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/study/cll/about/news/esrea/abstracts/ackland_paper.pdf (last accessed 11 August 2009).
Anthropology
Wilson, L. and Leitner, D.S. (2007) Teaching Anthropology as ‘Troublesomeness’: Notes on instruction and the notion of ‘Threshold Concepts’,
Presented at the ‘Transforming Perspectives’ Seminar Series ‘B’: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Threshold Concepts
St. John’s College, Cambridge, 15 January 2007: http://cambridge.academia.edu/documents/0008/9457/TC_Seminar_B_paper-final_for_distribution.doc (last accessed 20 September 2010).
Archaeology
Kirk, K. and Greaves, A. (2009) Absorbing the shock of the early undergraduate experience,
Assessment, Learning & Teaching Journal (ALT Journal), Number 5, Spring 2009, pp 5-8.
On-line at: http://www.leedsmet.ac.uk/ALT_Journal_No_5.pdf (last accessed 6 June 2011).
Sinclair, A. (2008) To Stones and Bones, Add Genes and Isotopes, Life histories and Landscapes: Accumulating Issues for the Teaching of Palaeolithic Archaeology,
Research in Archaeological Education (RAE) Journal, 1 (2), 57-70.
On-line at The Higher Education Academy (HEA) Subject Centre for History, Classics and Archaeology: http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/assets/hca/documents/archaeology/RAEjournal/issue2/rae_issue2_sinclair.pdf (last accessed 29 August 2010).
Anderson, T. R. and Rogan, J. M. (2011) Curriculum Develeopment, Part 1: Components of the Curriculum and Influences on the Process of Curriculum Design,
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 39 (1), 68-76.
Loertscher, J. (2011) Threshold Concepts in Biochemistry,
Biochemistry and Molecualr Biology Education, 39 (1), 56-57.
Kinchin, I. M. (2010) Solving Cordelia’s Dilemma: threshold concepts within a punctuated model of learning,
Journal of Biological Education, 44 (2), 52-57.
Taylor, C. E. and Meyer, J. H. F. (2010) The Testable Hypothesis as a Threshold Concept for Biology Students,
in: Threshold Concepts and Transformational Learning, Land, R., Meyer, J.H.F. and Baillie, C., (eds), Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, pp. 179-192, [book details].
Taylor, C. E., (2008) Threshold concepts, troublesome knowledge and ways of thinking and practising,
Paper presented at the Threshold Concepts within the Disciplines Symposium, Glasgow, September, 2006,
and in: Threshold Concepts within the Disciplines, eds. Land, R., Meyer, J.H.F. and Smith, J., Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, pp 189-206, [book details].
Taylor, C. E. and Cope, C. (2007) Are there educationally critical aspects in the concept of evolution?,
UniServe Science, Proceedings of the Assessment in Science Teaching and Learning Symposium, University of Sydney, September 28-29, 2007, pp 101-106.
[http://science.uniserve.edu.au/pubs/procs/2007/21.pdf last accessed 25 June 2008]
Hatsidimitris, G. (2007) Using cognitive load theory as a framework for designing a set of integrated multimedia modules to assist in the teaching of a threshold concept,
UniServe Science, Proceedings of the Assessment in Science Teaching and Learning Symposium, University of Sydney, September 28-29, 2007, pp 172-176.
[http://science.uniserve.edu.au/pubs/procs/2007/34.pdf last accessed 25 June 2008]
Ross, P. M. and Tronson, D. A. (2007) Intervening to create conceptual change,
UniServe Science, Proceedings of the Assessment in Science Teaching and Learning Symposium, University of Sydney, September 28-29, 2007, pp 89-94.
[http://science.uniserve.edu.au/pubs/procs/2007/19.pdf last accessed 25 June 2008]
Taylor, C. E. (2006) Threshold Concepts in Biology: do they fit the definition?,
in: Overcoming Barriers to Student Understanding: threshold concepts and troublesome knowledge
Edited by Jan H. F. Meyer and Ray Land,
Routledge - Taylor & Francis Group, London and New York, pp 87-99 [book details].
Built Environment
Boys, J. (2011) Towards Creative Learning Spaces: Re-thinking the Architecture of Post-Compulsory Education,
Routledge, Abingdon and New York, ISBN-13: 978-0415570640.
Sheehan, M. (2010) Identification of difficult topics in the teaching and learning of Chemistry in Irish schools and the development of an intervention programme to target some of these difficulties,
University of Limerick PhD Thesis: http://ulir.ul.ie/bitstream/10344/432/3/MSpthesis.pdf (last accessed 11 September 2010)
Hatsidimitris, G. (2007) Using cognitive load theory as a framework for designing a set of integrated multimedia modules to assist in the teaching of a threshold concept,
UniServe Science, Proceedings of the Assessment in Science Teaching and Learning Symposium, University of Sydney, September 28-29, 2007, pp 172-176.
[http://science.uniserve.edu.au/pubs/procs/2007/34.pdf last accessed 25 June 2008]
Mead, J., Gray, S., Hamer, J., James, R., Sorva, J., St. Clair, C and Thomas, L. (2006). A Cognitive Approach to Identifying Measurable Milestones for Programming Skill Acquisition,
The Eleventh Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, University of Bologna, Italy 26-28 June 2006
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Sien, VY. and Chong, D.W.K. (2011) Threshold Concepts in Object-Oriented Modelling,
7th Educators’ Symposium@MODELS 2011 - Software Modeling in Education - EduSymp Models 2011, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, October 2011, Pre-Proceedings pp 55-64:
http://www.se.uni-oldenburg.de/documents/olnse-2-2011-EduSymp.pdf#page=5 (last accessed 31 October 2011).
Boustedt, J. (2010) On the Road to a Software Profession. Students’ Experiences of Concepts and Thresholds,
Acta Universitatis. Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Science and Technology 734. 61pp. Uppsala. ISBN 978-91-554-7789-9.
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Daneshgar, F. (2010) A Threshold Concept Perspective for Enhancing Effectiveness of PhD Supervision in Computing Disciplines,
Annual International Conference on Computer Science Education: Innovation & Technology (CSEIT 2010), Hilton Phuket Arcadia Resort & Spa, Thailand, 6th December 2010.
Sorva, J. (2010) Reflections on threshold concepts in computer programming and beyond,
Proceedings of the 10th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research, ACM DL Digital Library, ACM New York, NY, USA
Thomas, L., Zander, C. and Eckerdal, A. (2010) Harnessing surprise: tales from students’ transformational biographies,
Proceedings of the 41st ACM technical symposium on Computer science education, Pages: 300-304.
Ling Zeng, Shanyun Kuang, Lei Yang, Tonglin Zhu, Xin Ding (2010) Construction of Threshold Concept-Based Programming Courses Ontology,
Proceedings of the 2010 International Conference on E-Business and E-Government (icee), May 7th to 9th, 2010, Guangzhou, China, pp.3849-3851.
Drummond, S. A. (2009) Investigating the Impact of Entry Qualifications on Student Performance in Computing Programmes at Undergraduate Level,
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Eckerdal, A. (2009) Novice Programming Students’ Learning of Concepts and Practise.,
Acta Universitatis. Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Science and Technology 600. 194pp. Uppsala. ISBN 978-91-554-7406-5.
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Khalife, J.T. (2009) Novice Programmers Difficulties Alleviated: Surpassing the Threshold of Learning how to Program,
Proceedings of the first regional conference on Program and Learning Assessment in Higher Education, November 6-7, 2009: http://cpla.lau.edu.lb/files/1st-regional-conference-proceedings.pdf (last accessed 12 September 2010)
Rountree, J. and Rountree, N., (2009) Issues Regarding Threshold Concepts in Computer Science,
Proceedings of the Eleventh Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2009), (Eds. Hamilton, M. and Clear, T.) CRPIT. 95, pp 139-145.
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Zander, C., Boustedt, J., McCartney, R., Moström, J.E., Sanders, K. and Thomas, L. (2009) Student Transformations: Are They Computer Scientists Yet?,
Proceedings of the fifth international workshop on Computing education research workshop, Berkeley, CA, USA, 2009, Pages 129-140.
Flanagan, M. T. and Smith, J. (2008) From playing to understanding: the transformative potential of discourse versus syntax in learning to program,
in: Threshold Concepts within the Disciplines, Land, R., Meyer, J.H.F. and Smith, J., (eds), Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, pp 91-104, [book details].
Moström, J. E., Boustedt, J., Eckerdal, A., McCartney, R., Sanders, K., Thomas, L., and Zander, C. (2008) Concrete examples of abstraction as manifested in students’ transformative experiences,
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Shinners-Kennedy, D. (2008) The Everydayness of Threshold Concepts: State as an Example from Computer Science,
in: Threshold Concepts within the Disciplines, Land, R., Meyer, J.H.F. and Smith, J., (eds), Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, pp 119-128, [book details].
Boustedt, J., Eckerdal, A., McCartney, R., Moström, J.E., Ratcliffe, M., Sanders, K. and Zander, C. (2007) Threshold Concepts in Computer Science: Do they exist and are they useful?,
ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, 39, 504-508.
McCartney, R., Eckerdal, A., Moström, J.E., Sanders, K. and Zander, C. (2007) Successful students’ strategies for getting unstuck,
ITiCSE’07, June, 2007, Dundee, Scotland.
Vagianou, E. (2007) Program Working Storage: A Beginner’s Model,
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Flanagan, M. T. and Smith, J. (2006) Threshold concepts: troublesome topographies for the Google generation,
Paper presented at Beyond Boundaries: New Horizons for Research into Higher Education, Annual Conference of the Society for Research into Higher EducationBrighton: 12 - 14 December 2006.
Smith, J. (2006) Lost in translation: Staff and students negotiating liminal spaces,
SEDA Annual Conference, Liverpool.
Khalife, J.T. (2006) Threshold for the Introduction of Programming: Providing Learners with a Simple Computer Model,
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Mead, J., Gray, S., Hamer, J., James, R., Sorva, J., St. Clair, C and Thomas, L. (2006). A Cognitive Approach to Identifying Measurable Milestones for Programming Skill Acquisition,
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Kinchin, I.M., Cabot, L.B. & Hay, D.B. (2010) Visualising expertise: Revealing the nature of a threshold concept in the development of an authentic pedagogy for clinical education,
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Boustedt, J. (2010) On the Road to a Software Profession. Students’ Experiences of Concepts and Thresholds,
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Park, E-J. and Light, G. (2010) Identifying a Potential Threshold Concept in Nanoscience and Technology: Engaging Theory in the Service of Practice,
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Kinchin, I. M. (2008) The Qualitative Analysis of Concept Maps: Some Unforeseen Consequences and Emerging Opportunities,
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Kandiko, C. B., Kinchin, I. M. and Hay, D. B. (2008) Longitudinal studies of cognitive change among Students and their supervisors in the course of research supervision leading to a PhD,
Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Concept Mapping: Concept Mapping: Connecting Educators, Cañas, A. J. , Reiska, P., Åhlberg, M. and Novak, J. D. (eds.), Tallinn, Estonia & Helsinki, Finland 2008. http://cmc.ihmc.us/cmc2008papers/cmc2008-p104.pdf (last accessed 11 August 2009)
Park, E-J., Light, G. and Mason, T. (2008) Identifying threshold concepts in learning nanoscience by using concept maps and students’ responses to an open-ended interview,
International Society of the Learning Sciences, 3, 109-110.
Ackland, A. (2008) Transforming Professional Identities in a CPD Community of Enquiry,
ESREA (European Society for Research on the Education of Adults), Access, Learning Careers and Identities Network Conference: Educational Journeys and Changing Lives, University of Seville, Spain, 10 -12 December 2008. http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/study/cll/about/news/esrea/abstracts/ackland_paper.pdf (last accessed 11 August 2009)
Coughlan, P. and Graham, A. (2009) Embedding a Threshold Concept in Teaching and Learning of Product Development Management,
Creativity and Innovation Management, 18 (3), 190-198.
Kiley, M. (2009) Creativity as a Threshold Concept in research education,
Paper presented at the 13th Biennial Conference of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI), 25-29 August 2009. Book of Abstracts, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Pol, E. (2008) Teaching and Learning Business Innovation by Successive Approximations,
8th Global Conference on Business & Economics, Florence, Italy, October 18-19th, 2008
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Reid, A and Solomonides, I. (2007) Design students’ experience of engagement and creativity,
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Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy
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Social Work
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History
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Ackland, A. (2008) Transforming Professional Identities in a CPD Community of Enquiry,
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Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) Annual Research Conference 2010, ‘Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?’; Exploring Meaning, Identities and Transformation in Higher Education, 14 - 16 December 2010, Celtic Manor Resort, South Wales, UK.
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Daniels, M. (2011) Developing and Assessing Professional Competencies: Experiences from an Open-Ended Group Project Learning Environment,
Acta Universitatis. Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Science and Technology 738. 109pp. Uppsala. ISSN 1651-6214
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Land, R. (2010) Threshold Concepts and Issues of Interdisciplinarity,
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Day, H. (2007) Helicopters, Jigsaws, and Plaits: Revealing the Hidden Language and Literature Curriculum,
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Ricketts, A. (2010) Threshold Concepts: ‘Loaded’ Knowledge or Critical Education?,
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Allen, V. (2007) A Critical Reflection on the Methodology of Teaching Law to Non-law Students,
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Blackmore, M. (2010) Student engagement with information: Applying a threshold concept approach to information literacy development,
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Townsend, L., Hofer, A.R. and Brunetti, K. (2010) Expert opinions: Investigating threshold concepts for information literacy instruction,
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Pettersson, K. (2012) The Threshold Concept of a Function - A Case Study of a Student’s Development of Her Understanding,
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Long, C., Wendt, H. and Dunne, T.(2011) Applying Rasch measurement in mathematics education research: steps towards a triangulated investigation into proficiency in the multiplicative conceptual field,
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Scheja, M. and Pettersson K. (2011) Exploring Students’ Experiences of Understanding the Threshold Concept of Function,
Earli 2011: Education for a Global Networked Society, Earli 14th Biennial Conference, Exeter, UK, 30 August - 3 September 2011.
Worsley, S.R. (2011) The Big Ideas in Two Large First Level Courses Of Undergraduate Mathematics,
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Masouros, S.D. and Alpay, E. (2010) Mathematics and online learning experiences: A gateway site for engineering students,
European Journal of Engineering Education, 2010, 35 (1), 59-78.
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Quinnell, R. and Thompson, R. (2010) Conceptual Intersections: Re-viewing academic numeracy in the tertiary education sector as a threshold concept,
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Wandel, A. P. (2010) Linkages between Courses: A Holistic Approach to Programmes,
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Easdown, D. (2007) The role of proof in mathematics teaching and The Plateau Principle,
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Lee, A (2007) How Can a Mentor Support Experiential Learning?,
Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 12 (3), 333-340.
Metalearning, Refexivity and Critical reflection
Meyer, J.H.F. (2010) Helping our students: learning, metalearning, and threshold concepts,
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Hibbert, P. (2009) Reflexivity as a Threshold Concept: Troublesome Understanding,
The Academy of Management Proceedings, Volume 2009, Annual Meeting Proceedings
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Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 12 (3), 333-340.
Efklides, A. (2006) Metacognition, affect, and conceptual difficulty,
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Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
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Light, G., Swarat, S., Drane, D. and Park, E-J. (2008) Student understanding of ‘surface-area-to-volume ratio’ and its relationship to property change in the nano-science engineering context,
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International Society of the Learning Sciences, 3, 109-110.
Carmichael, P. (2011) Tribes,Territories and Threshold Concepts: Educational materialisms at work in higher education,
Educational Philosophy and Theory, Article first published online: 14 April 2011 (DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-5812.2010.00743.x).
Dunne, T. (2011) Road Maps for Learning: A Bird’s Eye View,
Measurement, 9 (2-3), 134-137.
Gannon-Leary, P., Fontainha, E. and Bent, M. (2011) The loneliness of the long distance researcher,
Library Hi Tech, 29 (3), 455-469.
Kinchin, I.M., Cabot, L.B., Kobus, M. and Woolford, M. (2011) Threshold concepts in dental education,
European Journal of Dental Education 15(4) 210-215
Land, R. (2011) There could be trouble ahead: using threshold concepts as a tool of analysis,
International Journal for Academic Development 16 (2), 175-178.
Lucas, U. (2011) Towards A ‘Scholarship of Teaching and Learning’: The Individual and the Communal Journey,
Accounting Education, 20 (3), 239-243.
Timmermans, J.A. (2011) Epistemic Beliefs, Threshold Concepts, and Educational Development,
PhD Thesis in Educational Psychology, McGill University.
Blackie, M.A.L., Case, J.M. and Jawitz, J. (2010) Student-centredness: the link between transforming students and transforming ourselves,
Teaching in Higher Education, 15 (6), 637-646.
Kinchin, I. M. (2010) Solving Cordelia’s Dilemma: threshold concepts within a punctuated model of learning,
Journal of Biological Education, 44 (2), 52-57.
Kinchin, I. M. (2010) Threshold concepts and a punctuated model of learning.,
Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) Annual Research Conference 2010, 14-16 December 2010, Celtic Manor, Newport, Wales http://www.srhe.ac.uk/conference2010/abstracts/0045.pdf (last accessed 15 December 2010)
Larsson, Å. and Halldén, O. (2010) , A Structural View on the Emergence of a Conception: Conceptual Change as Radical Reconstruction of Contexts,
Science Education, 94 (4), 640-664.
Mead, J. and Gray, S. (2010) Contexts for Threshold Concepts I: A conceptual structure for localizing candidates,
in: Threshold Concepts and Transformational Learning, Land, R., Meyer, J.H.F. and Baillie, C., (eds), Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, pp. 97-113, [book details].
Perkins, D. (2010) Threshold Experiences: Moving Concepts from Object to Instrument to Action,
Keynote Lecture given at the Third Biennial Threshold Concepts Symposium; Exploring transformative dimensions of threshold concepts: The University of New South Wales in collaboration with the University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, 1-2 July 2010
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Schwartzman, L. (2010) Transcending Disciplinary Boundaries: A Proposed Theoretical Foundation For Threshold Concepts,
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Timmermans, J. A. (2010) Changing Our Minds: The Developmental Potential of Threshold Concepts,
in: Threshold Concepts and Transformational Learning, Land, R., Meyer, J.H.F. and Baillie, C., (eds), Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, pp 3-19, [book details].
Halldén, O. and Lundholm, C. (2009). Conceptual Change and the Complexity of Learning: Threshold Questions, Meaning making and Contextuality,
The 13th European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (Earli) Biennial Conference: Fostering Communities of Learners, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, August 25-29, 2009.
Abstract: http://www.earli2009.org/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=487
Savin-Baden, M. (2009) Liquid learning and liminal universities? Shifting Academic complicit-ness in the processes of disempowerment
Paper presented at 6-8th April 2009 DPR8: Power and the Academy, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
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McCormick, R. (2008) Threshold Concepts and Troublesome Knowledge: reflections on the nature of learning and knowledge,
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O’Brien, M. (2008) Threshold Concepts for University Teaching and Learning,
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Savin-Baden, M. (2008) Liquid Learning and Troublesome Spaces: Journeys from the Threshold?,
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Cousin, G. (2006) Threshold concepts, troublesome knowledge and and emotional capital: an exploraton into learning about others
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Cowart, M. R. (2010) A Preliminary Framework for Isolating and Teaching Threshold Concepts in Philosophy,
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Rowbottom, D. P. (2007) Demystifying Threshold Concepts,
Journal of Philosophy of Education, 41 (2), 263-270
Booth, J. (2006) On the mastery of philosophical concepts: Socratic discourse and the unexpected ‘affect’,
in: Overcoming Barriers to Student Understanding: threshold concepts and troublesome knowledge, edited by Jan H. F. Meyer and Ray Land,
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Aidulis, D. and Cogdell, B.. (2009) Development of a workshop to enhance scientific writing skills and reduce plagiarism,
Proceedings of the Higher Education Academy Subject Centres for Bioscience, Materials and Physical Sciences Science Learning and Teaching Conference 2009, 16-17 June 2009, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, page 12. http://www.bioscience.heacademy.ac.uk/ftp/events/sltc09/papers/o4aidulis.pdf last accessed 6 February 2010
Korosteleva, E. A. (2010) Threshold Concept Through Enactive Learnings: How Effective Are They in the Study of European Politics?,
International Studies Perspectives, 11, 37-50.
Barrett, T. (2012) Learning about the problem in problem-based learning (PBL) by listening to students’ talk in tutorials: a critical discourse analysis study,
Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2012, 1-17, iFirst Article, available on line 09 Feb 2012, DOI: 10.1080/0309877X.2011.645464
Savin-Baden, M. (2006) Disjunction as a form of troublesome knowledge in problem-based learning,
In: Meyer, J.H.F. and Land, R. (eds.), Overcoming Barriers to Student Understanding: threshold concepts and troublesome knowledge, London and New York: Routledge, pp 160-172, [book details].
Savin-Baden, M. (2006) Problem-based Learning: Reason in Madness? ,
Keynote Speech, Problem-based Learning; A Quality Experience? University of Salford, 16th September 2004, Conference Proceedings (March 2006), pp 22-38: www.edu.salford.ac.uk/docs/PBLConference.doc last accessed 28 February 2010.
Barrett, T. (2005) Lecturers’ Experience as Problem-based Learners: Learning as Hard Fun,
In: the Handbook of Enquiry & Problem Based Learning. Barrett, T., Mac Labhrainn, I., Fallon, H. (Eds). Galway: CELT, 2005
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Psychology
McLean, N. (2011) Researching academic identity: using discursive psychology as an approach,
International Journal for Academic Development, 2011, 1-12, iFirst article, Available online: 30 Aug 2011 (DOI: 10.1080/1360144X.2011.599596)
Evans, M.O. (2011) Teaching Psychotherapy: Case Discussion Groups,
in Teaching Psychiatry: Putting Theory into Practice, Eds: Gask, L., Coskun, B, and Baron, D., Chapter 10, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Sibbett, C. and Thompson, W. (2008) Nettlesome knowledge, Liminality and Taboo in Cancer and Art Therapy Experiences,
In: Threshold Concepts within the Disciplines, Land, R., Meyer, J.H.F. and Smith, J., (eds), Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, pp 227-242, [book details].
Fokkens-Bruinsma, M. and Torenbeek, M. (2011) Threshold concepts and conceptual change in Dutch Ph.D. students,
Earli 2011: Education for a Global Networked Society, Earli 14th Biennial Conference, Exeter, UK, 30 August - 3 September 2011.
Kelly, F. and Russell, M. and Wallace, L. (2011) Trouble in mind: supporting the transition to graduate research in English,
Arts and Humanities in Higher Education; published online before print, August 25, 2011.
Timmerman, B.C., Feldon, D., Maher, M., Strickland, D. and Gilmore, J. (2011) Performance-based assessment of graduate student research skills: timing, trajectory, and potential thresholds,
Studies in Higher Education, Available online: 24 October 2011 (DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2011.590971)
Wisker, G. (2011) Doctoral examining for sustainable research capacity building - examiner threshold crossing,
Earli 2011: Education for a Global Networked Society, Earli 14th Biennial Conference, Exeter, UK, 30 August - 3 September 2011.
Daneshgar, F. (2010) A Threshold Concept Perspective for Enhancing Effectiveness of PhD Supervision in Computing Disciplines,
Annual International Conference on Computer Science Education: Innovation & Technology (CSEIT 2010), Hilton Phuket Arcadia Resort & Spa, Thailand, 6th December 2010.
Kiley, M. and Wisker, G. (2010) Learning To Be a Researcher: The Concepts and Crossings,
in: Threshold Concepts and Transformational Learning, Land, R., Meyer, J.H.F. and Baillie, C., (eds), Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, pp. 399-414, [book details].
Kärner, A. (2009) Supervision and research training within the professional research community: Seeking new challenges of doctoral education in Estonia,
Dissertation Pedagogicae Universitatis Tartuensis 7, Department of Pedagogy, University of Tartu, Tartu University Press.
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Kiley, M. and Wisker, G. (2009) Threshold concepts in research education and evidence of threshold crossing,
Higher Education Research & Development, 28 (4), 431-441.
Kiley, M. (2009) Identifying threshold concepts and proposing strategies to support doctoral candidates,
Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 46 (3), 293-304.
Kiley, M. (2009) Creativity as a Threshold Concept in research education,
Paper presented at the 13th Biennial Conference of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI), 25-29 August 2009. Book of Abstracts, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Trafford, V. and Leshem, S. (2009) Doctorateness as a threshold concept,
Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 46 (3), 305-316.
Wisker, G. and Robinson, G. (2009) Encouraging postgraduate students of literature and art to cross conceptual thresholds,
Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 46 (3), 317-330.
Wisker, G., Morris, C., Warnes, M., Lilly, J., Robinson, G., Trafford, V. and Cheng, M. (2009) Doctoral learning journeys: supporting and enhancing doctoral students’ research and related skills development through research evidence-based practices,
Assessment, Learning & Teaching Journal (ALT Journal), Number 5, Spring 2009, pp 19-22.
On-line at: http://www.leedsmet.ac.uk/ALT_Journal_No_5.pdf (last accessed 6 June 2011).
Kandiko, C. B., Kinchin, I. M. and Hay, D. B. (2008) Longitudinal studies of cognitive change among Students and their supervisors in the course of research supervision leading to a PhD,
Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Concept Mapping: Concept Mapping: Connecting Educators, Cañas, A. J. , Reiska, P., Åhlberg, M. and Novak, J. D. (eds.), Tallinn, Estonia & Helsinki, Finland 2008. http://cmc.ihmc.us/cmc2008papers/cmc2008-p104.pdf (last accessed 11 August 2009)
Trafford, V. (2008) Conceptual Frameworks as a Threshold Concept in Doctorateness,
in: Land, R., Meyer, J.H.F. and Smith, J., (eds), Threshold Concepts within the Disciplines. Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, pp 273-288, [book details].
Wisker, G and Robinson, G. (2007) Improving postgraduate student learning for sustainable social development, research capacity building and personal growth,
The 15th Improving Student Learning Symposium: Improving Student Learning - For What?, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, 3-5 September 2007.
Onsman, A. and Paganin, D. (2006) Perturbative Analogies: fostering creativity in postgraduate research students,
AARE (Australian Association for Research in Education) Conference 2006
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School Education, e.g. Primary and Secondary Education
Renshaw, S. and Wood, P. (2011) Holistic Understanding in Geography Education (HUGE) - an alternative approach to curriculum development and learning at Key Stage 3,
The Curriculum Journal, 22 (3), 365-379.
Slinger, J. (2011) Threshold Concepts in Secondary Geography Education,
Research report presented at The Geographical Association Annual Conference, University of Surrey, 16th April 2011. http://www.geography.org.uk/download/GA_Conf11Slinger.pdf (last accessed 23 June 2011)
Sheehan, M. (2010) Identification of difficult topics in the teaching and learning of Chemistry in Irish schools and the development of an intervention programme to target some of these difficulties,
University of Limerick PhD Thesis: http://ulir.ul.ie/bitstream/10344/432/3/MSpthesis.pdf (last accessed 11 September 2010)
Slinger, J. (2010) Threshold Concepts in Secondary Geography Education,
International Geography Union - Commission for Geography Education - The British Sub-Committee: 2010 Research Forum: Post Graduate Research in Geography Education, Institute of Education, Universtiy of London, Saturday, 16th October 2010. http://igu-cge-uk.webs.com/Forum%20ppts/Threshold%20Concepts.pdf (last accessed 4 November 2010)
Thornton, S., Galluzzo, G., Quinane, M. and Taylor, D. (2010) One on One Numeracy Intervention: A Pilot Project in Low SES Communities,
Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA33), John Curtin College of the Arts, Fremantle, 3-7 July 2010, Editors: Len Sparrow, Barry Kissane, Chris Hurst, pp 555-562: http://www.merga.net.au/documents/MERGA33_ThorntonEtAl.pdf last accessed 16 September 2011.
Onsman, A. and Paganin, D. (2006) Perturbative Analogies: fostering creativity in postgraduate research students,
AARE (Australian Association for Research in Education) Conference 2006
[http://www.aare.edu.au/06pap/ons06061.pdf last accessed 27 May 2010]
Bishop, S. (2006) Using analogy in science teaching as a bridge to students’ understanding of complex issues,
in: Overcoming Barriers to Student Understanding: threshold concepts and troublesome knowledge, edited by Jan H. F. Meyer and Ray Land,
Routledge - Taylor & Francis Group, London and New York, pp 182-194 [book details].
Hulpus, I., Fradinho, M., Hayes, C., Hokstad, L., Seager, W. and Flanagan, M. (2010) Rapid Competence Development in Serious Games using Case-Based Reasoning and Threshold Concepts,
The 2nd International Conference on Computer Supported Education (CSEDU 2010), Valencia, Spain, 7-10 April 2010.
Walsh, M. (2009) The Application of Threshold Concepts in Economics Using Classroom Games with Business Students,
Fifth International Developments in Economics Education (DEE) Conference, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, UK, 9-10 September 2009
[http://www.economicsnetwork.ac.uk/dee2009/presentations/walsh.ppt last accessed 18 March 2011]
Kutsar, D. and Kärner, A. (2010) Exploration of Societal Transactions in Estonia from the Threshold Concept Perspective,
in: Threshold Concepts and Transformational Learning, Land, R., Meyer, J.H.F. and Baillie, C., (eds), Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, pp. 383-397, [book details].
Diamond, R.V. (2011) Technical Report on Assessment Data Analysis: What Can Grade Distributions Tell Us? Surface Learners and Threshold Concepts in Statistics,
Social Science Research Network (SSRN) http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1890833 last accessed 22 July 2011.
MacDougall, M. (2010) Threshold concepts in statistics and online discussion as a basis for curriculum innovation in undergraduate medicine,
HEA Maths, Stats & OR Network: MSOR Connections Vol 10 No 3 Autumn Term 2010, pp 21-24 & 41.
On-line: http://mathstore.ac.uk/headocs/100321_macdougall_m_statsmedicine.pdf (last accessed 16 January 2011)
Quinnell, R. and Thompson, R. (2010) Conceptual Intersections: Re-viewing academic numeracy in the tertiary education sector as a threshold concept,
in: Threshold Concepts and Transformational Learning, Land, R., Meyer, J.H.F. and Baillie, C., (eds), Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, pp. 147-163, [book details].
Thompson, R. (2008) Sexing up stats: dealing with numeracy issues and threshold concepts in an online medical statistics course,
The Association for Health Professional Education Annual Conference, ANZAME 2008, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 10-13 July 2008.
[http://www.anzame.unsw.edu.au/PDF/ANZAME%20conference%20program%20Sydney%202008.pdf last accessed 21 July 2009]
Bulmer, M., O’Brien, M and Price, S. (2007) Troublesome concepts in statistics: a student perspective on what they are and how to learn them,
UniServe Science, Proceedings of the Assessment in Science Teaching and Learning Symposium, University of Sydney, September 28-29, 2007, pp 9 - 15.
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Dunne, T., Low, T. and Ardington, C. (2003) Exploring Threshold concepts in basic Statistics, using the Internet,
The International Association for Statistical Education, Statistics & the Internet, Berlin, Germany, 2003, (IASE/ISI Satellite, 2003)
[http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~iase/publications/6/Dunne.pdf last accessed 22 July 2009]
Cove, M., McAdam, J. and McGonigal, J. (2008) Mentoring, Teaching and Professional Transformation,
in: Threshold Concepts within the Disciplines, Land, R., Meyer, J.H.F. and Smith, J., (eds), Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, pp 197-211, [book details].
Cronin, J.G.R. (2011) E-learning and the lifelong learner: Challenging common assumptions,
in the Report of the European Commission Education and Culture DG Lifelong Learning Project ‘ACE - Ageing Challenges Education’ pp 9-19: http://www.ikmgroup.com/ACE_descriptions%20of%20good%20practice_DEF.pdf [last accessed 20 November 2011]
Prusty, G. and Russell, C. (2011) Engaging students in learning threshold concepts in engineering mechanics: adaptive eLearning tutorial,
Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Engineering Education, ICEE2011 : Engineering Sustainability for a Global Economy, 21-26 August 2011, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK: http://www.ineer.org/events/ICEE2011/papers/icee2011_submission_250.pdf (last accessed: 16 November 2011)
Macdonald, J. and Campbell, A. (2011) Demonstrating online teaching in the disciplines. A systematic approach to activity design for online synchronous tuition,
British Journal of Educational Technology, Article first published online: 20 OCT 2011 (doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2011.01238.x).
Macdonald, J. and Poniatowska, B. (2011) Designing the professional development of staff for teaching online: an OU (UK) case study,
Distance Education, 32 (1), 119-134.
Macdonald, J. and and Black, A. (2010) Disciplinary Knowledge Practices in Distance Education: Testing a new methodology for teaching enhancement in History,
Arts and Humanities in Higher Education, 9 (1) 69-86.
Macdonald, J. and and Black, A. (2009) Threshold concepts and troublsome knowledge in distance education: assessing a new model for enhancing facilitation and course design,
In C. Rust (Ed.), Improving student learning 16: Improving student learning through the curriculum. OCSLD, Oxford, pp. 275-286.
e-Portfolios
Peacock, S., Murray, S., Scott, A. and Kelly, J. (2011) The Transformative Role of ePortfolios: Feedback in Healthcare Learning,
International Journal of ePortfolio, 1 (1), 33-48: http://www.theijep.com/pdf/IJEP28.pdf last accessed 16 August 2011.
Joyes, G. (2010) Effective practice with e-Portrfolios - Where are we now?,
RSC/JISC advance Conference: ePortfolio Scotland 2010, 10 Sep 2010, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, UK. http://www.slideshare.net/rscnescotland/gordon-joyesrsc-sept10 last accessed 27 May 2010.
Hatsidimitris, G. (2007) Using cognitive load theory as a framework for designing a set of integrated multimedia modules to assist in the teaching of a threshold concept,
UniServe Science, Proceedings of the Assessment in Science Teaching and Learning Symposium, University of Sydney, September 28-29, 2007, pp 172-176.
[http://science.uniserve.edu.au/pubs/procs/2007/34.pdf last accessed 25 June 2008]
Savin-Baden, M. (2010) The sound of feedback in higher education
Learning, Media and Technology, 35 (1), 53 - 64.
Hedberg, M. and Ljungqvist, M. (2009) Use of screencasts as support for the understanding of threshold concepts within higher education,
(Användning av screencasts som stöd för förståelse av tröskelbegrepp inom högre utbildning)
Proceedings för Utvecklingskonferens 09, Lunds Universitet, 24 September 2009, pp 96-97
On-line: http://www.lu.se/upload/utvecklingskonferensen/Proceedings_utvecklingskonferens09.pdf last accessed 1 August 2010.
[Addresses screencasting and the identification of threshold concepts in a web-based beginners’ course in Chinese]
Personal Response Systems (PRS) [clickers, electronic voting systems (EVS)]
Moss, K. and Crowley, M. (2011) Effective learning in science: The use of personal response systems with a wide range of audiences,
Computers & Education, 56 (1), 36-43.
Hulpus, I., Fradinho, M., Hayes, C., Hokstad, L., Seager, W. and Flanagan, M. (2010) Rapid Competence Development in Serious Games using Case-Based Reasoning and Threshold Concepts,
The 2nd International Conference on Computer Supported Education (CSEDU 2010), Valencia, Spain, 7-10 April 2010.
Savin-Baden, M. (2008) From cognitive capability to social reform? Shifting perceptions of learning in immersive virtual worlds,
ALT-J Research in Learning Technology, 16 (3), 151-161.
Olczak, M. (2011) Evaluating the impact of a web-based resource on student learning,
SSRN (Social Science Research Network) April 1, 2011: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1822665 last accessed: 6 May 2011
Perkins, D. (2006) Constructivism and troublesome knowledge,
in: Overcoming Barriers to Student Understanding: threshold concepts and troublesome knowledge, edited by Jan H. F. Meyer and Ray Land,
Routledge - Taylor & Francis Group, London and New York, pp 33-47 [book details].
Perkins, D. (1999), The many faces of constructivism,
Educational Leadership, 57 (3), 6-11.
Åkerlind, G. S., McKenzie, J. and Lupton, M. (2011) Using phenomenography and variation theory to improve understandings of threshold concepts,
Earli 2011: Education for a Global Networked Society, Earli 14th Biennial Conference, Exeter, UK, 30 August - 3 September 2011.
Åkerlind, G., McKenzie, J. and Wilson, A., (2010) Adapting educational theory to discipline pedagogy: integrating research, teaching and scholarship.,
Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) Annual Research Conference 2010, ‘Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?’; Exploring Meaning, Identities and Transformation in Higher Education, 14 - 16 December 2010, Celtic Manor Resort, South Wales, UK.
[http://www.srhe.ac.uk/conference2010/abstracts/0209.pdf last accessed 17 March 2011]
Meyer, J.H.F. (2010) Helping our students: learning, metalearning, and threshold concepts,
in Taking stock: research on teaching and learning in higher education. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, pp. 191-213. Queen’s policy studies series (66).
[http://dro.dur.ac.uk/6849/1/6849.pdf last accessed 14 June 2011]
Park, E-J. and Light, G. (2010) Identifying a Potential Threshold Concept in Nanoscience and Technology: Engaging Theory in the Service of Practice,
in: Threshold Concepts and Transformational Learning, Land, R., Meyer, J.H.F. and Baillie, C., (eds), Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, pp. 259-280, [book details].
Pang, M.F. and Meyer, J.H.F. (2010) Modes of Variation in Pupil’s Apprehension of a Threshold Concept in Economics,
in: Threshold Concepts and Transformational Learning, Land, R., Meyer, J.H.F. and Baillie, C., (eds), Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, pp. 365-382, [book details].
Buckley, C. and Maddern, J. (2009): Models of learning and teaching,
The tHE Programme, Bangor University and Aberystwyth University
Presentation: http://www.bangor.ac.uk/adu/the_scheme/documents/INDCBJM.ppt last accessed 28 October 2009
This powerpoint presentation also contains very informative notes.
Meyer, J.H.F., Land, R. and Davies, P. (2008) Threshold concepts and troublesome knowledge (4): Issues of variation and variability,
in: Land, R., Meyer, J.H.F. and Smith, J., (eds), Threshold Concepts within the Disciplines. Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, pp 59-74, [book details].
Gennep, A. van (1960), The Rites of Passage,
London, Routledge and Keagan Paul.
Turner, V. (1969), The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure,
London, Routledge and Keagan Paul or New York, Aldine de Gruter, ISBN: 0-202-01190-9.
Theses and Dissertations
This section lists theses and dissertations that either feature the threshold concept framework as a central theme or contain serious discussion of the threshold concept framework.
Daniels, M. (2011) Developing and Assessing Professional Competencies: Experiences from an Open-Ended Group Project Learning Environment,
Acta Universitatis. Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Science and Technology 738. 109pp. Uppsala. ISSN 1651-6214
ISBN 978-91-554-8024-0
[http://www.it.uu.se/katalog/matsd/Mats-Thesis.pdf last accessed 17 May 2011]
Hall, B. (2011) Teaching uncertainty: the case of climate change,
PhD Thesis, University of Gloucester.
Smith, J. (2011) Resonance, Dissonance, Rejection: Experiences of Probationary Lecturers in UK Higher Education,
PhD Thesis, School of Education, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, July 2011: http://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/35822/
Timmermans, J.A. (2011) Epistemic Beliefs, Threshold Concepts, and Educational Development,
PhD Thesis in Educational Psychology, McGill University.
Boustedt, J. (2010) On the Road to a Software Profession. Students’ Experiences of Concepts and Thresholds,
Acta Universitatis. Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Science and Technology 734. 61pp. Uppsala. ISBN 978-91-554-7789-9.
[http://uu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:309647/FULLTEXT01 last accessed 31 May 2010]
Sheehan, M. (2010) Identification of difficult topics in the teaching and learning of Chemistry in Irish schools and the development of an intervention programme to target some of these difficulties,
University of Limerick PhD Thesis: http://ulir.ul.ie/bitstream/10344/432/3/MSpthesis.pdf (last accessed 11 September 2010)
Drummond, S. A. (2009) Investigating the Impact of Entry Qualifications on Student Performance in Computing Programmes at Undergraduate Level,
University of Durham PhD Thesis: http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/154/1/Sarah_Drummond.pdf (last accessed 11 September 2010)
Eckerdal, A. (2009) Novice Programming Students’ Learning of Concepts and Practise.,
Acta Universitatis. Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Science and Technology 600. 194pp. Uppsala. ISBN 978-91-554-7406-5.
[http://user.it.uu.se/~annae/FullAvh-Spikenheten.pdf last accessed 3 October 2010]
Kärner, A. (2009) Supervision and research training within the professional research community: Seeking new challenges of doctoral education in Estonia,
Dissertation Pedagogicae Universitatis Tartuensis 7, Department of Pedagogy, University of Tartu, Tartu University Press.
[http://dspace.utlib.ee/dspace/bitstream/10062/10504/1/karneranita.pdf last accessed 5 September 2009]
Pettersson, K. (2008) Algorithmic, intuitive and formal aspects of mathematics in dynamic interplay: A study of students’ use of their conceptions in calculus
(Algoritmiska, intuitiva och formella aspekter av matematiken i dynamiskt samspel: En studie av hur studenter nyttjar sina begreppsuppfattningar inom matematisk analys)
Chalmers Tekniska Högskola och Göteborgs Universitet PhD thesis: http://www.math.chalmers.se/Math/Research/Preprints/Doctoral/2008/1.pdf last accessed (29 September 2010)
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González Sampayo, M. [now Holmberg, M.] (2006) Engineering Problem Solving: The case of the Laplace transform as a difficulty in learning electric circuits and as a tool to solve real world problems,
No. 1038, Linköping Studies in Science and Technology Dissertation, Linköping: Linköping University. http://www.didaktik.itn.liu.se/thesis/gonzalez.html (last accessed 11 September 2010)
Threshold Concept Web Pages
The following web pages contain extensive documentation, explanation, discussion and relevant links on the Threshold Concept.
Embedding Threshold Concepts
A major site from the University of Staffordshire, one of the partners of the original study on the Threshold Concept, and though directed towards the teaching of Economics, nonetheless a valuable resources site in general.
url: http://www.staffs.ac.uk/schools/business/iepr/etc/ last accessed 24 June 2008
University of Bedfordshire / James Atherton
The following links are to the Threshold Concept resources pages of the University of Bedfordshire’s Professional Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE)
ALTC Project Web Page: Threshold Concepts in Biology
Web page: http://sydney.edu.au/science/biology/learning/threshold (last accessed 24 January 2011).
This excellent site is devoted to the teaching of biology but also contains much on threshold concepts that is relevant in a wider context.
Future Conferences, Symposia and Workshops on or strongly featuring the Threshold Concept
Third Biennial Threshold Concepts Symposium; Exploring transformative dimensions of threshold concepts:
The University of New South Wales in collaboration with the University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, 1-2 July 2010.
[Symposium Web Site last accessed 26 June 2010]
Living and learning, learning and teaching: Mental health in higher education:
Lancaster University, 30-31 March 2010
[Conference Web Site last accessed 26 October 2009]
Developing threshold concepts in legal education,
A Higher Education Academy UK Centre for Legal Education Workshop, LILAC 10, Warwick, 30 January 2010
Contributors: Helen Carr, Caroline Hunter, Ray Land, Julian Webb, Elaine Webster
[Web Site last accessed 17 March 2011]
Threshold Concepts in Biology, Australian Teaching and Learning Council (ALTC) funded Workshop,
Sydney, 17 April 2009
[Web Site last accessed 22 July 2009]
NAIRTL 2nd Annual Conference - Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: Challenging Assumptions, Waterford Institute of Technology, Waterford, Ireland, 13th - 14th November 2008
[Conference Web Site last accessed 25 October 2008]
Threshold Concepts Conference: from theory to practice:
Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 18th - 20th June 2008
[Second Biennial Threshold Concepts Symposium]
Assessment in Science Teaching and Learning Symposium, University of Sydney, Australia, 28-29 September 2007
[Proceedings last accessed 25 June 2008]
Threshold Concepts within the Disciplines Symposium, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK, 30 August-1 September 2006
[Symposium Web Site last accessed 25 June 2008]
[First Biennial Threshold Concepts Symposium]
Recent Teaching Awards awarded to Teachers of courses embedding Threshold Concepts
Sangeeta Khorana, Lecturer in the School of Management and Business at Aberystwyth University, has been awarded the Aberystwyth University Teaching Excellence Award (academic year 2009-2010) for her work in utilising several e-learning technologies to aid teaching - in particular, using the "threshold concepts" approach in conjunction with differentiation as a teaching technique. This approach attempted to deliver an effective learning environment through inquiry-oriented collaborative group activities for postgraduate students http://nexus.aber.ac.uk/xwiki/bin/view/Main/Teaching+Excellence+Award
Elena A Korosteleva, Lecturer in European Politics at Aberystwyth University, has been awarded the BISA/C-SAP Teaching Award for
Excellence in Teaching International Studies (2008-2009), which is awarded annually by the British International Studies Association and Higher Education
Academy Subject Centre for Sociology, Anthropology and Politics. Aberystwyth On-line: http://www.aber.ac.uk/aberonline/en/archive/2010/01/au1110/ See publication: Korosteleva, E. A. (2010) Threshold Concept Through Enactive, Learnings: How Effective Are They in the Study of European Politics?,
International Studies Perspectives, 11, 37-50.
Recent Grants awarded to Threshold Concept Projects
Stamboulis, A., Flanagan, M.T., and Baillie, C. (2011 - 2012), Engineering thresholds in engineering curriculum review,
Royal Academy of Engineering National HE STEM Programme Project, £10,000.
Baillie, C. [Project Leader], Male, S., Venn, J., University of Western Australia, (2010 - ongoing), Engineering thresholds: an approach to curriculum renewal,
Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) Priority Project Award, $A200,000. UWA Threshold Concept in Engineering Web Site (last accessed 14 December 2010)
[Award details last accessed 14 November 2010]
Prusty, G. [Project Leader] (2010 - on-going), An adaptive e-learning community of practice for mechanics courses in engineering Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) Award, AU$211,000.
Collaborating institutions: The University of New South Wales (Lead), The University of Tasmania, University of Technology, Sydney and The University of Wollongong
[Award details last accessed 21 September 2010]
Stamboulis, A., Baillie, C. and Flanagan, M.T. (2010 - 2011), Uncovering threshold values in first year engineering courses and implications for curriculum design,
Royal Academy of Engineering National HE STEM Programme Project, £5,000.
Strobel, J and Hua, I. [Purdue University] (2009 - 2011), Engineering Students’ Attitudes and Threshold Concepts Towards Sustainability and Engineering as Environmental Career, National Science Foundation (NSF) Award, $149,998.
[NSF site: award details last accessed 17 December 2009]
TARGET (2009 - 2012), Transformative, Adaptive, Responsive and enGaging EnvironmenT, European Commission Seventh Framework Information and Communication Technologies Digital Libraries Project Award, 5,800,000 euros.
TARGET will develop a responsive learning system with serious games at its core. The project will integrate several pedagogic concepts, including Threshold Concepts, into serious game design.
Collaborating countries: Austria (Siemens and Graz University of Technology), Finland (Nokia and Helsinki School of Economics), Ireland (Cyntelix), Italy (Giunti Labs), Norway (SINTEF and NTNU), Portugal (Alfamicro and INESC-ID) and The United Kingdom (UCL)
[EU site: award details last accessed 17 December 2009]
Åkerlind, G. [Project Leader] (2008 - on-going), A threshold concepts focus to curriculum design: supporting student learning through application of variation theory Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) Award, AU$219,000.
Collaborating institutions: The Australian National University (Lead), Queensland University of Technology, The University of Sydney and the University of Technology, Sydney
Project Web Page: http://thresholdvariation.edu.au/
Taylor, C. [Project Leader] (2007 - on-going), Using threshold concepts to generate a new understanding of teaching and learning biology Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) Award, AU$191,400.
Collaborating institutions: The University of Sydney, Taylor, C. (Project Leaser), Tzioumis, V. (Project Officer); The University of New South Wales, Hughes, C., Whitaker, N., Lutze-Mann, L.; The University of Western Sydney, Ross, P. Award details (last accessed 7 February 2009) Project Web Page (last accessed 24 January 2010)
D’Agostino, F. [Project Leader] (2009 - 2009), Closing the gap in curriculum development leadership Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) Award, AU$183,509.
Lead institution: The University of Queensland, D’Agostino, F. (Project Leaser), O’Brien, M. Award details (last accessed 5 July 2011) Final Report (last accessed 5 July 2011) Extended Project Findings (last accessed 5 July 2011)
