5th BIENNIAL INTERNATIONAL THRESHOLD CONCEPTS CONFERENCE

THRESHOLD CONCEPTS IN PRACTICE                       ABSTRACTS

Collingwood College, Durham University, UK, July 9-11, 2014

Index of Abstracts

List of abstracts ordered alphabetically by presenter or collaborator surname. Click on the presentation title to access the abstract.

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AuthorPresentation Title Full Author List UpdatedProgramme Session
Lorraine AndersonResearch learning in nursing education: exploring the scope of troublesomenessL Martindale
R Land
J Rattray
L Anderson
 Session B
Malcolm AndersonThreshold concepts about online teaching: Progress report on a five year projectK Gosselin
M Northcote
D Reynaud
P Kilgour
M Anderson
C Boddey
 Session Y
Bijaya AryalBuilding blocks: Threshold concepts as interdisciplinary structures of learningA Huq
B Aryal
M Nichols
 Session X
T.E. BaldockWhat to do with a Threshold Concept: a case studyJ H F Meyer
D B Knight
T E Baldock
D P Callaghan
J McCredden
L O’Moore
 Session H
Toby BalsomVirtual learning: how online tutorials shape learning of threshold conceptsM Peter
A Harlow
T Balsom
J Scott
 Session I
Sarah BarradellThreshold concepts and ways of thinking and practising: the ontological road less travelledS Barradell Session C
Sarah BarradellWhat is the nature of the threshold concepts enquiry in health sciences? A meta-ethnographic studyS Barradell
T Peseta
 Session K
Sarah BarradellBringing together threshold concepts, curriculum and student learning: A model for focusing the studies of a disciplineS Barradell
M Kennedy-Jones
 Session H
Sarah BarradellRoundtable: Understanding threshold concepts: The importance of disciplinary historyT Fortune
S Barradell
M Kennedy-Jones
A Jones
 Session U
Mark BarrowTransformation in doctors during Palliative Care trainingA Wearn
A O’Callaghan
M Barrow
 Session K
Graham BartonWorkshop: Threshold concepts, systems thinking and Lego Serious Play: 3D ways of thinkingA James
G Barton
 Session U
Terje BergStuckness at the threshold – which strategies do students choose when facing difficulties within certain disciplines?L M Hokstad
M Erichsen
T Berg
 Session R
Jonte BernhardInteractive lectures – linking theory to practice – Helping students pass the threshold when learning two-terminal equivalents in electrical engineering educationA-K Carstensen
J Bernhard
 Session F
Judith BeveridgePoetic threshold moments: from fledgling to published authorC Rickett
J Beveridge
M Northcote
A Williams
D Musgrave
 Session M
Roel BlooBetter Use Pedagogical Content Knowledge for Threshold Concept Research in Computer Science? We Don’t Think SoB Zwaneveld
J Perrenet
R Bloo
 Session Q
Chris BoddeyThreshold concepts about online teaching: Progress report on a five year projectK Gosselin
M Northcote
D Reynaud
P Kilgour
M Anderson
C Boddey
 Session Y
Laura L. B. BorderTraversing the Liminal Space: An Analysis of Graduate Student Responses to Diversity in the Classroom ContextL L B Border
D Thacker Thomas
 Session T
Jonas BoustedtIn the liminal space: software design as a threshold skillL Thomas
J Boustedt
A Eckerdal
R McCartney
J E Moström
K Sanders
C Zander
 Session Q
Diane BoydBottleneck Behaviours and Student Identities: Helping Novice Writers Develop in the First Year Seminar and BeyondD Boyd Session L
D.P. CallaghanWhat to do with a Threshold Concept: a case studyJ H F Meyer
D B Knight
T E Baldock
D P Callaghan
J McCredden
L O’Moore
 Session H
Anna-Karin CarstensenInteractive lectures – linking theory to practice – Helping students pass the threshold when learning two-terminal equivalents in electrical engineering educationA-K Carstensen
J Bernhard
 Session F
Dai-Ling ChenTransforming Thinking through Problem-Based Learning in the News Media Literacy Class: Critical thinking as a threshold concept towards threshold capabilitiesD-L Chen Session T
Lynn ClouderRevisiting Caring as a Threshold ConceptL Clouder Session B
Tracey CollettRevealing the hidden curriculum to medical students: insights from threshold concept theoryH Neve
T Collett
 Session K
Tracey CollettUsing audio diaries to identify threshold concepts in “softer” disciplines: surprises, questions and implicationsH Neve
N Stephens
T Collett
 Session V
Linda K. CraftonSocial Constructivism: Developing Threshold Knowledge in CommunicationL K Crafton Session C
Carole DavisExploring the notion of ‘identity play’ as a threshold concept in academic lifeV Mannix
C Davis
 Session E
Ann DevittKnowledge, Belief and Practice in Language Teacher Education: Integration and Implementation of Threshold Concepts over a teaching careerA Devitt
D Moroney
 Session S
Marianne DickieNavigating our threshold concepts to enable students to overcome theirsM Dickie Session Y
Anna EckerdalIn the liminal space: software design as a threshold skillL Thomas
J Boustedt
A Eckerdal
R McCartney
J E Moström
K Sanders
C Zander
 Session Q
Morten ErichsenStuckness at the threshold – which strategies do students choose when facing difficulties within certain disciplines?L M Hokstad
M Erichsen
T Berg
 Session R
Peter FeltenOn the threshold with students
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P Felten29 July 2014Keynote
Brian FoleyUnlocking the Problem Solving Threshold by Promoting Enhanced Thinking and DiscourseB Foley Session O
Tracy FortuneRoundtable: Understanding threshold concepts: The importance of disciplinary historyT Fortune
S Barradell
M Kennedy-Jones
A Jones
 Session U
Rhonda FuzzardYes but no but yes – students straddling the change processR Fuzzard Session S
Gillian GassQuantitative reasoning and visualizing data across the sciencesA M Ryan
G Gass
S Gass
K Ryan
J Van Dommelen
 Session A
Susan GassQuantitative reasoning and visualizing data across the sciencesA M Ryan
G Gass
S Gass
K Ryan
J Van Dommelen
 Session A
Kevin GosselinThreshold concepts about online teaching: Progress report on a five year projectK Gosselin
M Northcote
D Reynaud
P Kilgour
M Anderson
C Boddey
 Session Y
David GreenSignification: unlocking threshold concepts in natural sciences with a key from the humanities?D Green
J Lewis
J Loertscher
V Minderhout
 Session A
Hajah Jabaidah Haji BungsuThreshold Concepts in the Learning of Agriculture: Quality and Relevance for Curriculum InnovationH J Haji Bungsu Session G
Rhonda HallettAcademics’ Working Knowledge, Threshold Concepts and Academic DevelopmentR Hallett Session L
Ann HarlowVirtual learning: how online tutorials shape learning of threshold conceptsM Peter
A Harlow
T Balsom
J Scott
 Session I
Susan HoadleyThreshold Concepts in FinanceS Hoadley
L N Wood
L Tickle
T Kyng
 Session O
Leif M. HokstadTransARK – Rethinking Architecture and the Education of ArchitectureL M Hokstad
G Rødne
B Otto
B S Wellinger
F Shetelig
 Session G
Leif M. HokstadStuckness at the threshold – which strategies do students choose when facing difficulties within certain disciplines?L M Hokstad
M Erichsen
T Berg
 Session R
Aminul HuqBuilding blocks: Threshold concepts as interdisciplinary structures of learningA Huq
B Aryal
M Nichols
 Session X
Alison JamesWorkshop: Threshold concepts, systems thinking and Lego Serious Play: 3D ways of thinkingA James
G Barton
 Session U
Adrian JonesRoundtable: Understanding threshold concepts: The importance of disciplinary historyT Fortune
S Barradell
M Kennedy-Jones
A Jones
 Session U
Peter JonesWorkshop: Threshold Concepts in Practice (using Hodges’ model)P Jones Session U
Dan KaczynskiExploring Threshold Concepts in Research Methodology for Doctoral CandidatesD Kaczynski
L Wood
M Salmona
 Session P
Jeffrey M. KeeferThreshold Concepts and Postgraduate Struggles: The Development of a Framework to Support Learners through Doctoral LiminalityJ M Keefer Session D
Mary Kennedy-JonesBringing together threshold concepts, curriculum and student learning: A model for focusing the studies of a disciplineS Barradell
M Kennedy-Jones
 Session H
Mary Kennedy-JonesRoundtable: Understanding threshold concepts: The importance of disciplinary historyT Fortune
S Barradell
M Kennedy-Jones
A Jones
 Session U
Margaret KileyTroublesome knowledge and the professional, mature-age PhD candidateM Kiley Session D
Margaret KileyAn emerging PhD curriculum and what this might mean for doctoral level threshold conceptsM Kiley Session P
Peter KilgourThreshold concepts about online teaching: Progress report on a five year projectK Gosselin
M Northcote
D Reynaud
P Kilgour
M Anderson
C Boddey
 Session Y
D.B. KnightWhat to do with a Threshold Concept: a case studyJ H F Meyer
D B Knight
T E Baldock
D P Callaghan
J McCredden
L O’Moore
 Session H
Tim KyngThreshold Concepts in FinanceS Hoadley
L N Wood
L Tickle
T Kyng
 Session O
Lillian LancasterThresholds of social care practiceL Lancaster Session W
Ray LandToil and trouble: threshold concepts as a pedagogy of uncertaintyR Land Plenary
Ray LandResearch learning in nursing education: exploring the scope of troublesomenessL Martindale
R Land
J Rattray
L Anderson
 Session B
Jennifer LewisSignification: unlocking threshold concepts in natural sciences with a key from the humanities?D Green
J Lewis
J Loertscher
V Minderhout
 Session A
Jennifer LoertscherSignification: unlocking threshold concepts in natural sciences with a key from the humanities?D Green
J Lewis
J Loertscher
V Minderhout
 Session A
Jane LoveFrom Concept to Practice: Conjuring ThresholdsJ Love Session H
D. Bruce MacKayThreshold Concepts in Learning ActivismD B MacKay Session L
Valerie MannixExploring the notion of ‘identity play’ as a threshold concept in academic lifeV Mannix
C Davis
 Session E
Linda MartindaleResearch learning in nursing education: exploring the scope of troublesomenessL Martindale
R Land
J Rattray
L Anderson
 Session B
Robert McCartneyIn the liminal space: software design as a threshold skillL Thomas
J Boustedt
A Eckerdal
R McCartney
J E Moström
K Sanders
C Zander
 Session Q
J. McCreddenWhat to do with a Threshold Concept: a case studyJ H F Meyer
D B Knight
T E Baldock
D P Callaghan
J McCredden
L O’Moore
 Session H
Daniel McGillModular Approach and Innovations in an Engineering Program DesignA Parker
D McGill
 Session F
Susannah McGowanEmbedding Threshold Concepts in a Large-Lecture History CourseS McGowan Session J
David McKieDistinguishing thresholds: Complexity combinations, intelligent intervention, and smart surrenderD McKie Session C
Jan H F MeyerIntegrated Threshold Concept KnowledgeJ H F Meyer
J Timmermans
 Plenary
Jan H F MeyerWhat to do with a Threshold Concept: a case studyJ H F Meyer
D B Knight
T E Baldock
D P Callaghan
J McCredden
L O’Moore
 Session H
Vicky MinderhoutSignification: unlocking threshold concepts in natural sciences with a key from the humanities?D Green
J Lewis
J Loertscher
V Minderhout
 Session A
Jessie L. MooreThreshold Concepts, Writing, and the Transfer of LearningJ L Moore Session M
David MoroneyKnowledge, Belief and Practice in Language Teacher Education: Integration and Implementation of Threshold Concepts over a teaching careerA Devitt
D Moroney
 Session S
Jan Erik MoströmIn the liminal space: software design as a threshold skillL Thomas
J Boustedt
A Eckerdal
R McCartney
J E Moström
K Sanders
C Zander
 Session Q
Peter Mudge‘I tell stories, I am stuck in the middle, I am vulnerable’ – selected themes and threshold concepts from religious education and spiritualityP Mudge Session N
David MusgravePoetic threshold moments: from fledgling to published authorC Rickett
J Beveridge
M Northcote
A Williams
D Musgrave
 Session M
Hilary NeveRevealing the hidden curriculum to medical students: insights from threshold concept theoryH Neve
T Collett
 Session K
Hilary NeveUsing audio diaries to identify threshold concepts in “softer” disciplines: surprises, questions and implicationsH Neve
N Stephens
T Collett
 Session V
Marcia NicholsBuilding blocks: Threshold concepts as interdisciplinary structures of learningA Huq
B Aryal
M Nichols
 Session X
Kelli Nicola-RichmondThe Transformation from Student to Occupational Therapist: Using the Delphi Method to Identify the Threshold Concepts in Occupational TherapyK Nicola-Richmond15 July 2014Session B
Maria NorthcoteThreshold concepts and attitudes in mathematics education: Listening to students’ past, present and projected storiesM Northcote Session F
Maria NorthcotePoetic threshold moments: from fledgling to published authorC Rickett
J Beveridge
M Northcote
A Williams
D Musgrave
 Session M
Maria NorthcoteThreshold concepts about online teaching: Progress report on a five year projectK Gosselin
M Northcote
D Reynaud
P Kilgour
M Anderson
C Boddey
 Session Y
Anne O’CallaghanTransformation in doctors during Palliative Care trainingA Wearn
A O’Callaghan
M Barrow
 Session K
L. O’MooreWhat to do with a Threshold Concept: a case studyJ H F Meyer
D B Knight
T E Baldock
D P Callaghan
J McCredden
L O’Moore
 Session H
Taimi OlsenDeveloping Valid Methods of Identifying Threshold Concepts in Various Disciplines: A Pilot Project in Composition StudiesT Olsen
B White
 Session M
Marina Orsini-JonesNegotiating intercultural awareness in MexCo: agency, autonomy and troublesome knowledge in an international online project between the UK and MexicoM Orsini-Jones Session I
Bjørn OttoTransARK – Rethinking Architecture and the Education of ArchitectureL M Hokstad
G Rødne
B Otto
B S Wellinger
F Shetelig
 Session G
Susan PageIntersecting and Overlapping Spaces: Combining teacher and student perspectives to identify threshold concepts in Indigenous Australian StudiesS Page Session T
Anthony ParkerModular Approach and Innovations in an Engineering Program DesignA Parker
D McGill
 Session F
Jacob PerrenetBetter Use Pedagogical Content Knowledge for Threshold Concept Research in Computer Science? We Don’t Think SoB Zwaneveld
J Perrenet
R Bloo
 Session Q
Tai PesetaWhat is the nature of the threshold concepts enquiry in health sciences? A meta-ethnographic studyS Barradell
T Peseta
 Session K
Mira PeterVirtual learning: how online tutorials shape learning of threshold conceptsM Peter
A Harlow
T Balsom
J Scott
 Session I
Patricia (Trish) PowersThe Light at the End of the Tunnel: Threshold Concepts in Early Online Adult EducationP Powers Session I
Aoife PrendergastThreshold Concepts in Practice Education – Reflections for the FutureA Prendergast Session S
Julie RattrayMediating Liminality: Artefacts as a means of Supporting Threshold TransformationsJ Rattray Session R
Julie RattrayResearch learning in nursing education: exploring the scope of troublesomenessL Martindale
R Land
J Rattray
L Anderson
 Session B
Daniel ReynaudThreshold concepts about online teaching: Progress report on a five year projectK Gosselin
M Northcote
D Reynaud
P Kilgour
M Anderson
C Boddey
 Session Y
Carolyn RickettPoetic threshold moments: from fledgling to published authorC Rickett
J Beveridge
M Northcote
A Williams
D Musgrave
 Session M
Ros RobertsUnderstanding evidence in scientific disciplines: a concept map of ‘the thinking behind the doing’ and its importance in curriculum developmentR Roberts Session A
Sylvia RodgerThreshold concepts and authentic assessment: Learning to think like an occupational therapistL Springfield
S Rodger
 Session W
Gro RødneTransARK – Rethinking Architecture and the Education of ArchitectureL M Hokstad
G Rødne
B Otto
B S Wellinger
F Shetelig
 Session G
Anne Marie RyanQuantitative reasoning and visualizing data across the sciencesA M Ryan
G Gass
S Gass
K Ryan
J Van Dommelen
 Session A
Kerrianne RyanQuantitative reasoning and visualizing data across the sciencesA M Ryan
G Gass
S Gass
K Ryan
J Van Dommelen
 Session A
Michelle SalmonaExploring Threshold Concepts in Research Methodology for Doctoral CandidatesD Kaczynski
L Wood
M Salmona
 Session P
Kate SandersIn the liminal space: software design as a threshold skillL Thomas
J Boustedt
A Eckerdal
R McCartney
J E Moström
K Sanders
C Zander
 Session Q
Jonathan ScottVirtual learning: how online tutorials shape learning of threshold conceptsM Peter
A Harlow
T Balsom
J Scott
 Session I
Sandra M. SerbanescuThreshold Concepts in Physics: too many to countS M Serbanescu Session N
Sydney J ShepMoving Beyond the Threshold: Digital literacies and historical thinking in New Zealand UniversitiesS J Shep Session J
Fredrik SheteligTransARK – Rethinking Architecture and the Education of ArchitectureL M Hokstad
G Rødne
B Otto
B S Wellinger
F Shetelig
 Session G
Dermot Shinners-KennedyHow NOT to identify threshold conceptsD Shinners-Kennedy Session Q
Leah ShopkowA Tale of Two ThresholdsL Shopkow Session J
Liz SpringfieldThreshold concepts and authentic assessment: Learning to think like an occupational therapistL Springfield
S Rodger
 Session W
Nicole StephensUsing audio diaries to identify threshold concepts in “softer” disciplines: surprises, questions and implicationsH Neve
N Stephens
T Collett
 Session V
Ahmad Thamrini Fadzlin B. Syed MohamedThreshold Concepts in Professional Military Education for the 21st CenturyA T F B Syed Mohamed Session G
Devon Thacker ThomasTraversing the Liminal Space: An Analysis of Graduate Student Responses to Diversity in the Classroom ContextL L B Border
D Thacker Thomas
 Session T
Lynda ThomasIn the liminal space: software design as a threshold skillL Thomas
J Boustedt
A Eckerdal
R McCartney
J E Moström
K Sanders
C Zander
 Session Q
Leonie TickleThreshold Concepts in FinanceS Hoadley
L N Wood
L Tickle
T Kyng
 Session O
Anne TierneyEngagement of UK Life Science Academics with the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: Threshold Concepts in Academic Practice?A Tierney Session E
Julie TimmermansIntegrated Threshold Concept KnowledgeJ H F Meyer
J Timmermans
 Plenary
Virginia TuckerLearning Experiences in the Novice-Expert Liminal SpaceV Tucker Session R
Jennifer Van DommelenQuantitative reasoning and visualizing data across the sciencesA M Ryan
G Gass
S Gass
K Ryan
J Van Dommelen
 Session A
Andy WearnTransformation in doctors during Palliative Care trainingA Wearn
A O’Callaghan
M Barrow
 Session K
Andrea WebbThreshold Concepts and the Scholarship of Teaching and LearningA Webb Session E
Braaten Steffen WellingerTransARK – Rethinking Architecture and the Education of ArchitectureL M Hokstad
G Rødne
B Otto
B S Wellinger
F Shetelig
 Session G
Beth WhiteDeveloping Valid Methods of Identifying Threshold Concepts in Various Disciplines: A Pilot Project in Composition StudiesT Olsen
B White
 Session M
Anthony WilliamsPoetic threshold moments: from fledgling to published authorC Rickett
J Beveridge
M Northcote
A Williams
D Musgrave
 Session M
Julie WintrupDouble trouble? Introducing interdisciplinary modules as part of curriculum innovationJ Wintrup Session X
Gina WiskerBeyond blockages to ownership, agency and articulation: liminal spaces and conceptual threshold crossing in doctoral learningG Wisker Session D
Leigh N WoodThreshold Concepts in FinanceS Hoadley
L N Wood
L Tickle
T Kyng
 Session O
Leigh N WoodExploring Threshold Concepts in Research Methodology for Doctoral CandidatesD Kaczynski
L Wood
M Salmona
 Session P
Brad WuetherickThe Teaching of Threshold Concepts: A case study of one possible pedagogical strategyB Wuetherick Session V
Brad WuetherickRoundtable: Exploring Threshold Concepts in the Humanities: Challenges and SuccessesB Wuetherick Session U
Carol ZanderIn the liminal space: software design as a threshold skillL Thomas
J Boustedt
A Eckerdal
R McCartney
J E Moström
K Sanders
C Zander
 SessionQ
Bert ZwaneveldBetter Use Pedagogical Content Knowledge for Threshold Concept Research in Computer Science? We Don’t Think SoB Zwaneveld
J Perrenet
R Bloo
 Session Q


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