Crossing Thresholds: Identifying conceptual transitions in postsecondary teaching
In this paper we report on research we conducted to begin the process of identifying threshold concepts in the field of postsecondary teaching. Meyer & Land (2006) propose that within all disciplinary fields there seem to be particular threshold concepts that serve as gateways, opening up new...
Main Authors: | Susan Wilcox, Andy B. Leger |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
2013-12-01
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Series: | Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning |
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Online Access: | http://ir.lib.uwo.ca/cjsotl_rcacea/vol4/iss2/7 |
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